Morning Skate Report: March 21, 2026

The Vegas Golden Knights (31-24-14) shut the season collection towards the Nashville Predators (31-28-9) at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday at 11 am PT.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: Scripps Sports (The Spot-Vegas 34 in Vegas; full network)
Streaming: KnightTime+
Radio: FOX Sports Las Vegas 94.7/1340

NOTES
In Thursday’s contest, Jeremy Lauzon recorded a team-high six hits and leads all NHL defensemen with 206 hits this season.

According to NHL Edge, the Golden Knights have the fifth-most high-danger photographs within the league with 607.

VGK MILESTONE WATCH
Brett Howden – Two video games away from 300 video games as a Golden Knight
Shea Theodore – Three assists away from 300 assists as a Golden Knight

CAREER MILESTONE WATCH
Mark Stone – Four factors away from 700 profession factors
Shea Theodore – Six factors away from 400 profession factors
Nick Dowd – Seven factors away from 200 profession factors
Ivan Barbashev – Eight assists away from 200 profession assists

VGK SCORING LEADERS
Jack Eichel – 74 factors (24G, 50A)
Mitch Marner – 69 factors (19G, 50A)
Mark Stone – 62 factors (21G, 41A)
Pavel Dorofeyev – 57 factors (34G, 23A)
Thomas Hertl – 54 factors (24G, 30A)

BY THE NUMBERS
95.8 – The Golden Knights lead the league with a 95.8 penalty kill share of their final 9 video games, solely permitting one power-play purpose in that span.
241 – Keegan Kolesar fifth sits within the NHL with 241 hits this season, and has recorded 41 hits in March alone, which is the fourth-most within the league.

LAST TIME OUT
The Golden Knights have been shut out, 4-0, by the Utah Mammoth on Thursday night time at T-Mobile Arena. Clayton Keller scored a pair of targets, whereas Jack McBain and Barrett Hayton every discovered the again of the online within the win over Vegas. Karel Vejmelka turned apart all 28 Vegas photographs within the shutout effort.

SEASON SERIES
The Golden Knights and Nashville Predators have cut up the season collection even, taking one win every. In their first assembly on Dec. 31, 2025, at T-Mobile Arena, Vegas fell, 4-2, to Nashville. Mark Stone and Ben Hutton gave the Golden Knights a two-goal benefit within the first body, and Pavel Dorofeyev tallied assists on each targets. Nick Perbix, Steven Stamkos, Reid Schaefer, and Michael Bunting then scored 4 unanswered targets to assist the Predators discover a 4-2 victory over the Golden Knights. On Jan. 17, at T-Mobile Arena, the Golden Knights responded with a 7-2 win over the Predators. Vegas had seven totally different purpose scorers, and Shea Theodore (1G, 1A), Alexander Holtz (1G, 1A), Mitch Marner (1G, 1A) and Keegan Kolesar (1G, 1A) all skated away with multi-point nights. Dorofeyev and Stone additionally discovered the again on the web within the victory. Akira Schmidt recorded his first help as a Golden Knight and turned apart 27 out of 29 photographs to go together with a .931 save share.

OPPOSITION UPDATE
The Nashville Predators at the moment maintain a document of 31-28-9 and sit fifth within the Central Division with 71 factors. Nashville went 2-2-1 on a current five-game street journey, closing it out with a 4-3 shootout victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday at Canada Life Centre. The Predators then returned house on Thursday with a 3-1 win towards the Seattle Kraken. Nashville closes out a two-game homestand in its assembly towards Vegas on Saturday. Ryan O’Reilly leads the Predators with 62 factors (23G, 39A), adopted by Filip Forsberg with 58 factors (30G, 28A), and Steven Stamkos with 52 factors (31G, 21A).

PACIFIC DIVISION STANDINGS
Anaheim Ducks – 38-27-4, 80 factors
Edmonton Oilers – 34-27-9, 77 factors
Vegas Golden Knights – 31-24-14, 76 factors
Los Angeles Kings – 28-24-16, 72 factors
Seattle Kraken – 31-28-9, 71 factors
San Jose Sharks – 32-29-6, 70 factors
Calgary Flames – 28-34-7, 63 factors
Vancouver Canucks – 21-39-8, 50 factors

TO VEGAS VICTORY WOULD…
– Mark the 393rd win in franchise historical past
– Give the Golden Knights a 14-8-2 all-time document towards Nashville
– Give the Golden Knights a 7-3-2 all-time document towards Nashville at Bridgestone Arena

KEYS TO THE GAME
Back on Track: The Golden Knights struggled to seek out the again of the online of their previous couple of video games and wanted to get again to their identification. The workforce will look to reset their mindset, get to their recreation early, and set up a way of urgency from puck drop in Saturday’s contest.

Keep it Simple: The Golden Knights have to simplify their recreation by taking part in a extra direct fashion, getting pucks deep and limiting turnovers. Vegas should generate extra constant offensive stress and discover methods to swing the momentum of their favor.