Vegas Golden Knights News

The Golden Knights gave up a conditional 2025 first-round pick, a conditional third-round pick, a 2024 fifth-round pick and Daniil Miromanov to acquire Hanifin. The Flames retained 50 percent of Hanifin's contract and the Flyers retained 25 percent as a third-party broker. At 25 percent, Hanifin will carry a $1.2375M AAV cap-hit. The 27-year-old defenseman heads to Vegas with 11 goals and 24 assists (35 points) in 61 games this season.

Olofsson will fill the void left up front by the departure of Casey Mittelstadt. Olofsson has four goals and eight assists in 35 games this season.

Samsonov did not play in Monday's 4-1 loss to the Boston Bruins but will return to the crease on Wednesday night. The 27-year-old Samsonov has started three of the last five games for the Maple Leafs (2-1-0) and saved 32 of 35 shots (.914 SV%) in his last outing, a 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers. The Maple Leafs enter action on Wednesday as -175 home favourites against a Buffalo Sabres club that annihilated them 9-3 on December 21st.

Samsonov did not play in Monday's 4-1 loss to the Boston Bruins but will likely return to the crease on Wednesday night. The 27-year-old Samsonov has started three of the last five games for the Maple Leafs (2-1-0) and saved 32 of 35 shots (.914 SV%) in his last outing, a 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers. The Maple Leafs enter action on Wednesday as -175 home favourites against a Buffalo Sabres club that annihilated them 9-3 on December 21st.

Nico Daws has allowed eight goals on his last 27 shots (.704 SV%), prompting the Devils and their new coaching staff to turn to Schmid between the pipes on Tuesday. Schmid entered the crease in relief in each of the last two games and saved all 18 shots he faced. That said, with Schmid struggling as a whole on the season, the Devils enter action as +109 home underdogs against a red-hot Florida Panthers club riding a five-game winning streak, including a 4-2 victory over the New York Rangers last night.

Nico Daws has allowed eight goals on his last 27 shots (.704 SV%), prompting the Devils and their new coaching staff to turn to Schmid between the pipes on Tuesday. Schmid entered the crease in relief in each of the last two games and saved all 18 shots he faced. That said, with Schmid struggling as a whole on the season, the Devils enter action as +109 home underdogs against a red-hot Florida Panthers club riding a five-game winning streak, including a 4-2 victory over the New York Rangers last night.

Hill did not play on Saturday, a 7-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres, for a struggling Golden Knights squad, but will start on Monday night. Hill allowed five goals on 32 shots (.844 SV%) in his last outing, a 5-4 loss to the Boston Bruins, and has allowed three or more goals in five of his last six contests (1-5-0). That said, the Golden Knights enter action as -185 road favourites against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Eichel has been out for six weeks since leaving the Golden Knights' game on January 11th with a knee injury and appears to be on cue to return from surgery at the late end of his four-to-six-week prognosis after being activated from Injured Reserve on Monday. He had 19 goals, 25 assists, 173 SOG, 10 PIMs and a +1 plus/minus through 42 games before his injury. He will be a welcomed addition to a Golden Knights team without Mark Stone indefinitely due to an upper-body injury.

Hill did not play on Saturday, a 7-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres, for a struggling Golden Knights squad, but will likely start on Monday night. Hill allowed five goals on 32 shots (.844 SV%) in his last outing, a 5-4 loss to the Boston Bruins, and has allowed three or more goals in five of his last six contests (1-5-0). That said, the Golden Knights enter action as -185 road favourites against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Eichel has been out for six weeks since leaving the Golden Knights' game on January 11th with a knee injury and appears to be on cue to return from surgery at the late end of his four-to-six-week prognosis. He had 19 goals, 25 assists, 173 SOG, 10 PIMs and a +1 plus/minus through 42 games before his injury. He will be a welcomed addition to a Golden Knights team without Mark Stone indefinitely due to an upper-body injury.

Demek was the 128th overall pick of the Golden Knights in the 2021 NHL Entry Entry Draft. He was recalled by the Golden Knights last week but was unable to crack the lineup. The 20-year-old Slovak-born forward is playing his first professional season and has 13 points (5G / 8A) in 44 games with the Henderson Silver Knights of the AHL.

Samsonov will start for the third straight game on Saturday in a matchup against the red-hot New York Rangers. The 27-year-old Samsonov is coming off his worst outing since rejoining the Maple Leafs from a conditioning stint with the Marlies (AHL) in mid-January, allowing five goals on 31 shots (.839 SV%) in a 6-2 loss against the Vegas Golden Knights.

Hill has established himself as the Golden Knights' clear number-one netminder ahead of Logan Thompson, as Vegas will turn to him for the fourth time in their last five games. Hill was fantastic in Toronto on Tuesday, allowing just two goals on 30 shots, guiding the Golden Knights to a 6-2 victory over the Maple Leafs. He owns a 15-5-2 record on the season along with a league-leading .927 SV%. He will have his hands full again on Thursday with the Golden Knights being +130 underdogs in Boston.

Despite Joseph Woll returning to practice this week, the Maple Leafs will continue to go with their duo of Martin Jones and Ilya Samsonov for at least one more game on Tuesday. The 27-year-old Samsonov will start his second-straight game and look to extend Toronto's current seven-game winning streak. He'll face the Vegas Golden Knights in Toronto on Tuesday, who are going in the opposite direction with loses in three straight and five of their last six games.

Eichel has been out for six weeks since leaving the Golden Knights' game on January 11th with a knee injury and appears to be on cue to return from surgery at the late end of his four-to-six-week prognosis. He currently has 19 goals, 25 assists, 173 SOG, 10 PIMs and a +1 plus/minus through 42 games before his injury and will be a welcomed addition to a Golden Knights team that just lost Mark Stone indefinitely to an upper-body injury.

Hill will look for redemption as the Golden Knights starting goalie on Tuesday against the Toronto Maple Leafs, who chased him from the crease in the opening period last week. On Thursday, the Maple Leafs peppered Hill and the Golden Knights with 20 shots in the first period, scoring three and forcing Hill to exit the crease. Hill has allowed three or more goals in four straight (0-4-0) after an incredible start to the season.

Howden most recently played on a line with William Karlsson and Grigori Denisenko but did not play on Thursday and has been placed on IR. The 25-year-old Howden has 13 points (5G / 8A) in 54 games this season.