Vegas Golden Knights at Vancouver Canucks 3/21/23 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Vegas Golden Knights will end their homestand Tuesday night with a game in Vancouver against the Vancouver Canucks. Vegas comes into Tuesday with 43 wins on the year after winning four of the last five following a 7-2 blowout win over Columbus in their last game. Jiri Patera had a few issues in the net for Vegas but posted a .946 save percentage after allowing just two goals on 37 shots in 60 minutes to secure the win for his team. Jack Eichel carried the offensive load for Vegas posting a hat trick in just over 15 minutes on the ice.

Offensively this season Vegas has been above average averaging 3.24 goals on 31.9 shots per game and the defense has been fantastic allowing just 2.77 goals per game as well. Jack Eichel leads the Vegas offense this season with 54 points to go along with a team high 26 goals on 198 shots. Chandler Stevenson is the top setup man with 41 assists on the year.

The Vancouver Canucks return home Tuesday night winners of four of the last five including two in a row after a narrow 2-1 win against Anaheim in their last game. Collin Delia  was fantastic in the net for Vancouver posting a .944 save percentage after allowing just one goal on 18 shots in the game period JT Miller and Elias Petterson led the way for the Vancouver offense with one goal and one assist apiece.

Vancouver has been and above average team offensively this season averaging 3.3 goals per game on 30.2 shots, but the defense has been terrible allowing 3.7 goals on 30.9 shots per game period Elias Pettersson leads the Vancouver offense this season with 88 points on the year, while Quinn Hughes chips in a team high 60 assists. Andrei Kuzmenko leads Vancouver with 34 goals on 125 shots.