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Golden Knights begin a five-game road trip against a banged-up Maple Leafs
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Golden Knights begin a five-game road trip against a banged-up Maple Leafs

The Vegas Golden Knights begin their five-game road trip against a Toronto Maple Leafs squad dealing with a plethora of injuries.

The Golden Knights are dealing with their fair share of injuries, with Mark Stone, Victor Olofsson, Ben Hutton and Nicolas Haag all out injured, but the Maple Leafs are dealing with a serious injury scare.

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Auston Matthews has missed the team’s previous six games and recently announced that David Kampf and Max Domi are on injured reserve. Their current roster features just one of the four centers on their opening night roster. Former Golden Knight Ryan Reaves received a five-game suspension for his hit on the Edmonton Oilers’ Darnell Nurse. Calle Jarnkrok and another former Golden Knight, Max Pacioretty, remain members of the LTIR.

With Stone and Olofsson still out, Cal Burke and Mason Morelli have been called up to the Golden Knights. Burke makes his season debut tonight with the Golden Knights and skates on the fourth line.

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Despite Ilya Samsonov returning to Toronto, the team he spent the past two seasons with, HC Bruce Cassidy has opted to start Adin Hill. He will be the opposite of Joseph Woll.

Golden Knights expected lineup:

Barbashev-Eichel-Dorofeev
Hertl-Roy-Kolesar
Howden-Karlsson-Holtz
Pearson-Schwindt-Burke

Hanifin-Pietrangelo
Theodore-Wittewolk
McNabb-Korczak

Hill
Samsonov

Maple Leafs expected lineup:

McMann-Tavares-Marner
Knies-Holmberg-Nylander
Robertson-Minten-Grebenkin
Dewar-Lorentz-Steeves

Rielly-Ekman-Larsson
McCabe-Tanev
Benoit Timmins

Wool
Stolarz

Be sure to bookmark THN’s Vegas Golden Knights site for the latest news, exclusive interviews, recaps and more.

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