Locked On Golden Knights - Daily Podcast On the Vegas Golden Knights

VGK is on the road this weekend facing Chicago and Nashville, two teams in the bottom tier. Chicago is two games and four points behind the San Jose Sharks in the battle for last place. They have lost 8 of 9 and there is no support for superstar Connor Bedard. The Blackhawks defeated VGK earlier this season and lost the last meeting 7-5, in a contest in which the Golden Knights scored five first p...

The Golden Knights are playing their best hockey of the season right now. They are on a four-game win streak currently, despite injuries to Tomas Hertl and Alex Pietrangelo. They need to keep winning, on one hand, to stave off a late rush by the L.A. Kings, but they also need to save some of their best hockey for the post-season. We have a discussion on whether VGK is peaking too soon. We also tal...

Jack Eichel hit the 90 point plateau as he recorded yet another VGK hat trick in the Golden Knights 5-1 victory over the Wild. Eichel took six shots in the game. VGK now has three hat tricks in the past four games. Brett Howden also had a goal, his 20th of the season. The Golden Knights have won four straight. Last night Alex Pietrangelo was a late scratch with a lower body injury. He is listed as...

Tomas Hertl didn't make the trip with the Golden Knights as they embarked on a three-game road swing. Kelly McCrimmon said Monday that Hertl will be evaluated again on Tuesday and would be missing the trip after he was boarded hard into the wall in Sunday's win over Tampa Bay. On a brighter note, Shea Theodore is expected to be in the lineup this week after suffering a broken hand in the 4 Nations...

VGK swept the three game homestand this weekend, but Sunday's 4-2 victory over Tampa Bay might have been a costly one for the Golden Knights. In the third period, Tomas Hertl was sent flying into boards on a breakaway by the Lightning's Emil Lilleberg. Hertl tried to brace himself as best as he could, but might have suffered a right wrist injury in the process. Hertl came out of the game in discom...

Pavel Dorofeyev is definitely one of the surprises of the season for VGK. He now has 30 goals, including 12 on the power play, and including Thursday's hat trick to lift VGK to a 5-1 victory over the fading Boston Bruins. Boston has lost four straight games. Morgan Geekie broke up Adin Hill's shutout late in the third period. Brett Howden and Ivan Barbashev also scored goals. We preview this weeke...

With 15 games remaining in the season, the Golden Knights are gearing up for the final stretch and Bruce Cassidy said Wednesday that he will start to build chemistry with stable lines. William Karlsson is expected to be back in the lineup tonight as the Bruins come to town. Boston has lost three straight and is struggling in the post Brad Marchand era. Boston kicks off a five game road swing. They...

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Based on Tuesday's VGK oractice, we could see the return of William Karlsson this week. Karlsson has been out for the past twenty games with a lower-body injury. He was on a line with Reilly Smith and Nic Roy in practice and appears to be set for Thursday's home game vs the Bruins. Karlsson also started the season late with the same recurring injury. He has seven goals on the season and could prov...

It's becoming more noticeable that VGK missed picking up more depth and a top-line scoring left winger at the deadline. Bruce Cassidy has still been toying with the lineup to try and see who fits in on the top line. Tanner Pearson has been the latest VGK winger to fill in. Perhaps, eventually, VGK will settle and have Ivan Barbeshev on the top line again. At the deadline, Kelly McCrimmon said he b...

The Golden Knights were able to secure just one point in the two games over the weekend. Albeit, these games were back to back but the Golden Knights left a point on the table at Buffalo Saturday, as Tomas Hertl passed the puck to Jack Eichel on a path to an open net. That would have put the game away in regulation. Instead, VGK lost in a shootout. On Sunday the Golden Knights were shutout 3-0 in...

Prior to Thursday's game in Columbus, Bruce Cassidy told the media that he "didn't want to hear the damn cannon." The Blue Jackets fire it off after every home goal. Well, Cassidy and VGK silenced the cannon by shutting out the home team for the first time in two years, 4-0. Adin Hill stopped 27 shots. The Golden Knights excelled on special teams as Nick Roy scored a power play goal and VGK killed...

The Golden Knights will try to break a two-game losing streak tonight in Columbus, as well as avenge an earlier one-goal loss in Las Vegas to the Blue Jackets. VGK's Alex Pietrangelo had a turnover leading to Cole Sillinger's winning goal. The VGK had two goals erased in that game - one by Barbeshev, the other by Eichel. VGK will face a difficult 1-1-3 defense again, the scoring could be low. We t...

Welcome to the NHL Squad Show! Today our hosts Gil Martin (Locked On Islanders), Eddie Garcia (Locked On Kings), Tom Callahan (Locked On Utah HC) and Jess Belmosto (Locked On Flames are talking about Aaron Ekblad’s 20 game suspension for breaking thee NHL’s rules on performance enhancing drugs, the whirlwind of the trade deadline including Mikko Rantanen to Dallas and Brad Marchand to Florida, and...

VGK rallied from two goals down to tie the Pittsburgh Penguins with just :06 remaining on a Noah Hanifin slapshot, but lost in O-T, just :49 seconds in on an Erik Karlsson goal. The Golden Knights have dropped two games in a row. Bruce Cassidy felt the team played better defensively last night, but we illustrate three defensive breakdowns on the Penguins goals. The Golden Knights played without tw...

VGK meets the Penguins Tuesday night for the 2nd time in four days. VGK won 4-0 behind an Ilya Samsonov shutout, his second of the season. We can anticipate that he will be in net again tonight. The game begins a four-game road trip in which VGK will also travel to Buffalo, Columbus and Detroit. We have our points prediction for the trip and we also have our Locks of the Knight and game prediction...

VGK lost to the L.A. Kings Sunday night, despite a Tomas Hertl hat trick in the game. The Golden Knights dug a deep hole, trailing 3-0 out of the chute. They had several comebacks in the game and came within a goal of tying the contest late, but still fell 6-5. The Kings won the season series 3-1 and scored 16 goals the past three meetings. Reilly Smith had his first point back with VGK. We also r...

Original Misfit Reilly Smith returned to Las Vegas in a trade with the New York Rangers on Trade Deadline Eve. The Golden Knights sent Brendan Brisson to the Rangers in return. Smith was part of the Stanley Cup championship team with VGK. He was in Las Vegas for six seasons before he headed to Pittsburgh and the Rangers. He had 10 goals and 19 assists in 58 games with the Rangers. Brisson was play...

The Golden Knights jumped out to an early 3-0 lead at the end of the first period, enroute to a 5-2 victory over Toronto at the Fortress Wednesday night. Tomas Hertl, Jack Eichel, Brett Howden, Noah Hanifin and Tanner Pearson all scored goals to lift VGK. In previewing the contest we talked about the amount of high danger chances the Maple Leafs have given up lately. In last night's game, Toronto...

Welcome to the NHL Squad Show! Today our hosts Gil Martin (Locked On Islanders), Eddie Garcia (Locked On Kings), Tom Callahan (Locked On Utah HC) and Kyle Kjer (Locked On Ducks) talking about the upcoming trade deadline and who’s going to be the next piece to fall before talking about the outdoor game this weekend, and whether the NHL has oversaturated the outdoor game market too much!   Support U...

VGK and Toronto meet tonight in a battle of top teams in the Pacific and Atlantic Divisions. After a rough start against teams from the East, VGK has won three straight and is riding an eight-game home points streak. We talk about the firepower of the Maple Leafs and whether they are a legit Cup contender. We also talk about their difficulties defensively and their slide in defending high danger c...

Kelly McCrimmon doubled down on his weekly radio interview that there will not be a major trade at this week's deadline. He said he doesn't feel any pressure to pull off a big deal. McCrimmon and his scouting team meet daily in Las Vegas this week to weigh any offers or trades. He said he doesn't believe VGK will be busy at Friday's trade deadline. We also discuss whether VGK has to still fill a w...

VGK broke a scoreless tie early in the third period as the Golden Knights "powered" their way past the leg weary New Jersey Devils 2-0. Both Mark Stone and Noah Hanifin scored on the man advantage. Adin Hill turned back 25 shots in the win. It was his 36th start, a career high VGK had jump in the third period against the Devils, who played the day before in Utah. Jacob Markstrom was the surprise s...

The Golden Knights nearly had an epic collapse Thursday night, but they held on for a 7-5 win over the Blackhawks. VGK jumped out to an early 5-1 lead at the end of the first period. But the Blackhawks chipped away to make it a 6-5 game with 9:44 remaining on a Philipp Kurashev goal. Finally, Ivan Barbashev scored an insurance goal to give the VGK a shaky win. Barbashev was playing on a line that...

The last place Chicago Blackhawks visit T-Mobile Arena Thursday night. VGK will try to rebound after its third period collapse in L.A. earlier this week. Chicago is in disarray. Defenseman Seth Jones made a trade request and was frustrated after the Blackhawks latest loss, saying the team is the same as they were at the start of the season. He said they haven't made any strides. VGK had its 4 Nati...