NOTES
Paul Stastny will wear the Golden Knights uniform for the first time since signing with Vegas on July 1. He was drafted by the Avalanche in 2005 (2nd round, 44th overall) and played two seasons at the University of Denver.
Reid Duke, Tomas Hyka, Erik Brannstrom, Dylan Ferguson and Zachary Fucale are in the lineup for the second time this preseason. The rest of the Golden Knights roster for Tuesday are making their preseason debuts.
INSIDE THE ROOM
Thoughts on what he'd like to see Tuesday night...
I like the way our team played, the game we play, in game one. So that's what I want to see, I want to see us play hard, I want to see us play fast, I want us to play quick and play the way we played.
Thoughts on young players so far in training camp...
There are three or four of the young kids where we're really happy with their development and that's the way it's supposed to be and some guys that we don't know. I mean Daniel Carr played on other teams, we signed him as a free agent. McKenzie, had a little injury so he hasn't had a whole lot of time to play games yet but there are guys that are going to get an opportunity to play on our hockey team and I think everybody came to camp and everybody's done real well in their testing and everybody's working hard on the ice so, that's exactly what a coach wants.
Thoughts on Brooks Macek...
I think he looks real good, again, there's a player I didn't know at all and he's played some center for us during the camp but he prefers right wing and he going to get a chance to play right wing in the games so he looks good and looks solid. He had a lot of goals last year in the German league, so I like the look of him on the ice. So, time will tell, and we'll see him a little bit more. He's been very good so far.
KEYS TO THE GAME
Matching Colorado's Speed: Colorado's top-line of Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen are expected to play Tuesday. That trio formed one of the fastest, quick-striking lines in the NHL last season and the Golden Knights will have to contain them.
Keep The Goals Coming: Vegas scored seven times Sunday against the Coyotes, including four first-period goals. Preseason games are often high-scoring, so Vegas will need to find the back of the net early and often.
