Carter Hart's honeymoon phase under Coach Tortorella has worn off with back to back mediocre efforts between the pipes in Salt Lake. Fortunately for Hart the defensive structure of the Knights insulates him most evenings and I'm looking for that trend to continue here. The first two games in this series saw a combined 7.71 expected goals at 5 on 5 compared to 10.33 the last two games. Game state made each of the last two contests more wide open especially when teams were chasing multi-goal deficits. Given the swing we'll see tonight I'm looking for a low event tight checking well disciplined effort from both sides lending itself to an under position.
Marino signed an eight-year, $54 million contract extension with the Mammoth on Tuesday, per PuckPedia.
Hayton (upper body) signed a one-year, $4.775 million contract with Utah on Wednesday.
Cormier signed a one-year contract with the Golden Knights on Monday.
Peeke signed a one-year, $1 million contract with the Mammoth on Friday, Chris Johnston of The Athletic reports.
Heinola signed a one-year, $850,000 contract with the Golden Knights on Wednesday, Chris Johnston of The Athletic reports.
Tuomisto signed a contract with the Golden Knights on Wednesday.
Ginning signed a contract with the Golden Knights on Wednesday.
Gatcomb signed a contract with the Golden Knights on Wednesday.
Demek signed a contract with the Golden Knights on Wednesday.
Lavoie signed a contract with the Golden Knights on Wednesday.
