Captain Mark Stone is out again for Vegas, which is also down top-pair blueliner Brayden McNabb due to one-game suspension for a questionable hit in Game 5. Stone has 18 career points in 25 potential series-clinching games like this. Come on Ducks, it's all there for the taking to force a Game 7. Anaheim is 4-1 at home in these playoffs and averaging 4.40 goals per game at the Duck Pond -- if they still call it that.

Brett Howden had 12 goals in 58 games during the regular season but has seven in 11 contests this postseason. Since failing to score in Vegas' first three playoff games, he has converted in six of the team's last eight. The fact he didn't score in Game 5 against the Ducks makes me like his chances on Thursday even more, as I'm hesitant to back a player with a lengthy goal-scoring streak (i.e. Anaheim's Beckett Sennecke). I think it's worth taking a chance on Howden in Game 6.