Review-Journal reporter Ben Gotz answers questions from readers on Golden Knights center William Karlsson, the team’s power play and more.
Ben Gotz
Assistant Sports Editor
Email: bgotz@reviewjournal.com
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Ben Gotz was named assistant sports editor in November 2023. He previously covered the Vegas Golden Knights. Ben came to the Review-Journal in May 2016 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. Before coming to Las Vegas, he wrote about college hockey, college football and high school sports during stops at the Star Tribune, Pioneer Press and Minnesota Daily back home in Minnesota.
Golden Knights fans can now buy last-minute tickets via text as part of the team’s new partnership with Pogoseat.
The early games this season have featured plenty of scoring but not a lot of defense.
Subban made 18 saves in the Knights’ 4-2 loss at Pittsburgh on Thursday, while Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith made 35.
The 25-year-old played in 10 games with the Knights last season and had a goal and two assists.
The Knights travel to Pittsburgh to play the Penguins on Thursday, a day after their 5-2 loss to the Washington Capitals.
The Golden Knights lost Paul Stastny until at least next week, but Cody Eakin returned to score Knights’ first goal against the Washington Capitals in a rematch of last year’s Stanley Cup Final.
Versatile Golden Knights forward Oscar Lindberg is from Skelleftea, Sweden, where players are taught to be strong on the offensive and defensive ends of the rink.
The center practiced with full contact Tuesday for the first time since suffering a lower-body injury in late September.
Golden Knights reporter Ben Gotz answers questions from readers about the Knights’ missing defenseman Nate Schmidt, the team’s third line and more.
The Knights allowed the Buffalo Sabres to have a lot of close chances around their goaltender in a 4-2 loss Monday.
McNabb said when he made his NHL debut for Buffalo he was more of an offensive defenseman, but he has since adapted to become a shutdown presence.
The two Knights defensemen both added to their families in training camp, giving them something easy to talk about as they try to build on-ice chemistry.
Back in Minnesota, where he skated in college and at the start of his NHL career, Erik Haula played right wing for the second straight game after centering the Golden Knights’ second line last season.
While reaching the Stanley Cup Final requires NHL teams to play an extra month of games and fall behind in the offseason, that hasn’t carried over to slow starts the following seasons.