With coaching uncertainty, Golden Knights set to meet Blues

[ASFN Admin]

The Vegas Golden Knights will try to bounce back from their first home loss of the season on Thursday night when they host the St. Louis Blues in the second game of a back-to-back Las Vegas. The Blues, despite blowing a 4-2 lead in the third period, won Tuesday night's opener, 5-4, in a shootout with Brayden Schenn scoring the winner in the third round. Vegas had to turn to general manager Kelly McCrimmon, a longtime coach of the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Western Hockey League, to coach the contest along with help from the staff of the nearby Henderson (Nev.) Silver Knights of the AHL after at least one member of Peter DeBoer's staff tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in the day.

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