TONIGHT: Golden Knights at Jets, 7 p.m. TV: TSN3; Radio: TSN 1290

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ABOUT THE KNIGHTS

— C William Karlsson, acquired via the NHL Expansion Draft from the Columbus Blue Jackets, has been a real find for the Golden Knights. He led the club in scoring with 13 goals and 22 points in 23 games heading into Thursday’s game against the Minnesota Wild at the Xcel Energy Center. Karlsson centres the club’s top line, which also includes Reilly Smith and Jonathan Marchessault. Marchessault was second with 21 points while Smith, David Perron and James Neal were tied with 19 points apiece. Neal, a former Nashville Predators, had 12 goals.

— Winnipeggers Cody Eakin and Brendan Leipsic have been playing on the third forward unit with Oscar Lindberg. Eakin had three goals and 10 points in 23 games while Leipsic had seven assists in 15 outings.

— Vegas has a large contingent on injured reserve, including G Marc-Andre Fleury (concussion), G Oscar Dansk (lower body), RW David Perron (upper body), D Clayton Stoner (undisclosed). C Will Carrier (upper body) is considered day-to-day.

— The Knights were shut out for the first time Tuesday, blanked 3-0 on home ice by the Dallas Stars.

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS

30 Malcolm Subban G

33 Maxime Lagace G

3 Brayden McNabb D

5 Deryk Engelland D

6 Colin Miller D

13 Brendan Leipsic LW

15 Jon Merrill D

18 James Neal LW

19 Reilly Smith RW

21 Cody Eakin C

24 Oscar Lindberg

25 Stefan Matteau C

27 Shea Theodore D

41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare LW

47 Luca Sbisa D

56 Erik Haula LW

71 William Karlsson C

77 Brad Hunt D

81 Jonathan Marchesault C

88 Nate Schmidt D

89 Alex Tuch RW

92 Tomas Nosek LW

Head coach: Gerard Gallant

Assistant coaches: Mike Kelly, Ryan Craig, Ryan McGill

Goaltending coach: David Prior

WINNIPEG JETS

1 Eric Comrie G

37 Connor Hellebuyck G

3 Tucker Poolman D

5 Dmitry Kulikov D

7 Ben Chiarot D

8 Jacob Trouba D

9 Andrew Copp LW

13 Brandon Tanev RW

15 Matt Hendricks C

16 Shawn Matthias LW

17 Adam Lowry C

18 Bryan Little C

26 Blake Wheeler RW

27 Nikolaj Ehlers LW

29 Patrik Laine RW

33 Dustin Byfuglien D

40 Joel Armia RW

44 Josh Morrissey D

55 Mark Scheifele C

56 Marko Dano C

57 Tyler Myers D

81 Kyle Connor LW

85 Mathieu Perreault LW

Head coach: Paul Maurice

Assistant coaches: Jamie Kompon, Charlie Huddy, Todd Woodcroft

Goaltending coach: Wade Flaherty

Video coach: Matt Prefontaine