{"id":300076,"date":"2026-05-05T01:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/300076\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T01:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:35:20","slug":"vegas-golden-knights-gm-speaks-ahead-of-round-2-against-anaheim-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/300076\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Golden Knights GM speaks ahead of Round 2 against Anaheim Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) \u2014 The Vegas Golden Knights returned to City National Arena on Sunday to prepare for the second round against the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> with a familiar face returning to the ice. <\/p>\n

“William Karlsson joined the team in Salt Lake; he practiced there; he continues to progress. Tat’s as far as I’ll go with respect to his availability,” Vegas Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon said. <\/p>\n

WATCH | Alex Eschelman was at City National Arena to hear McCrimmon’s thoughts ahead of Round 2:<\/p>\n

Vegas Golden Knights GM speaks ahead of Round 2 against Anaheim Ducks<\/p>\n

While Karlsson’s return is unknown, McCrimmon says one thing is for certain: the team has more confidence under head coach John Tortorella. <\/p>\n

“Torts has done a really good job in terms of leaning on his assistants. I think he’s had a really good touch with how to handle the people,” McCrimmon said.<\/p>\n

After leading the Golden Knights to a 4-2 series win over the Utah Mammoth in the first round, Tortorella and the team now turn their attention to the Ducks \u2014 a club with similarities to Vegas in how they get off the rush and their net-front presence.<\/p>\n

“That’s how you score goals in front of the net \u2014 tips, deflections. You look at how we score, that’s how we scored a lot of our goals in the first series, so I think for us as well just making it hard for their goalie, getting in front of his eyes and making it hard on their D, too, that will be a big part of the series,” defenseman Noah Hanifin said.<\/p>\n

The Golden Knights are one of only two teams \u2014 along with the Carolina Hurricanes \u2014 to advance to the second round in back-to-back years.<\/p>\n

Vegas hosts Anaheim Monday night at 6:30 p.m. at T-Mobile Arena for Game 1 of the second round in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. You can find the full schedule for the second-round series here:<\/p>\n

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Vegas Golden Knights<\/p>\n

Schedule drops for Golden Knights vs. Ducks in Round 2 of Stanley Cup Playoffs<\/p>\n

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