NHL Tonight: What to watch in Golden Knights-Bruins, Monday's other games

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To get the week started, it's a four-pack of games Monday, with a wide array of storylines. Read on for a look at what you need to know for each game, including betting info and broadcast details.

In Monday's marquee matchup, the defending Western Conference champs take on the current Atlantic Division leaders. Stathletes gives this matchup a 0.76% chance of occurring as the 2027 Stanley Cup Final, which ranks 40th. . Eichel has nine goals and 15 assists in 22 career games against the Bruins , and Hanifin has five goals and 12 assists in 22 games .

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-- Eichel's and Hanifin's Olympic teammate -- the Bruins are allowing the fourth-fewest goals per game in the league , and they are a perfect 9-0-0 in games in which they score three or more goals. The Panthers, who are on a three-game winning streak, welcome the Red Wings to Sunrise. Although they are 8-4-2 overall, they have yet to win against an Atlantic Division opponent, going 0-2-0 thus far.

Florida has two players in the top 15 in scoring:The Wings have a 3-1-0 record in games in which they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent. This will be a factor, given that the Panthers have the NHL's ninth-ranked power play, clicking along at a 24.2% rate. On paper, this one doesn't appear to be the most competitive pairing. But, the Bruins were minus-225 against the Blackhawks on Saturday and narrowly escaped with an OT win.

This is the first of four matchups between these clubs this season, and they won't meet again until Feb. 28 -- when, presumably, each team will have a different makeup thanks to trade season.

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" The Great One was swapped twice during his NHL career, including one trade that was so shocking there is a But prior to playing in the NHL, Gretzky and the Oilers were in the WHA. And he made his way to Edmonton thanks to a trade. On Nov. 2, 1978, Gretzky was traded to the Oilers from the Indianapolis Racers.

He ended the 1978-79 season with 110 points, winning WHA Rookie of the Year. That was the last time someone would win that award, because the league folded in the summer of 1979, and the Oilers (along with the New England Whalers, Quebec Nordiques and