Game Preview: Hurricanes at Golden Knights

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty ImagesWhen the NHL decided to locate a team in Vegas, fans around the league seemed to think there was a real chance that players would get themselves into trouble—the Vegas Flu if you will—and that it would create an inherent advantage for the Golden Knights as players wouldn’t be able to control themselves with the lights and magic of Sin City.

You wonder if this affected the Hurricanes last year. Then, the Canes had three days between a home date against the Anaheim Ducks and their first road game of the Southwest Swing, which was the Golden Knights. This was backed up by them having another day off before playing the Arizona Coyotes. That’s plenty of time…