The Vegas Golden Knights will host the NHL's league leaders, the Winnipeg Jets, in an evening tilt. The Golden Knights enter tonight's game after a 2-1 shootout loss to the Colorado Avalanche. They currently hold a three-point lead in the Pacific Division over the Calgary Flames.

Their first chance to improve on those things comes today against the Vegas Golden Knights, who are also off to a strong start this season. While the Jets lead the Central with a record of 18-5-0, Vegas is the top team in the Pacific at 14-6-3.

Ehlers has registered 19.35 attempts per 60 minutes during the eight-game stretch compared to just 16.98 per 60 across 15 games to start the year. The difference has been converting 62.7% of his attempts into shots to start the campaign compared to just 42.9% of his attempts resulting in shots across the past eight.

Cole Perfetti scored twice in defeat for Winnipeg, their seventh straight regular season loss to the Golden Knights.

LAS VEGAS -- Brett Howden scored twice, including the go-ahead goal at 15:55 of the third period, for the Vegas Golden Knights in a 4-3 victory against the Winnipeg Jets at T-Mobile Arena on Friday. Howden tapped in a backhand, backdoor pass from William Karlsson at the left post.