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HC Bruce Cassidy throws the Golden Knights' lines in a dazzler before the matchup against the Lightning

Vegas Golden Knights HC Bruce Cassidy has decided to change the team's lineup ahead of the game against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Golden Knights suffered their first loss of the season on Tuesday against the Washington Capitals. Jack Eichel and Victor Olofsson found the net, but it wasn't enough and they lost 4-2.

Olofsson left Tuesday's game with a lower-body injury and will miss tonight's game against the Lightning. Brendan Brisson will enter the lineup to replace the 29-year-old, and he will skate in a children's line alongside Cole Schwindt and Alexander Holtz.

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The Lightning emerge victorious in their first two games tonight, and their top lineup of Jake Guentzel, Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov is clicking on all cylinders.

Andrei Vasilevskiy will start for the third time this season. He has allowed just one goal in each of his two starts, but his record against the Golden Knights so far is disappointing. He has a 5-4-3 record in 12 starts with an .895 SV% and a 3.21 GAA.

Golden Knights' planned lineup:

Barbashev acorn stone
Pearson-Hertl-Dorofeyev
Brisson-Schwindt-Holtz
Howden Roy Kolesar

Theodore Pietrangelo
Hague-Hanifin
McNabb Whitecloud

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Samsonov

Lightning's projected lineup:

Guentzel-Point-Kucherov
Hagel-Cirelli-Paul
Eyssimont Geekie Atkinson
Girgensons-Glendening-Chaffee

Hedman Moser
McDonagh Cernak
Lilleberg-Raddysh

Vasilievsky
Johansson

Puck drop will take place at 4:00 p.m. PST at Amalie Arena.

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