Slumping Golden Knights play host to surging Stars

Marred in a slump that has seen them lose four of their past five games, the Vegas Golden Knights open a brief two-game homestand on Thursday against the Dallas Stars in Las Vegas.

The Golden Knights dropped three of four games on an eastern road trip that concluded with a 3-2 overtime loss at Montreal on Tuesday. Jake Evans scored at 3:58 in overtime to win it for the Canadiens, who swept the two-game regular-season series.

The loss at Montreal came after arguably the team's worst loss of the season on Sunday at Ottawa, 7-1.