Johnson Wants To See If Vegas Can Slow Carolina’s Forecheck

Vegas is staring at one of those games that tells you whether the group can handle pressure without blinking. Johnson wants to know if the Golden Knights can blunt Carolina’s forecheck, and that is no small ask against a team that turns every dump-in into a problem. The real test is whether Vegas can survive the surge long enough to get its own game going. If Carolina starts rolling downhill early, the whole night can start to feel like a penalty kill with no end in sight.