Topping Sidney Crosby scoring a shootout winner in the snow, or a record-setting attendance of 105,491 at Michigan Stadium, or whatever your personal favourite happens to be, is a high bar.
It may be an age-old hockey joke to poke fun at bad teams by suggesting they're hitting the links early, but the two games being played this weekend are set up on the 18th fairway of the Edgewood Tahoe Resort Golf Course, known for hosting the American Century Celebrity Championship.
This has all the feel of a true outdoor hockey game, with sightlines that might be distracting -- if not for the players in the moment, then certainly those watching at home, or lucky enough to be there working.
The Avs have no players left on the league's COVID list, while Vegas has Tomas Nosek remaining after he tested positive more than a week ago.
Robin Lehner remains out with an upper-body injury that's sidelined him for nearly two weeks and Fleury is expected to make his sixth straight start.
Captain Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek, Travis Konecny, Oskar Lindblom, Scott Laughton and Justin Braun are the regulars who will not be available to them.
- NHL Buzz: Samsonov could return this weekend for CapitalsNHL.com
- Hurricanes debut incredible Whalers Reverse Retro jerseys from adidasNHL.com
- Why play at Lake Tahoe? The business case for outdoor NHL games (even without fans)The Athletic
- Golden Knights face unique conditions in outdoor gameLas Vegas Review-Journal
- Golden Knights practice at Tahoe ahead of outdoor matchup with ColoradoNews3LV
- Sharks' Boughner on NHL Tahoe games: 'I'm happy we're not involved'The Mercury News
- How Tahoe weather could impact ice in Golden Knights outdoor gameFOX5 Las Vegas
- Locations, matchups we'd like to see in CanadaReport Door
- Avalanche star Joonas Donskoi nostalgic as outdoor game at Tahoe loomsNevada Sports Net
