6. Who did the Golden Knights play against in their first NHL home game?
From Quiz The Golden Misfits
Answer:
Arizona Coyotes
The Knights won their home opener by a 5 to 2 score on October 10, 2017. They came home from starting the season with a two-game road trip to an unbelievable situation because Las Vegas was still reeling from the shooting deaths of 58 people at a country music concert on October 1. Hundreds more were wounded. Team management had elaborate plans for the Knights' first home game but threw them out and instead, before the game, 26 police officers, fire fighters, emergency medical technicians, doctors and nurses were introduced, representative of the people who worked through the night and into October 2nd to bring order and help the wounded. It was a cathartic moment for the team and the town.
In the last home game of the regular season on March 3, 2018, against the San Jose Sharks, a banner in memory of the 58 people who died on 1 October was raised to the rafters of the T-Mobile Arena. The Knights decided, in remembrance of those 58 people, to retire jersey number 58; no Vegas Golden Knight will ever wear it.