I got to see my first AHL game yesterday. The Ontario Reign (the LA Kings affiliate) hosted and beat the Chicago Wolves 4-2.
Gamesheet: Chicago at Ontario - Jan 13, 2018
Reportedly, there were 8000+ fans in attendance. Not bad. (I can remember frequently seeing the Penguins in the pre-Mario era (early 80s) when attendance was barely that to see an admittedly miserable NHL team.)
Unfortunately, I was not sure which of the players on the Chicago Wolves were VGK players.
Tyler Wong (who, in preseason, scored Vegas' first-ever goal and recorded the first hat trick) was fast. Hyka (middle picture below) scored one of the two Wolves goals on a nifty play.
Overall, the Ontario Reign just seemed a little bit faster throughout the evening and a lot bigger. (Wolves Griffin Reinhart is a big guy, however.) Matteau did have a few nice SOG.
Lagace didn't play. Jordan Subban (see below), brother of P.K. and Malcolm, did play for the Ontario Reign.
The AHL is a fun (and relatively inexpensive) way to follow player development.