Ducks at Golden Knights preview

DUCKS (29-20-11) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (39-15-4)
10 p.m. ET; ATTSN-RM, PRIME, NHL.TV

A win for Vegas would give them 84 points, surpassing the 83 by the Florida Panthers in 1993-94. Vegas can also set a record for most home wins by a team in its inaugural season with 23, surpassing the 1979-80 Hartford Whalers.
The Golden Knights lead the NHL with 82 points and have a 10-point lead in the Pacific Division over the San Jose Sharks.
Anaheim has won four of its past six games (4-1-1) and is 9-4-2 in its past 15 games. The Ducks trail the Sharks by three points for second place in the Pacific Division and lead the Calgary Flames by one point for third place.

Players to watch

Ducks forward Rickard Rakell has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in his past 10 games.
Golden Knights forward William Karlsson has seven points (three goals, four assists) during a seven-game point streak.

They said it

"[Vegas hasn't] surprised anybody with any trick plays or anything. They're just an honest, hard-working hockey club that is playing as a team and getting performances that are consistent." -- Ducks coach Randy Carlyle
"We don't worry about the Pacific Division or the Western Conference. We only worry about playing the next game and competing hard." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Corey Perry
Andrew Cogliano -- Ryan Kesler -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Adam Henrique -- Ondrej Kase
Chris Wagner -- Antoine Vermette -- JT Brown
Cam Fowler -- Brandon Montour
Kevin Bieksa -- Hampus Lindholm
Marcus Pettersson
-- Josh Manson
John Gibson
Ryan Miller
Scratched:Derek Grant, Francois Beauchemin
Injured: Patrick Eaves (illness)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
David Perron -- Erik Haula -- James Neal
Brendan Leipsic -- Cody Eakin -- Alex Tuch
Ryan Carpenter -- Oscar Lindberg -- Tomas Nosek
Nate Schmidt -- Brayden McNabb
Luca Sbisa -- Deryk Engelland
Brad Hunt -- Colin Miller
Marc-Andre Fleury
Maxime Lagace
Scratched:Brendan Leipsic, Stefan Matteau, Tomas Hyka
Injured: Shea Theodore (illness), Malcolm Subban (upper body), Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (upper body), Jon Merrill (undisclosed)

Status report

Kesler (lower body) is a game-time decision for Anaheim. He did not play in a 3-2 shootout win against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. … The Golden Knights placed Bellemare on injured reserve Monday. Matteau and Hyka were recalled from Chicago of the American Hockey League. ... Theodore will miss his second straight game with a sore throat. ... Neal (illness) is a game-time decision.

Stat pack

Kase has nine points (five goals, four assists) in seven games. ... Henrique has 14 points (nine goals, five assists) in his past 15 games. ... Gibson is 4-1-1 with a 1.67 goals-against average in his past six starts. … Fleury is 10-3-0 in his past 13 starts with a 2.38 GAA and .919 save percentage. ... Smith has 12 points (five goals, seven assists) during a seven-game point streak.