Coyotes at Golden Knights preview

COYOTES (7-18-4) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (15-9-1)
8 p.m. ET; ATTSN-RM, FS-A, NHL.TV

Chychrun, the No. 16 pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, had offseason knee surgery. The Coyotes are on the second half of a back-to-back; Arizona defeated the Devils 5-0 on Saturday to end their three-game losing streak.
The Golden Knights will be without forwards David Perron (upper body) and William Carrier (upper body), who were placed on injured reserve on Thursday.
This is the fourth game this season between the Pacific Division rivals, with Vegas winning the first three.

Players to watch

Coyotes forward Derek Stepan has a point in eight of his past 11 games (two goals, eight assists) and had his third multipoint game of the season Saturday.
Golden Knights forward William Karlsson has 12 points in his past eight games (eight goals, four assists) and leads Vegas with 14 goals.

They said it

"[Coyotes goaltender Scott Wedgewood] is a really calm guy. You want that. A lot of pucks died in his pads, died in his stomach. That's how you know a guy is on his game." -- Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet
"[Arizona] has played well the last three weeks. They had a big win last night. I think they're a different team than what we've seen earlier in the year, and it's going to be a competitive game today." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant

Coyotes projected lineup

Brendan Perlini -- Derek Stepan -- Tobias Rieder
Max Domi -- Christian Dvorak -- Clayton Keller
Jordan Martinook -- Brad Richardson -- Zac Rinaldo
Anthony Duclair -- Dylan Strome -- Christian Fischer
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Jason Demers
Alex Goligoski -- Luke Schenn
Joel Hanley -- Jakob Chychrun
Scott Wedgewood
Marek Langhamer
Scratched:Nick Cousins, Kevin Connauton
Injured: Niklas Hjalmarsson (upper body), Antti Raanta (upper body)

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Status report

Hjalmarsson was placed on injured reserve Saturday. ... Vegas general manager George McPhee said Fleury passed his final neuro test and could be cleared for full contact by Wednesday. He hasn't played since Oct. 13.

Stat pack

After winning five straight games, the Golden Knights have lost their past three by a combined score of 14-6. ... Marchessault has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in his past six games … Keller leads Arizona with 14 points (five goals, nine assists) in 17 road games. Arizona has scored first in 17 games this season and is 5-9-3 in those games. Vegas is 6-8-1 when the opponent scores first.