Coyotes at Golden Knights preview

COYOTES (26-39-11) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (48-21-7)
10 p.m. ET; ATTSN-RM, FS-A PLUS, NHL.TV

Vegas is on a five-game point streak (3-0-2) after losing two straight games. The Golden Knights have a five-point lead over the San Jose Sharks, who lost 3-2 in overtime Tuesday at the St. Louis Blues. Vegas trails the Nashville Predators by six points for first place in the Western Conference.
The Coyotes, who are 8-5-1 in their past 14 games and 2-2-0 entering the fifth game of a six-game road trip. Arizona is tied with the Ottawa Senators for the second-fewest points in the NHL (63), three ahead of the Buffalo Sabres.

Players to watch

Coyotes rookie forward Clayton Keller has five goals and eight assists during a nine-game point streak.
Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury is one victory from passing Grant Fuhr (403) for 11th all-time. He has a save percentage of .981 in his past four starts (3-0-1).

They said it

"We played them a lot in the early parts of the year. I think we're a different group in here. This is an important game for us. We want to make sure that we don't let them get all five." -- Coyotes forward Derek Stepan, whose team is 0-4-0 against Vegas
"We're not worried about the playoffs right now. We're worried about finishing the regular season strong." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant

Coyotes projected lineup

Clayton Keller -- Derek Stepan -- Richard Panik
Max Domi -- Christian Dvorak -- Josh Archibald
Brendan Perlini -- Dylan Strome --
Josh Archibald
Jordan Martinook -- Brad Richardson -- Nick Cousins
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Luke Schenn
Jakob Chychrun -- Alex Goligoski
Kevin Connauton -- Trevor Murphy
Antti Raanta
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched:Freddie Hamilton, Zac Rinaldo
Injured:Niklas Hjalmarsson (lower body), Jason Demers (upper body), Laurent Dauphin (lower body)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Tomas Tatar
David Perron -- Erik Haula -- James Neal
Ryan Carpenter -- Cody Eakin -- Alex Tuch
Tomas Nosek -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Ryan Reaves
Brayden McNabb -- Nate Schmidt
Shea Theodore -- Deryk Engelland
Jon Merrill -- Colin Miller
Marc-Andre Fleury
Malcolm Subban
Scratched:Brad Hunt, Zach Whitecloud, Oscar Lindberg
Injured:Reilly Smith (upper body), William Carrier (upper body), Luca Sbisa (upper body)

Status report

Gallant said he expects Engelland to return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past two games. Lindberg will be a game-time decision.

Stat pack

Raanta is 6-1-0 with a goals-against average of 1.44 in his past seven starts. The Coyotes have scored at least four goals in four of their past five games. … Vegas has allowed two goals or fewer in five straight games and has outscored its opponents 14-6 during that span. Marchessault has three goals and four assists during a five-game point streak.