Flames at Golden Knights preview

FLAMES (30-21-9) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (39-16-4)
10:30 p.m. ET; ATTSN-RM, SNF, NHL.TV

Vegas is looking to win its 23rd home game, which would break the record set by the 1979-80 Hartford Whalers (22-12-6). A victory would also give the Golden Knights 84 points, eclipsing the expansion mark held by the 1993-94 Florida Panthers.
The Golden Knights trail the Tampa Bay Lightning by one point for the best record in the NHL, lead the Nashville Predators by one point for first place in the Western Conference and are eight points ahead of the San Jose Sharks for first in the Pacific Division.
At 69 points, the Flames trail the Los Angeles Kings by two points for third place in the Pacific and the Minnesota Wild by two points for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the West.

Players to watch

Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau has 12 points (four goals, eight assists) in his past 10 games.
Golden Knights forward Reilly Smith has 12 points (five goals, seven assists) in his past eight games.

They said it

"This time of the year is about energy. It's not any different than us last year at this time, so this is about energy, and hey, we've played enough games. We've just got to push the last 22." -- Flames coach Glen Gulutzan
"I think we're just taking it one game at a time. I don't think anyone's really caught up on breaking any records. After the season is when we can look back on those things." -- Golden Knights defenseman Deryk Engelland

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Micheal Ferland
Matthew Tkachuk -- Mikael Backlund -- Michael Frolik
Sam Bennett -- Mark Jankowski -- Troy Brouwer
Ryan Lomberg -- Matt Stajan -- Garnet Hathaway
Mark Giordano -- Dougie Hamilton
TJ Brodie -- Travis Hamonic
Brett Kulak -- Michael Stone
David Rittich
Jon Gillies
Scratched:Curtis Lazar, Matt Barkowski
Injured:Kris Verteeg (hip), Mike Smith (lower body), Marek Hrivik (undisclosed)

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Status report

Brouwer will play after missing six games. … Neal and Theodore are game-time decisions.

Stat pack

Gaudreau is second in the League with 37 points (10 goals, 27 assists) on the road, trailing Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov (41 points; 16 goals, 25 assists). Calgary is 16-3-0 when Gaudreau scores two or more points. … Fleury is 16-6-1 with a 2.00 goals-against average and .932 save percentage in his past 23 starts … Marchessault has 17 points (five goals, 12 assists) in his past 16 games.