Flames at Golden Knights preview

FLAMES (13-8-1) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (10-12-1)
6 p.m. ET; SN1, SNW (joined in progress), ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

Calgary, which defeated Vegas 7-2 on Monday, has outscored its opponents 17-7 in its past three games.
Flames forward James Neal will return to Vegas for the first time since he signed a signed a five-year, $28.75 million contract with Calgary on July 2. Neal was selected by the Golden Knights in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft from the Nashville Predators.
Vegas is looking for its third win in four games (2-1-0) after losing four of its previous six.

Players to watch

Flames forward Elias Lindholm has 14 points (five goals, nine assists) in his past 12 games.
Golden Knights forward Max Pacioretty has scored four goals in his past three games.

They said it

"We're really excited right now. We're feeling good for ourselves. The last road trip, we weren't as good, so we want to make sure this road trip is different." -- Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk
"Coming out of that road trip over .500 (2-1-0) is big, especially against teams in your division. It was a good couple of wins, and we fell apart in Calgary (on Monday), but we had a great bounce-back game [Wednesday]." -- Golden Knights forward Alex Tuch

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk -- Mikael Backlund -- Sam Bennett
Austin Czarnik -- Derek Ryan -- James Neal
Dillon Dube -- Mark Jankowski -- Garnet Hathaway
Mark Giordano -- TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin -- Travis Hamonic
Juuso Valimaki -- Rasmus Andersson
Mike Smith
David Rittich
Scratched:Dalton Prout, Oliver Kylington, Ryan Lomberg
Injured: Michael Stone (blood clot), Michael Frolik (lower body)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
Max Pacioretty -- Cody Eakin -- Alex Tuch
Tomas Nosek -- Oscar Lindberg -- Ryan Carpenter
William Carrier -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Ryan Reaves
Brayden McNabb -- Colin Miller
Shea Theodore -- Nate Schmidt
Nick Holden -- Deryk Engelland
Marc-Andre Fleury
Malcolm Subban
Scratched:Brad Hunt, Daniel Carr
Injured:Erik Haula (lower body), Paul Stastny (lower body)

Status report

The Golden Knights sent forward Tomas Hyka to Chicago of the American Hockey League and called up Car.

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Stat pack

Neal is one point from 500 in the NHL. … Tkachuk has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past four games. … Tuch has eight points (two goals, six assists) in his past eight games. … Fleury is 3-1-0 with a 2.22 goals-against average and .923 save percentage in his past four starts.