Flames at Golden Knights preview

FLAMES (35-27-10) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (45-21-5)
4 p.m. ET; SN360, SNE, SNO, SNP, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

The Flames are 3-2-0 in their past five games following a four-game losing streak (0-3-1). Calgary trails the Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars by four points for the two wild card spots into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference. They also trail the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings by four points for third place in the Pacific Division.
Vegas, which has lost four straight at home, has not won at T-Mobile Arena since Feb. 23. The Golden Knights lead the Pacific Division by six points over the San Jose Sharks.

Players to watch

Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau has eight points (three goals, five assists) during a six-game point streak.
Golden Knights forward Erik Haula has scored four goals in past three games, three of them on the power play. He leads Vegas with 11 power-play goals.

They said it

"There's a lot of noise, people talking about what we need to do to get in. All we can do is focus on tomorrow, make sure we're ready. We know we have to go on a run here." -- Flames forward Matt Stajan
"Coming down the stretch, everyone knows, especially the older guys that have been through it, this is a crucial time of year. You've got to get going and play your best hockey of the year right now and get ready for the postseason."-- Golden Knights defenseman Deryk Engelland

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Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Micheal Ferland
Sam Bennett -- Mikael Backlund -- Michael Frolik
Kris Versteeg -- Mark Jankowski -- Garnet Hathaway
Troy Brouwer -- Matt Stajan -- Curtis Lazar
Dougie Hamilton -- Mark Giordano
TJ Brodie -- Travis Hamonic
Brett Kulak -- Michael Stone
Mike Smith
David Rittich
Scratched: Nicholas Shore, Chris Stewart, Tanner Glass, Matt Bartkowski
Injured:Matthew Tkachuk (upper body), Marek Hrivik (upper body)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- James Neal
David Perron -- Erik Haula -- Tomas Tatar
Alex Tuch -- Cody Eakin -- Ryan Carpenter
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, Oscar Lindberg
Injured: Reilly Smith (upper body), William Carrier (upper body), Luca Sbisa (upper body)

Status report

Tkachuk will not travel with Calgary for its back-to-back against Vegas and the Arizona Coyotes. … Smith did not practice for the Golden Knights on Saturday and will not play Sunday.

Stat pack

Monahan has five points (goal, four assists) in the past five games. … Calgary has scored two or fewer goals in six of the past nine games … The Golden Knights have allowed at least four goals in each game during their home losing streak. … Fleury is one win from tying Chris Osgood (401) for 12th place on the NHL all-time wins list.