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HURRICANES (6-5-2) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (5-7-1)
10 p.m. ET; ATTSN-RM, FS-CR, NHL.TV

The Hurricanes, playing the second game of a back-to-back and second of a four-game road trip, lost 4-3 in overtime at the Arizona Coyotes on Friday.
After winning three consecutive games, the Golden Knights have lost two in a row and four of their past five (1-3-1). Vegas will begin a four-game road trip at Toronto Tuesday.

Players to watch

Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho (four goals, 13 assists) was held without a point Friday, ending his Hurricanes/Hartford Whalers record 12-game point streak to begin the season.
Golden Knights forward Alex Tuch has five points (three goals, two assists) in five games since making his season debut Oct. 24.

They said it

"You always have to look at positives. We played a good hockey game for 50 minutes. The guys played hard. We had more than enough opportunities to put that game away [Friday] even when we were down." -- Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour
"It's a lot of little things that aren't going right. We're playing decent enough hockey to win games, but it's not good enough. If there's something missing, we've got to find it and correct it." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant

Hurricanes projected lineup
Golden Knights projected lineup
Status report

Darling is expected to make his second start of the season after Mrazek started Friday. … Pacioretty was a non-contact participant in practice the past two days and is day to day.

Stat pack

Carolina leads the NHL with 42.4 shots per game. … Svechnikov ended his eight-game scoreless streak with a goal on Friday. … Marchessault is on a three-game point streak (one goal, two assists). … The Golden Knights are allowing 2.92 goals per game after allowing 2.74 per game last season. They have allowed at least three goals in four straight games. … A loss in regulation would be Vegas' third at home this season, a mark not reached until Jan. 25 last season.