Blackhawks at Golden Knights

BLACKHAWKS (24-32-9) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (35-28-4)

Blackhawks projected lineup
Alex DeBrincat -- Dylan Strome -- Patrick Kane
Dominik Kubalik -- Jonathan Toews -- Taylor Raddysh
Philipp Kurashev -- Kirby Dach -- Sam Lafferty
Boris Katchouk -- Reese Johnson -- MacKenzie Entwistle
Calvin de Haan -- Caleb Jones
Jake McCabe -- Seth Jones
Riley Stillman -- Erik Gustafsson
Collin Delia
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched:Henrik Borgstrom, Alex Vlasic
Injured:Jujhar Khaira (lower back), Tyler Johnson (concussion protocol), Connor Murphy (concussion protocol)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Evgenii Dadonov
-- Jack Eichel -- Nicolas Roy
Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Keegan Kolesar
William Carrier -- Chandler Stephenson -- Mattias Janmark
Jonas Rondbjerg -- Jake Leschyshyn -- Michael Amadio
Shea Theodore -- Dylan Coghlan
Ben Hutton -- Alex Pietrangelo
Alec Martinez -- Zach Whitecloud
Logan Thompson
Jiri Patera
Scratched:Brayden Pachal
Injured:Nicolas Hague (undisclosed), Max Pacioretty (undisclosed), Reilly Smith (knee), Brayden McNabb (upper body), Robin Lehner (lower body), Mark Stone (back), Brett Howden (upper body), Nolan Patrick (undisclosed)
Status report
Neither team is scheduled to hold a morning skate Saturday … Dorofeyev was recalled from Henderson of the American Hockey League … Martinez will return after missing 53 games with an upper-body injury. ... Pacioretty, a forward, who was a game-time decision Thursday, sustained a setback and will remain out. … Howden was released from the hospital, and Vegas coach Peter DeBoer said he will be out for a while; the forward had to leave the ice on a stretcher after he slid into the boards following a collision with Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg during a 6-1 win Thursday. ... Defenseman Zack Hayes and forward Pavel Dorofeyev were assigned to Henderson of the American Hockey League on Saturday.