Blackhawks at Golden Knights preview

BLACKHAWKS (12-12-6) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (15-12-5)
10 p.m. ET; ESPN+, ATTSN-RM, NBCSCH, NHL.TV

The Golden Knights were 4-2-1 without Fleury, who makes his first start since Nov. 23, a 4-2 home loss to the Edmonton Oilers.
Vegas forward Cody Glass will miss the first game of his NHL career after taking an elbow to the head from Rangers forward Brendan Lemieux on Sunday.
Goalie Corey Crawford is expected to start for the Blackhawks, who have points in three straight games (2-0-1) after going 1-5-1 in their previous seven.
The Blackhawks earned their first-ever win against the Golden Knights (1-5-2), a 5-3 victory in Las Vegas, on Nov. 13.

Players to watch

Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane has 27 points (11 goals, 16 assists) in his past 19 games.
Golden Knights forward Alex Tuch has seven points (four goals, three assists) in his past five games.

They said it

"I think we're trying to develop our young players at the same time as we're trying to win. There's going to be rotation. Different guys are going to get opportunities based on how they're playing, and that's the process we're going through." -- Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton
"Just having him in the locker room, it changes this whole group. We're happy when he's in, but if he's not playing, he definitely brings a lot more positivity to this group." -- Golden Knights forward Reilly Smith on Marc-Andre Fleury

Blackhawks projected lineup

Brandon Saad -- Jonathan Toews -- Dominik Kubalik
Alex DeBrincat -- Dylan Strome -- Patrick Kane
Dylan Sikura -- David Kampf -- Alex Nylander
Ryan Carpenter -- Kirby Dach -- Zack Smith
Calvin de Haan -- Brent Seabrook
Erik Gustafsson -- Dennis Gilbert
Slater Koekkoek -- Connor Murphy
Corey Crawford
Robin Lehner
Scratched:Adam Boqvist, Matthew Highmore
Injured:Drake Caggiula (concussion protocol), Duncan Keith (groin), Olli Maatta (illness), Andrew Shaw (concussion protocol)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
Max Pacioretty -- Chandler Stephenson -- Mark Stone
William Carrier -- Paul Stastny -- Alex Tuch
Valentin Zykov
-- Tomas Nosek -- Ryan Reaves
Brayden McNabb -- Nate Schmidt
Nicolas Hague -- Shea Theodore
Deryk Engelland -- Nick Holden
Marc-Andre Fleury
Malcolm Subban
Scratched: Jon Merrill
Injured:Cody Glass (upper body), Cody Eakin (upper body)

Status report

Shaw was placed on long-term injured reserve Monday, when Boqvist and Highmore were recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League. … Keith and Caggiula did not travel. … Zykov was recalled from Chicago of the AHL on Monday. He was suspended 20 games for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program on Oct. 17. … Holden will play for the first time since Nov. 25. … There was no update on Glass.

Stat pack

Toews has six points (two goals, four assists) in his past six games. … Fleury is two games from tying Sean Burke (820) for 14th in NHL history. … Marchessault is one goal from 100 in the NHL.