Blue Jackets at Golden Knights preview

BLUE JACKETS (26-18-3) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (31-11-4)
10 p.m. ET; SN360, ATTSN-RM, FS-O, NHL.TV

The Golden Knights, 9-0-2 in their past 11 home games, have not lost in regulation at T-Mobile Arena since a 3-0 loss to the Dallas Stars on Nov. 28. Vegas, an NHL-best 18-2-2 at home, is 16-2-3 in its past 21 games.
The Blue Jackets are 1-2-0 in their past three games after going 3-1-0 in their previous four.

Players to watch

Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones has six points (one goal, five assists) in his past five games and 14 (four goals, 10 assists) in his past 14 games.
Golden Knights forward William Karlsson has 11 points (eight goals, three assists) in his past 10 games and will face his former team for the first time. Karlsson, whose 25 goals lead Vegas, was selected from the Blue Jackets by the Golden Knights in the NHL Expansion Draft.

They said it

"I think it's great for the League, as far as what's going on [in Vegas]. That's a good coaching staff. … It's a great city." -- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella
"We're all excited. We're all happy right now, but we know we've got to keep going. We haven't proven anything yet. We're in first place and we all know that, but we've got to keep moving." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Josh Anderson
Boone Jenner -- Alex Wennberg -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Matt Calvert -- Lukas Sedlak -- Nick Foligno
Tyler Motte -- Jussi Jokinen - Jordan Schroeder
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Jack Johnson -- David Savard
Markus Nutivaara -- Scott Harrington
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Markus Hannikainen
Injured: Ryan Murray (back), Brandon Dubinsky (fractured orbital bone), Cam Atkinson (broken foot), Sonny Milano (oblique)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
David Perron -- Erik Haula -- James Neal
Brendan Leipsic -- Cody Eakin -- Alex Tuch
William Carrier -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Oscar Lindberg
Brayden McNabb -- Nate Schmidt
Shea Theodore -- Deryk Engelland
Colin Miller -- Brad Hunt
Marc-Andre Fleury
Malcolm Subban
Scratched: Ryan Carpenter
Injured: Luca Sbisa (hand), Jon Merrill (undisclosed), Tomas Nosek (upper body)

Status report

Nosek remains day to day. … Atkinson practiced Monday for the first time since having surgery on his fractured foot Dec. 27.

Stat pack

Bobrovsky is 3-3-0 his past six starts, allowing 13 goals and holding opponents to two goals or fewer in five of those six starts. … Marchessault has 17 points (seven goals, 10 assists) in his past 15 games. … Fleury is 8-2-2 with 17 goals-against and two shutouts in his past 12 starts, and has held opponents to two goals or fewer in 13 of his 16 starts this season.