Red Wings at Golden Knights

RED WINGS (8-8-2) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (9-7-0)

Red Wings projected lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond
Pius Suter -- Robby Fabbri -- Filip Zadina
Vladislav Namestnikov -- Michael Rasmussen -- Adam Erne
Carter Rowney -- Joe Veleno -- Sam Gagner
Danny DeKeyser -- Moritz Seider
Nick Leddy -- Filip Hronek
Jordan Oesterle -- Gustav Lindstrom
Thomas Greiss
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Givani Smith
Injured: Troy Stecher (undisclosed), Mitchell Stephens (lower body), Marc Staal (illness)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Evgenii Dadonov -- Chandler Stephenson -- Mark Stone
Keegan Kolesar -- Nicolas Roy -- Reilly Smith
Mattias Janmark -- Jake Leschyshyn -- Paul Cotter
Sven Baertschi -- Brett Howden --
Jonas Rondbjerg
Nicolas Hague -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Ben Hutton -- Dylan Coghlan
Robin Lehner
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: Adam Brooks, Ben Jones , Daniil Miromanov
Injured: Jack Eichel (neck), Max Pacioretty (foot), William Karlsson (foot), Alec Martinez (facial laceration), Zach Whitecloud (hand), Nolan Patrick (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Jonathan Marchessault, William Carrier, Michael Amadio
Status report
Larkin participated in the morning skate Thursday and will play after leaving a 5-2 loss at the Dallas Stars on Tuesday because of COVID-19 protocol. … Staal, a defenseman, will not play because of a non-COVID-related illness. Oesterle took rushes with Lindstrom in Staal's place. ... Theodore may not play after sustaining an upper-body injury during a 4-2 win against the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday. He would be replaced by Miromanov, a defenseman recalled from Henderson of the American Hockey League on Thursday along with Jones, a center. ... Vegas canceled its morning skate after Amadio, a forward, was placed in COVID protocol Wednesday. … The Golden Knights claimed Brooks, a forward, off waivers from the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday. ... Baertschi could make his Vegas debut.