Canadiens at Golden Knights preview

CANADIENS (18-13-5) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (20-15-2)
4 p.m. ET; ATTSN-RM, TSN2, RDS, NHL.TV

Vegas, which has won of 11 of its past 15, has not lost at home since Nov. 16, 4-1 to the St. Louis Blues.
Alex Tuch will move to the first line with William Karlsson and Jonathan Marchessault, moving Reilly Smith to the second line. It's the first time Vegas' top line will not start together when healthy since debuting Oct. 24, 2017 against the Chicago Blackhawks.
Tomas Tatar will play at Vegas for the first time since the forward was traded to Montreal for forward Max Pacioretty on Sept. 10. Vegas acquired Tatar in a trade with the Detroit Red Wings on Feb. 26. He scored six points (four goals, two assists) in 20 regular-season games, and two points (one goal, one assist) in eight Stanley Cup Playoff games for Vegas.
Montreal has won six of its past nine. Carey Price, who is 6-2-0 in his past nine games with a 2.32 goals-against average, is expected to start.

Players to watch

Canadiens defenseman Shea Weber has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past eight games.
Karlsson has scored five goals in his past six games.

They said it

"He's been a good goaltender for a long time. When your goaltender is hot, you have the tendency to want to ride him." -- Canadiens coach Claude Julien on Carey Price
"It gets me really excited being able to play with those guys (Karlsson and Marchessault). It helps with confidence and it's going to be a lot of fun." -- Golden Knights forward Alex Tuch

Canadiens projected lineup

Jonathan Drouin -- Max Domi -- Artturi Lehkonen
Paul Byron -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Tomas Tatar -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Andrew Shaw
Kenny Agostino -- Michael Chaput -- Charles Hudon
Jordie Benn -- Shea Weber
Mike Reilly -- Jeff Petry
David Schlemko -- Victor Mete
Carey Price
Antti Niemi
Scratched: Matthew Peca, Brett Kulak, Nicolas Deslauriers
Injured: Joel Armia (knee)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Alex Tuch
Brandon Pirri -- Paul Stastny -- Reilly Smith
Oscar Lindberg -- Cody Eakin -- Ryan Carpenter
William Carrier -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Ryan Reaves
Brayden McNabb -- Nate Schmidt
Shea Theodore -- Deryk Engelland
Nick Holden -- Brad Hunt
Marc-Andre Fleury
Malcolm Subban
Scratched: Jon Merrill, Tomas Nosek
Injured: Max Pacioretty (undisclosed), Colin Miller (undisclosed), Erik Haula (lower body)

Status report

Miller did not practice Friday and is expected to miss his second straight game.

Stat pack

Montreal has allowed two goals or fewer in six of its past nine games. ... Petry has nine points (four goals, five assists) in the past eight games. ... Stastny has three points (two goals, one assist) in four games since returning from injury.