Predators at Golden Knights preview

PREDATORS (3-2-0) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (4-2-0)
10 p.m. ET; ESPN+, ATTSN-RM, FS-TN, NHL.TV

Duchene has nine points (two goals, seven assists), Johansen has seven points (two goals, five assists) and Forsberg has seven points (four goals, three assists) during their respective five-game point streaks to begin the season; each is one game shy of the Predators record, a six-game season-opening streak by Marek Zidlicky from Oct. 9-23, 2003.
Nashville can win for the third time in four games (2-1-0).
The Golden Knights eye their third straight win. Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury will make his third consecutive start; he's 4-1-0 with a 2.13 goals-against average and .933 save percentage.

Players to watch

Predators center Matt Duchene's seven assists are the most by any player through the first five games of a season in Nashville history.
Golden Knights forward Max Pacioretty has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past four games.

They said it

"I feel like everyone's been contributing, which is a good thing. Not only does it build our success as a team, but it builds confidence inside the room. I think that's been backed up by some wins, which is good." -- Predators coach Peter Laviolette
"We're just moving the puck around a lot. Especially having [forward Mark Stone] and [Pacioretty] on the flanks, that helps a lot. They're very intelligent players. I feel like we communicate a lot and with us moving the puck quite a bit, it's easy for us." -- Golden Knights forward Cody Glass on the Vegas power play, which went 3-for-3 in a 5-2 win at the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday

Predators projected lineup

Calle Jarnkrok -- Ryan Johansen -- Viktor Arvidsson
Filip Forsberg -- Matt Duchene -- Mikael Granlund
Colton Sissons -- Nick Bonino -- Craig Smith
Rocco Grimaldi -- Kyle Turris -- Austin Watson
Roman Josi -- Ryan Ellis
Mattias Ekholm -- Dante Fabbro
Dan Hamhuis -- Yannick Weber
Pekka Rinne
Juuse Saros
Scratched: Matt Irwin
Injured: None

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Status report

Grimaldi is expected to return after missing two games because of a lower-body injury. … Nashville placed forward Daniel Carr on waivers Tuesday. … No lineup changes are expected for Vegas.

Stat pack

The Predators' 23 goals are their most through the first five games of a season in their history. … Nashville has scored a power-play goal in four straight games. … Stastny has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past two games. … Fleury is two wins from tying Terry Sawchuk (445) for seventh place on the NHL all-time list. … Theodore will play in his 200th NHL game.