Sharks at Golden Knights preview

SHARKS (11-8-1) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (13-6-1)
6 p.m. ET; ATTSN-RM, NBCSCA, NHL.TV

The Golden Knights, winners of seven in a row at home, can tie the League mark for longest home winning streak by a team in its first season with a victory. The Toronto Arenas won eight straight home games in 1917-18, the NHL's first season.
Vegas won 4-2 at the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday.
Each team is playing the first of back-to-back games. San Jose snapped its three-game losing streak Wednesday with a 3-1 victory at the Arizona Coyotes.

Players to watch

Sharks goaltender Martin Jones is 5-2-1 in his past eight starts, with a .929 save percentage and a 1.80 goals-against average.
Golden Knights forward William Karlsson scored his NHL career-high 10th goal of the season Wednesday. He has 11 points (seven goals, four assists) in his past eight games.

They said it

"We got enough offense to win, and that's all that matters. Come on the road, tough environment, [the Coyotes] had been playing well, I don't care how [the win] looks. Sharks coach Peter DeBoer
"We get ready for the games. That's all we do. We're fresh right now. We're still skating and nobody's tired. When you're winning hockey games, you feel good about yourself." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant

Sharks projected lineup

Kevin Labanc -- Joe Thornton -- Joe Pavelski
Joonas Donskoi -- Logan Couture -- Tomas Hertl
Daniel O'Regan -- Chris Tierney -- Mikkel Boedker
Timo Meier -- Ryan Carpenter -- Joel Ward
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Justin Braun
Joakim Ryan -- Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon -- Dylan DeMelo
Martin Jones
Aaron Dell
Scratched:Jannik Hansen, Tim Heed
Injured:Paul Martin (ankle), Barclay Goodrow (upper body), Melker Karlsson (upper body)

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Status report

Lagace is expected to make his 11th consecutive start. He has allowed two goals in each of his past three starts, all victories.

Stat pack

Perron has 11 points (two goals, nine assists) in his the past eight games and leads the Golden Knights with 19 points (six goals, 13 assists) … Hertl has five points (one goal, four assists) in the past six games.