Blues at Golden Knights preview

BLUES (6-7-3) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (8-10-1)
10 p.m. ET; ATTSN-RM, FS-MW, NHL.TV

The forward, who has missed the past four games with an upper-body injury, has nine points (three goals, six assists) in 12 games this season.
Blues forward David Perron, who signed a four-year, $16 million contract on July 1, will play at Vegas for the first time. He was selected by the Golden Knights in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft from St. Louis and had an NHL career-high 66 points (16 goals, 50 assists) in the regular season and had nine points (one goal, eight assists) in 15 Stanley Cup Playoff games last season.
The Golden Knights have lost five of their past eight games (3-5-0), but have won three in a row at home, including two consecutive shutouts.

Players to watch

Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko does not have a point in his past two games but has 12 points (four goals, eight assists) in his past 13 games.
Golden Knights forward Cody Eakin is on a five-game point streak (four goals, two assists), tying the longest streak of his NHL career (March 12-22, 2016).

They said it

"It's never fun sitting out, so I'm looking forward to getting back out there and helping the team." -- Blues forward Brayden Schenn on his return to the lineup
"These are important games. If we can start this string of games with a good win, build from there, come Christmas we'll like where we're sitting." -- Golden Knights forward Cody Eakin

Blues projected lineup

Jaden Schwartz -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Robby Fabbri -- Tyler Bozak -- Brayden Schenn
Zach Sanford -- Robert Thomas -- David Perron
Ivan Barbashev -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Sammy Blais
Carl Gunnarsson -- Alex Pietrangelo
Vince Dunn -- Colton Parayko
Joel Edmundson -- Jay Bouwmeester
Jake Allen
Chad Johnson
Scratched:Jordan Schmaltz, Nikita Soshnikov
Injured:Pat Maroon (upper body), Robert Bortuzzo (lower body), Alexander Steen (upper body)

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Status report

Schenn will replace Steen (day to day) on the second line. ... St. Louis recalled Blais from San Antonio of the American Hockey League. He will play on the fourth line.

Stat pack

O'Reilly has 17 points (eight goals, nine assists) in his past 11 games. … Vegas has outscored its opponents 12-3 during its three-game home winning streak. … Fleury is 3-2-0 with a goals-against average of 2.02 in his past five starts.