Maple Leafs at Golden Knights preview

MAPLE LEAFS (23-14-2) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (25-9-2)
3:30 p.m. ET; SN, TVA Sports, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

The Golden Knights have won six games in a row, the longest streak by an NHL team in its inaugural season, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. They have gotten at least one point in 11 straight (10-0-1) and have not lost in regulation since Dec. 1, 7-4 at the Winnipeg Jets. Malcolm Subban will start in goal for the Golden Knights.
Toronto is 3-1-1 in its past five games. The Maple Leafs played the second game of a back-to-back Friday, a 4-3 overtime loss at the Colorado Avalanche.

Players to watch

Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews has three points (two goals, one assist) in three games since returning to the lineup Dec. 23 after an upper-body injury.
Golden Knights forward David Perron has 21 points in his past 18 games (five goals, 16 assists). He scored in overtime Thursday in a 3-2 win at the Los Angeles Kings.

They said it

"I thought we continued to press and push no matter what the score was and got a point out of it." -- Maple Leafs forward James van Riemsdyk on the game Friday
"[The] Anaheim [Ducks] and L.A. are great teams. They're playoff teams every year. We responded pretty well." -- Golden Knights forward Jonathan Marchessault on winning back-to-back games in California

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Zach Hyman -- Auston Matthews -- William Nylander
James van Riemsdyk -- Tyler Bozak -- Mitchell Marner
Josh Leivo -- Patrick Marleau -- Leo Komarov
Matt Martin -- Dominic Moore -- Connor Brown
Morgan Rielly -- Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner -- Connor Carrick
Andreas Borgman -- Roman Polak
Frederik Andersen
Calvin Pickard
Scratched:Martin Marincin
Injured: Nazem Kadri (upper body), Curtis McElhinney (lower body), Nikita Soshnikov (lower body), Nikita Zaitsev (lower body)

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Status report

Kadri will be a game-time decision. … Vegas practiced Saturday; Toronto had the day off. ... Subban was the first goalie off the ice for the Golden Knights, but there was no word on whether he would start. Sbisa practiced without the red noncontact jersey and will be a game-time decision.

Stat pack

The Golden Knights are the fastest NHL team to reach 25 wins in its inaugural season (36 games), surpassing the 1926-27 New York Rangers (43 games), according to the Elias Sports Bureau. … Marchessault has eight points (three goals, five assists) during a five-game point streak.