Canucks at Golden Knights preview

CANUCKS (25-38-9) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (46-21-5)
10 p.m. ET; ATTSN-RM, SNP, NHL.TV

The Golden Knights are eight points in front of the second-place San Jose Sharks, who face the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday, and trail the Nashville Predators by nine points for first place in the Western Conference. Vegas ended a four-game losing streak with a victory against the Calgary Flames on Sunday and is 5-5-1 in its past 11 games.
The Canucks are on a season-high six-game losing streak and have been shut out in three of their past four games. A seventh straight loss would be their longest losing streak since an eight-game skid from March 26 to April 9, 2017.

Players to watch

Canucks forward Brendan Leipsic will play his first game against the Golden Knights since being traded from Vegas for defenseman Philip Holm on Feb. 26. He has six points (two goals, four assists) in nine games.
Golden Knights forward William Karlsson is one goal away from 40 this season. He has 14 points (nine goals, five assists) in his past 13 games.

They said it

"It's different being on this side. It was a special group here. Nothing but good things to say about this place. I'm excited for tonight." -- Canucks forward Brendan Leipsic
"We approach each game the same every day. It doesn't matter who we're playing tonight. We practice the same way. Vancouver is going to play hard." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant

Canucks projected lineup

Brendan Leipsic -- Bo Horvat -- Jake Virtanen
Daniel Sedin -- Henrik Sedin -- Sam Gagner
Darren Archibald -- Brandon Sutter -- Jussi Jokinen
Reid Boucher -- Nic Dowd -- Nikolay Goldobin
Alexander Edler -- Chris Tanev
Michael Del Zotto -- Troy Stecher
Derrick Pouliot -- Alex Biega
Jacob Markstrom
Anders Nilsson
Scratched:Tyler Motte
Injured:Ben Hutton (foot infection), Erik Gudbranson (shoulder), Brock Boeser (back), Sven Baertschi (shoulder), Loui Eriksson (fractured rib), Brendan Gaunce (foot), Markus Granlund (ankle)

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Status report

Hutton will not travel with the Canucks on their road trip. … Smith will miss his seventh straight game and it is uncertain if he will travel on Vegas' upcoming two-game trip.

Stat pack

Daniel Sedin has two assists in his past seven games after scoring 14 points (eight goals, six assists) in his previous 10. … Fleury is one win from passing Chris Osgood for 12th all-time with 402. … Haula has four goals in his past five games.