Golden Knights at Ducks preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (12-6-1) at DUCKS (10-7-3)
10:30 p.m. ET; PRIME, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

Goaltender John Gibson will start for the Ducks, on a season-long three-game winning streak, after making 50 saves in a 3-2 victory against the Florida Panthers on Sunday. He's 12-0-0 in his career when making at least 36 saves.
Golden Knights goaltender Malcolm Subban was activated from injured reserve on Friday, but rookie Maxime Lagace will make his 10th consecutive start and 11th straight appearance for Vegas. He's 4-5-1 with a 3.67 goals-against average and .872 save percentage.

Players to watch

Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodore was acquired from the Ducks in a trade prior to the NHL Expansion Draft on June 21; he didn't debut with his new team until Oct. 31 and has one assist in five games since being recalled from Chicago of the American Hockey League.
Ducks forward Corey Perry has eight points (one goal, seven assists) in his past five games, including four multi-point games; he had four multi-point games over the final 53 regular-season games last season.

They said it

"I think it's going to be a good atmosphere. It was great every game that I played there." -- Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodore on his return to Anaheim
"If there's something we can do better, it's develop the team game the Vegas Golden Knights have." -- Ducks coach Randy Carlyle

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Derek Grant -- Corey Perry
Andrew Cogliano -- Chris Wagner -- Jakob Silfverberg
Logan Shaw -- Antoine Vermette --
Kevin Roy
Nick Ritchie
-- Dennis Rasmussen -- Korbinian Holzer
Cam Fowler -- Brandon Montour
Francois Beauchemin -- Sami Vatanen
Hampus Lindholm -- Josh Manson
John Gibson
Ryan Miller
Scratched: Jaycob Megna, Kevin Bieksa, Mike Liambas, Reto Berra
Injured: Ryan Getzlaf (face), Patrick Eaves (illness), Ryan Kesler (hip surgery), Jared Boll (lower body), Ondrej Kase (upper body)

Status report

Sbisa is improving, but did not travel to Anaheim. … Lindberg returns to the lineup and Nosek will be a healthy scratch for the first time this season. … Miller took shots on Wednesday morning for the first time since leaving in the third period of a 4-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Nov. 9.

Stat pack

Karlsson (six goals, three assists) and Perron (two goals, seven assists) each has nine points in his past seven games. … Rakell has 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in his past eight games.