Golden Knights at Coyotes preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (1-0-0) at COYOTES (0-1-0)
9 p.m. ET; FS-A, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

Center Derek Stepan, goalie Antti Raanta, and defensemen Niklas Hjalmarsson and Jason Demers will each make their home debuts for the Coyotes, who lost 5-4 at the Anaheim Ducks in their season opener Thursday.

Players to watch

Golden Knights forward James Neal scored two goals Friday. He has at least 21 goals in each of his nine NHL seasons.
Raanta makes his first start as the Coyotes' No. 1 goalie. He missed their season-opening 5-4 loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday with what he called a spasm. Arizona acquired Raanta and Stepan in a trade with the New York Rangers for defenseman Tony DeAngelo and the No. 7 pick in the 2017 NHL Draft on June 23.

They said it

"Not worried about that at all. We'll enjoy this and then [Saturday] afternoon, we'll do a pre-scout and get ready for the Coyotes." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant on the quick turnaround
"When you step out for the first time in a regular-season game in your home building, you want to prove that you can do the job." -- Raanta

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Golden Knights projected lineup

Reilly Smith -- Jonathan Marchessault -- Oscar Lindberg
David Perron -- Cody Eakin -- James Neal
William Karlsson -- Erik Haula -- Brendan Leipsic
Tomas Nosek -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- William Carrier
Brayden McNabb -- Deryk Engelland
Colin Miller -- Jason Garrison
Luca Sbisa -- Nate Schmidt
Marc-Andre Fleury
Malcolm Subban
Scratched:Griffin Reinhart, Jon Merrill, Brad Hunt
Injured:Clayton Stoner (lower body)

Coyotes projected lineup

Max Domi -- Derek Stepan -- Clayton Keller
Nick Cousins -- Christian Dvorak -- Anthony Duclair
Lawson Crouse -- Dylan Strome -- Brendan Perlini
Jordan Martinook -- Brad Richardson -- Tobias Rieder
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Alex Goligoski -- Jason Demers
Kevin Connauton -- Luke Schenn
Antti Raanta
Louis Domingue
Scratched:Christian Fischer, Adam Clendening
Injured: Jakob Chychrun (knee)
Suspended:Zac Rinaldo

Status report

The Golden Knights did not skate Saturday. They play the Coyotes in their home opener at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday.

Stat pack

Vegas is trying to become the third NHL expansion team to start its inaugural season 2-0-0. The Oakland Seals and Los Angeles Kings did it in 1967-68. … The Coyotes are 14-5-1 in home openers since moving to Arizona from Winnipeg in 1996.