Golden Knights at Coyotes preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (14-6-1) at COYOTES (6-16-3)
8 p.m. ET; FS-A, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

The Golden Knights can match their mark, already tied with the 1926-27 New York Rangers and 1979-80 Edmonton Oilers, for longest winning streak by a team in its inaugural NHL season. Vegas won five straight from Oct. 15-27.
The Golden Knights will look to improve its record against Pacific Division teams to 7-1-0. They are 2-0-0 against the Coyotes.
Vegas goaltender Malcolm Subban could make his first start since Oct 21; he missed 13 games with a lower-body injury, and relieved Maxime Lagace to start the third period of a 5-4 overtime win against the San Jose Sharks at T-Mobile Arena on Friday.
The Coyotes are 4-1-0 in their past five games and look to win consecutive games at home for the first time this season. Goaltender Scott Wedgewood will start; he made 23 saves in a 3-2 overtime win against the Los Angeles Kings at Gila River Arena on Friday.

Players to watch

Golden Knights forward William Karlsson has scored a goal in four straight games and in five of six; he has six goals in his past four games and eight in his past six.
Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson has five points (two goals, three assists) in a four-game point streak.

They said it

"It felt good to get back in there. I just tried to play solid and keep my focus on what was going on." -- Vegas goalie Malcolm Subban on playing Friday for the first time since Oct. 21
"He's stopping the stuff that he should stop and he's getting timely saves. That's a great recipe for any goalie and for a team to win." -- Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet on Scott Wedgewood

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Coyotes projected lineup

Brendan Perlini -- Derek Stepan -- Tobias Rieder
Clayton Keller -- Brad Richardson -- Christian Fischer
Max Domi -- Christian Dvorak -- Anthony Duclair
Jordan Martinook -- Nick Cousins -- Zac Rinaldo
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Jason Demers
Alex Goligoski -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Kevin Connauton -- Luke Schenn
Scott Wedgewood
Marek Langhamer
Scratched:Mario Kempe, Joel Hanley
Injured: Antti Raanta (upper body), Jakob Chychrun (knee)

Status report

Perron, who left the game against the Sharks in the second period, is day to day.

Stat pack

Smith has five points (one goal, four assists) in a four-game point streak. … Stepan has five points (one goals, four assists) in a five-game point streak. … Perlini has scored a goal in three straight games.