Golden Knights at Coyotes preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (22-15-4) at COYOTES (17-19-2)
8 p.m. ET; ESPN+, SN, TVAS, FS-A, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

Vegas is coming off a 4-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center on Saturday. The Golden Knights are 3-0-2 in their past five games and 6-1-3 their past 10.
Arizona trailed by two goals three times before defeating the Anaheim Ducks 5-4 on Nick Schmaltz's goal 33 seconds into overtime at Honda Center on Saturday. The Coyotes are 3-1-0 in their past four games after going 1-7-0 in their previous eight.

Players to watch

Vegas goalie Marc-Andre Fleury (21-10-4) leads the NHL with 21 victories and is 8-5-1 with a 2.05 goals-against average against the Coyotes. He made 19 saves for Vegas in a 3-2 win at Arizona on Nov. 21.
Coyotes forward Alex Galchenyuk has six points (two goals, four assists) during a season-best four-game point streak.

They said it

"On the road, we're kind of finding our game. Right before Christmas, we lost a couple of games but we got points or we found ways to be in the games and win. We've got to keep building on it." -- Golden Knights center Paul Stastny
" He's been working on a lot in practice, it's the one thing about (Chychrun), he works at his game. And when you work at your game you get rewarded, and he has been." -- Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet on defenseman Jakob Chychrun, who has scored goals in consecutive games

Golden Knights projected lineup

Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
Brandon Pirri
-- Paul Stastny -- Alex Tuch
William Carrier -- Cody Eakin -- Ryan Carpenter
Tomas Nosek -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Ryan Reaves
Brayden McNabb -- Nate Schmidt
Shea Theodore -- Deryk Engelland
Jon Merrill -- Nick Holden
Marc-Andre Fleury
Malcolm Subban
Scratched:Oscar Lindberg, Brad Hunt, Valentin Zykov
Injured:Max Pacioretty (lower body), Colin Miller (undisclosed), Erik Haula (lower body)

Coyotes projected lineup

Richard Panik -- Derek Stepan -- Clayton Keller
Alex Galchenyuk -- Nick Schmaltz -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Conor Garland -- Mario Kempe -- Christian Fischer
Lawson Crouse -- Nick Cousins -- Josh Archibald
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Jakob Chychrun -- Alex Goligoski
Kevin Connauton -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Darcy Kuemper
Adin Hill
Scratched:Jordan Oesterle, Calvin Pickard
Injured:Antti Raanta (lower body), Brad Richardson (illness), Michael Grabner (upper body), Christian Dvorak (upper body), Jason Demers (lower body)

Status report

Richardson missed the past two games and could be a game-time decision.

Stat pack

Vegas has allowed two goals or fewer in four of its past six games. Tuch has three points (one goal, two assists) in his past two games. Stastny has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past two games. … The Coyotes are 3-0-0 in the second of back-to-back games. Chychrun has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past five games. Garland has four points (two goals, two assists) during a four-game point streak. Stepan has six points (three goals, three assists) in six games against Vegas.