Golden Knights at Coyotes

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (29-18-4) at COYOTES (13-34-4)

Golden Knights projected lineup
Max Pacioretty -- Jack Eichel -- Chandler Stephenson
Evgenii Dadonov -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
Mattias Janmark -- Nicolas Roy -- Michael Amadio
William Carrier -- Brett Howden -- Keegan Kolesar
Ben Hutton -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud
Laurent Brossoit
Robin Lehner
Scratched: Logan Thompson, Jake Leschyshyn
Injured: Nolan Patrick (upper body), Mark Stone (back), Alec Martinez (upper body), Jonathan Marchessault (non-COVID illness), Dylan Coghlan (non-COVID illness)
Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Travis Boyd -- Nick Schmaltz
Lawson Crouse -- Alex Galchenyuk -- Phil Kessel
Nick Ritchie -- Barrett Hayton -- Loui Eriksson
Antoine Roussel -- Christian Fischer -- Liam O'Brien
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Dysin Mayo
J.J. Moser -- Anton Stralman
Vladislav Kolyachonok -- Jakob Chychrun
Scott Wedgewood
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Kyle Capobianco, Riley Nash
Injured: Jay Beagle (lower body), Johan Larsson (lower body), Conor Timmins (lower body), Andrew Ladd (lower body)
Status report
Lehner, who has missed three games with an upper-body injury, practiced fully this week but is not expected to start. ... … Marchessault, a center, and Coghlan, a defenseman, each has the flu and is not expected to play. ... Whitecloud will return after missing six games with a lower-body injury. ... Martinez returned to practice this week, but the defenseman will miss his 38th straight game. ... Ritchie will make his Coyotes debut after being acquired in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. He didn't play in a 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday because of a visa issue. … Wedgewood will make his third consecutive start.