Golden Knights at Coyotes preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (9-12-1) at COYOTES (9-9-1)
9 p.m. ET; TVAS, FS-A PLUS, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

The Golden Knights lost 7-2 to the Calgary Flames on Monday and have allowed at least four goals in four of their past six games. The Coyotes have scored two goals or fewer in four of their past five games.
Defensemen Alex Goligoski (lower-body injury) and Jakob Chychrun (upper-body injury) will return for the Coyotes. Goligoski was out five games. Chychrun was out two games after playing for the first time this season Nov. 13 against the Detroit Red Wings.
Vegas won four of five from Arizona during the Golden Knights' inaugural season in 2017-18, two in overtime.

Players to watch

Golden Knights forward Jonathan Marchessault has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past two games and nine points (four goals, five assists) in nine games against Arizona.
Coyotes forward Michael Grabner leads the NHL with four shorthanded goals and six shorthanded points, which would have led the NHL in 2017-18. His 19 shorthanded goals since 2010-11 are second to Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand (23).

They said it

"We want to go 2-1 (on the road trip). Tonight's a big game. We didn't talk about the last game (a 7-2 loss at Calgary on Monday). We're moving on. We want a big effort. We're going to work hard and compete hard." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant
"You want to shut down that type of team (like Vegas) that's had success. I know when we play Pittsburgh or Washington or Chicago, any of those type teams that are contenders, it makes it that much more meaningful to get a win against them." -- Coyotes forward Christian Fischer

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Coyotes projected lineup

Michael Grabner -- Derek Stepan -- Clayton Keller
Brendan Perlini -- Alex Galchenyuk -- Nick Cousins
Richard Panik -- Brad Richardson-- Vinnie Hinostroza
Lawson Crouse -- Dylan Strome -- Christian Fischer
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Kevin Connauton -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Jakob Chychrun -- Alex Goligoski
Darcy Kuemper
Hunter Miska
Scratched:Josh Archibald, Jordan Oesterle
Injured: Antti Raanta (lower body), Jason Demers (lower body), Christian Dvorak (upper body)

Status report

Raanta could return Friday, when the Coyotes play the Colorado Avalanche. … Demers is out indefinitely.

Stat pack

Eakin has seven points (five goals, two assists) in his past eight games. … Brad Richardson leads Arizona with six goals, the fewest for any NHL team leader. … Vegas is in the middle of a stretch when it will play five games in eight days and six in nine days. … Arizona was 2-14-3 after 19 games in 2017-18. … The Golden Knights haven't won consecutive games since winning three in a row from Oct. 13-20. … Keller has one assist in his past five games after having 10 points (five goals, five assists) in his previous nine games.