Golden Knights at Flames preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (9-11-1) at FLAMES (11-8-1)
9 p.m. ET; SNW, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

Neal, who signed a five-year, $28.75 million contract with Calgary on July 2, was selected by Vegas in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. The forward had 44 points (25 goals, 19 assists) with the Golden Knights last season, and 11 points (six goals, five assists) to help Vegas reach the Stanley Cup Final where it lost to the Washington Capitals in five games.
The Golden Knights are 2-1-0 in their past three games, and have scored at least four goals in four of their past six games.
The Flames are 2-3-0 in the past five games after a four-game winning streak, and have scored two goals or fewer in four of their past five games.

Players to watch

Vegas forward Cody Eakin has seven points (five goals, two assists) in his past seven games.
Calgary goaltender David Rittich is 4-0-0 with a 1.49 goals-against average, .934 save percentage and one shutout in his past four starts.

They said it

"It's been a little inconsistent and hopefully we can build a little momentum here and play the way we need to be successful [in Calgary]." -- Golden Knights forward Cody Eakin
"It's a team that went to the Stanley Cup Final. Every time you're going up against them now everyone is pretty aware of what they're able to do and how they're able to play. They aren't surprising anybody. Teams are playing them hard."-- Forward James Neal, who will face the Golden Knights for the first time since signing a five-year contract with the Flames on July 2

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk -- Mikael Backlund -- Sam Bennett
Michael Frolik -- Derek Ryan -- James Neal
Dillon Dube -- Mark Jankowski -- Garnet Hathaway
Mark Giordano -- TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin -- Travis Hamonic
Juuso Valimaki -- Rasmus Andersson
David Rittich
Mike Smith
Scratched: Austin Czarnik, Michael Stone, Dalton Prout
Injured: None

Status report

Vegas, which defeated the Edmonton Oilers 6-3 on Sunday, did not have a morning skate. … Subban could start after Fleury made 29 saves Sunday. … Rittich will make his second straight start.

Stat pack

Tuch has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past six games. …Tkachuk has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past eight games. … Lindholm has 12 points (five goals, seven assists) in his past 10 games. … Neal is one point from 500 in the NHL. …Frolik is one assist from 200 in the NHL.