Golden Knights at Flames preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (32-12-4) at FLAMES (25-16-8)
9 p.m. ET; SNW, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

The Florida Panthers and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim each won 33 games in 1993-94.
Vegas is 5-2-2 in its past nine games and 17-3-3 in its past 23.
Calgary will try to avoid its fifth consecutive loss (0-0-4) following a seven-game winning streak. The Flames have not lost in regulation since a 2-1 loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Dec. 29.

Players to watch

Vegas goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury is 9-3-2 with a 1.56 goals-against average, .948 save percentage and two shutouts in his past 14 starts. He has held opponents to two goals or fewer in 14 of 18 starts this season
Calgary goaltender Mike Smith is 6-0-3 with a 1.84 goals-against average and a .943 save percentage in his past nine starts, and has held opponents to two goals or fewer in seven straight starts.

They said it

"We just play every game and go into every game, we don't worry about the last 25 we've just had success in. We look at tonight's game and take it one game at a time." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant
"We have points in our last 11 games. You've lost the last four, but for me personally, put each game behind us whether you win, lose, play bad, play good." -- Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Micheal Ferland
Matthew Tkachuk -- Mikael Backlund -- Michael Frolik
Sam Bennett -- Mark Jankowski -- Troy Brouwer
Curtis Lazar -- Matt Stajan -- Garnet Hathaway
Mark Giordano -- Dougie Hamilton
TJ Brodie -- Travis Hamonic
Brett Kulak -- Michael Stone
Mike Smith
David Rittich
Scratched: Andrew Mangiapane, Ryan Lomberg, Matt Bartkowski
Injured:Kris Versteeg (hip)

Status report

McNabb did not skate and is day-to-day. … Frolik will return after missing 12 games because of a broken jaw.. The Flames reassigned forward Jaromir Jagr to Kladno in the Czech Republic on Monday.

Stat pack

Perron has seven points (two goals, five assists) during a five-game point streak, and 17 points (four goals, 13 assists) in his past 16 games. Karlsson has 13 points (10 goals, three assists) in his past 12 games. … Gaudreau has 15 points (two goals, 13 assists) in his past 11 games. Monahan has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in his past 10 games.