Golden Knights at Flames preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (38-26-5) at FLAMES (41-20-7)
9:30 p.m. ET; SN1, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

Vegas, which won a season-high seven in a row from Dec. 27-Jan. 8, has outscored opponents 23-9 during its six-game winning streak, including a 2-1 victory against the Flames on March 6.
The Golden Knights are third in the Pacific Division, eight points behind the second-place Flames and eight ahead of the fourth-place Arizona Coyotes.
Calgary, who trails the San Jose Sharks by one point for first in the Western Conference and Pacific Division, has lost four in a row (0-4-0) following a season-high seven-game winning streak, and has scored two goals or fewer in seven of its past eight games.

Players to watch

Golden Knights forward Paul Stastny has eight points (two goals, six assists) in his past seven games.
Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau hasn't scored in eight games and has one goal in his past 18.

They said it

"I'm not adding up the points but we're getting ready for a big game [Sunday]. Obviously, a huge hockey game but we're worried about playing well and getting two points. We're not worried about trying to catch somebody." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant
"We're fine. We're confident. We're still very, very confident. We know we've gone on a little bit of a dry spell the past little bit and that might've cost us some wins, but if we get that scoring back we'll be all set and we'll be rolling like we were earlier in the year." -- Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk -- Mikael Backlund -- Michael Frolik
Sam Bennett -- Mark Jankowski -- Austin Czarnik
Andrew Mangiapane -- Derek Ryan -- Garnet Hathaway
Mark Giordano -- TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin -- Travis Hamonic
Oscar Fantenberg -- Rasmus Andersson
David Rittich
Mike Smith
Scratched:Alan Quine, Oliver Kylington, Dalton Prout
Injured:James Neal (upper body), Michael Stone (blood clot)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate. …Subban could start after Fleury made 29 saves in a 6-2 win at the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. …Quine was recalled from Stockton of the American Hockey League.

Stat pack

Smith has nine points (four goals, five assists) in his past eight games. … Czarnik needs one game for 100 in the NHL.