Golden Knights at Blackhawks preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (12-12-1) at BLACKHAWKS (9-10-5)
8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, NBCSCH, NHL.TV

Fleury made a combined 62 saves in wins against the Calgary Flames (2-0) on Friday and the San Jose Sharks (6-0) on Saturday. Vegas has won its past three games having outscored opponents 11-2 after going 2-4-0 in their previous six games.
Forwards Dylan Strome and Brendan Perlini will make their Blackhawks debuts. Each was acquired from the Arizona Coyotes for forward Nick Schmaltz on Sunday.
Chicago, 1-2-0 in its past three games and 3-2-1 in its past six, has allowed 4 goals in 3 straight games.

Players to watch

Golden Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury is 4-0-0 with a 1.23 goals-against average and a .957 save percentage in his past four starts. He has a shutout streak of 126:56.
Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews has seven points (three goals, four assists) in his past seven games.

They said it

"[He] makes it a lot easier on everyone else, I'll tell you that. The guy is an absolute stud right now in net. He's been our backbone last year, this year, every single game. Honestly, if you see a couple more goals scored on him than usual it's probably because we let up a breakaway or a 2-on-1 because the guy [is] honestly like lights out almost every night." -- Golden Knights forward Alex Tuch on Marc-Andre Fleury
"He can fly. You're going to see it tonight - he can really fly right up the middle. He'll get the puck with speed and make something happen. He can really shoot the puck and when he combines that with his speed, it's a pretty deadly combo." -- Blackhawks forward Dylan Strome on Brendan Perlini

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Blackhawks projected lineup

Brandon Saad -- Jonathan Toews -- John Hayden
Alex DeBrincat -- Artem Anisimov -- Patrick Kane
Alexandre Fortin -- David Kampf -- Dominik Kahun
Brendan Perlini -- Dylan Strome -- Marcus Kruger
Duncan Keith -- Gustav Forsling
Erik Gustafsson -- Henri Jokiharju
Brandon Manning -- Brent Seabrook
Corey Crawford
Cam Ward
Scratched: Chris Kunitz, Jan Rutta, Andreas Martinsen
Injured: Connor Murphy (back), Brandon Davidson (right leg)

Status report

Jokiharju (illness) will be a game-time decision. ... Strome, 21, was the No. 3 pick in the 2015 NHL Draft and had six points (three goals, three assists) in 20 games with the Coyotes this season. Last season, Perlini, 22, has six points (two goals, four assists) in 22 games with Arizona this season. He set NHL career highs in goals (17), assists (13) and points (30) in 74 games last season.

Stat pack

Tuch has 12 points (four goals, eight assists) in his past 10 games. ... Smith has eight points (one goal, seven assists) in a five-game point streak. ... Holden will play his 400th NHL game. ... Kane has one goal in his past eight games.