Golden Knights at Oilers preview

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

The Golden Knights are 1-3-0 in their past four games and are beginning a three-game road trip. Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury will start.
Edmonton is playing the second of back-to-back games. The Oilers failed to hold a two-goal lead and lost 4-2 at the Calgary Flames on Saturday. They are 1-5-0 in their past six games after going 5-1-0 in their previous six.

Players to watch

Golden Knights center Jonathan Marchessault leads Vegas in scoring with 15 points (eight goals, seven assists) in 20 games, but has no points in his past three games.
Oilers center Connor McDavid is second in NHL scoring with 27 points (11 goals, 16 assists) in 19 games. He has four points (one goal, three assists) in his past two games and 16 points (seven goals, nine assists) in his past 13.

They said it

"It's great to be back and be in the rotation again, and I'm excited to get to play hockey again." -- Golden Knights defenseman Nate Schmidt on returning from a 20-game suspension
"It's good for us to not have this sit for a while. Playing already [Sunday] is good for us and we'll be a hungry team." -- Oilers defenseman Adam Larsson after the loss at Calgary

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
Marc-Andre Fleury
Malcolm Subban
Scratched:Jon Merrill, Brad Hunt, Tomas Nosek
Injured:Paul Stastny (lower body), Erik Haula (undisclosed)

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Oilers projected lineup

Drake Caggiula -- Connor McDavid -- Leon Draisaitl
Ryan Spooner -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Ty Rattie
Milan Lucic -- Cooper Marody -- Alex Chiasson
Jujhar Khaira -- Kyle Brodziak -- Zack Kassian
Oscar Klefbom -- Adam Larsson
Darnell Nurse -- Matt Benning
Kris Russell -- Kevin Gravel
Cam Talbot
Mikko Koskinen
Scratched:Jason Garrison, Patrick Russell
Injured:Andrej Sekera (Achilles), Tobias Rieder (upper body)

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Status report

Merrill will be a healthy scratch with Schmidt returning from his suspension. Lindberg will play after being a healthy scratch for the past nine games … Talbot will start after Koskinen played in Calgary. Brodziak is expected to return after sitting out Saturday with an illness.

Stat pack

Tuch has six points (two goals, four assists) in his past five games … Eakin has six points (four goals, two assists) in his past six games … Draisaitl has four points (one goal, three assists) in his past two games and 13 points (seven goals, six assists) in his past 11 games.