Golden Knights at Wild preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (34-12-4) at WILD (27-18-5)
8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, NHL.TV

The Golden Knights defeated the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 in overtime Thursday to set an NHL record for most wins by a team in its inaugural season (34). The previous record was 33 by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Florida Panthers in 1993-94.
Vegas, which leads the Pacific Division and Western Conference with 72 points, is 7-2-2 in its past 11 games and 19-3-3 in its past 25.
The Wild, 5-1-1 in their past seven games and 9-3-2 in their past 14, will be bolstered by the return of forward Nino Niederreiter, who has missed the past eight games, and 19 this season, with an ankle injury. He has 19 points (13 goals, six assists) in 31 games.

Players to watch

Golden Knights forward David Perron, who scored the winning goal Thursday, has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in his past seven games and 17 points (six goals, 11 assists) in his past 16.
Wild forward Mikael Granlund has two goals and two assists in a three-game point streak and has 18 points (eight goals, 10 assists) in his past 14 games.

They said it

"It's important for us to keep our mentality of day to day and keep getting better." -- Golden Knights forward David Perron
"They truly believe, which is a real big part of winning. It's almost like New England [Patriots] in the fourth quarter, when they're down, they believe they're going to come back. And I think this team has the same belief." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau on Vegas

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
Brayden McNabb -- Nate Schmidt
Colin Miller -- Brad Hunt
Malcolm Subban
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Ryan Carpenter, Jason Garrison
Injured: Tomas Nosek (upper body), Luca Sbisa (hand)

Wild projected lineup

Jason Zucker -- Mikko Koivu -- Mikael Granlund
Nino Niederreiter -- Eric Staal -- Tyler Ennis
Zach Parise -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Charlie Coyle
Daniel Winnik -- Matt Cullen -- Marcus Foligno
Ryan Suter -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Mathew Dumba
Mike Reilly -- Nate Prosser
Devan Dubnyk
Alex Stalock
Scratched: Gustav Olofsson, Chris Stewart
Injured: None

Status report

Vegas did not hold a morning skate. … Subban is expected to start for the first time since Jan. 19. He's 7-0-1 in his past eight starts. McNabb is expected to return after missing three games with an undisclosed injury. … Reilly will play after being a healthy scratch for the past seven games.

Stat pack

Marchessault has 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in his past 11 games and 22 points (eight goals, 14 assists) in his past 19. … Zucker has five goals and two assists in a seven-game point streak.