Golden Knights at Blues preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (5-6-1) at BLUES (3-4-3)
8 p.m. ET; FS-MW, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

The 22-year-old forward last played an NHL regular-season game Feb. 4, 2017, when he tore his left ACL against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Fabbri tore the same ACL during training camp a year ago and missed all of last season. He missed the first month this season because of a sore hip, sore back and Grade 1 groin strain.
Defenseman Carl Gunnarsson also will make his season debut for the Blues and play for the first time since March 23, 2018, when he tore his left ACL against the Vancouver Canucks. Gunnarsson also had offseason surgery on his right hip.
Goalie Jake Allen will start for the Blues. He left late in the second period of a 7-3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday following a collision with teammate Zach Sanford.
The Blues are 2-1-1 in their past four games after beginning the season 1-3-2.
The Golden Knights are 1-2-1 in their past four games following a three-game winning streak. Vegas has held opponents to two goals or fewer in nine of 12 games this season.

Players to watch

Golden Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury is 4-1-1 with a 1.64 goals-against average and .930 save percentage in his past six starts.
Blues center Ryan O'Reilly has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in a five-game point streak.

They said it

"They're like us, both teams are a game under .500. You're going to see two teams come out hard tonight and play a solid game." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant
"I'm excited for him. I think it might take him a little bit of time. ... I don't know how long it's going to take for him to get back on top of things. I do know that players that are relentless and tenacious and as driven as he are usually find a way." -- Blues coach Mike Yeo on the return of forward Robby Fabbri

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Blues projected lineup

Jaden Schwartz -- Brayden Schenn -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Zach Sanford -- Ryan O'Reilly -- David Perron
Pat Maroon -- Tyler Bozak -- Alexander Steen
Robby Fabbri -- Robert Thomas -- Oskar Sundqvist
Jay Bouwmeester -- Alex Pietrangelo
Joel Edmundson -- Colton Parayko
Vince Dunn -- Carl Gunnarsson
Jake Allen
Chad Johnson
Scratched: Ivan Barbashev, Nikita Soshnikov, Jordan Schmaltz
Injured: Robert Bortuzzo (lower body)

Status report

Hunt replaces Merrill on the Golden Knights' defense. ... With Fabbri and Gunnarsson in the lineup, Barbashev and Schmaltz are healthy scratches.

Stat pack

Karlsson has one goal in his past four games after eight points (two goals, six assists) in his previous six. ... Perron has six points (one goal, five assists) in his past five games.