Golden Knights at Blues preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (42-27-5) at BLUES (40-27-8)
8 p.m. ET; FS-MW, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

Vegas, 10-1-1 in its past 12 games, is five points behind the San Jose Sharks for second place in the Pacific Division.
The Blues are 4-0-1 in their past five games and two points behind the Nashville Predators for second in the Central Division.
St. Louis, 2-0-0 against Vegas this season, will try to sweep a four-game homestand.

Players to watch

Golden Knights forward Reilly Smith has 19 points (nine goals, 10 assists) in his past 14 games.
Blues forward Pat Maroon has scored four goals in his past five games. He has seven points (two goals, five assists) in six games against Vegas.

They said it

"Is it? I didn't know that. That would be nice, but whether it's them, whether it's us, you just want to be playing well and sticking with the good habits, especially this late in the year no matter who you're playing against." -- Golden Knights center Paul Stastny on chance to clinch a playoff berth
"It's tight now. We're playing some good hockey, playing some good games and we've got to keep this thing going." -- Blues center Ryan O'Reilly

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Blues projected lineup

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

Status report

Fleury did not accompany the Golden Knights, but coach Gerard Gallant said he could join them in Colorado on Wednesday. ... Bellemare is a game-time decision. If he doesn't play, Zykov will go in for him. ... Gunnarsson returns after missing 24 games with a wrist injury.

Stat pack

Marchessault has seven points (four goals, three assists) in his past four games and needs one for 200 in the NHL. ... Binnington is 16-3-0 with a 1.79 goals-against average, .931 save percentage and four shutouts in his past 19 starts.