Golden Knights at Lightning preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (27-20-7) at LIGHTNING (32-15-5)
7 p.m. ET; ESPN+, TVAS, SUN, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

Tampa Bay is 4-0-1 in its past five games and has won three straight. The Lightning have outscored opponents 20-9 during the point streak.
The Golden Knights have won two in a row and are 3-1-1 in their past five games. They will be playing in their seventh consecutive game on the road.
With a win Golden Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury can take sole possession of fifth place on the NHL all-time list. He is currently tied with New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist with 459 wins.

Players to Watch

Golden Knights forward Paul Stastny has six points (three goals, three assists) in the past five games.
Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy is 13-0-2 in his past 15 starts. The Lightning record for longest point streak by a goalie is 16 games set by Nikolai Khabibulin (12-0, 4 ties, Feb. 15 - April 2, 2003)

They said it

"It's a good test for us. We know the skill and the offensive prowess that this team possesses so it's a good test for us defensively to see if we can keep some of their top guys down. You have to know who's on the ice at all times because that team can make you pay for mistakes." -- Golden Knights defensemen Jon Merrill
"When you play guys that good you just try to get traffic on them. Usually if they see the puck, they're going to stop it. So, we've got to get some greasy ones. We need to get pucks to the net and see what happens." -- Lightning forward Brayden Point on facing Vegas goalie Marc-Andre Fleury

Golden Knights projected lineup

Jonathan Marchessault -- Paul Stastny -- Reilly Smith
Max Pacioretty -- Chandler Stephenson -- Mark Stone
William Carrier -- Cody Eakin -- Alex Tuch
Tomas Nosek -- Nicolas Roy -- Ryan Reaves
Brayden McNabb -- Nate Schmidt
Nick Holden -- Shea Theodore
Jon Merrill -- Zach Whitecloud
Marc-Andre Fleury
Malcolm Subban
Scratched: Deryk Engelland
Injured: William Karlsson (upper body), Cody Glass (lower body)

Lightning projected lineup

Steven Stamkos -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Ondrej Palat -- Anthony Cirelli -- Tyler Johnson
Alex Killorn -- Cedric Paquette -- Pat Maroon
Carter Verhaeghe -- Mitchell Stephens -- Yanni Gourde
Victor Hedman -- Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Kevin Shattenkirk
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Luke Schenn, Braydon Coburn
Injured: none

Status report

Neither team is expected to make lineup changes from their previous games. …Vegas held an optional skate after a full practice Monday.

Stat Pack

Kucherov has 12 points (seven goals, five assists) during a seven-game point streak. …Stamkos has 12 points (six points, six assists) during a seven-game point streak. …Theodore has seven assists in the past six games. …Stone has five points (two goals, three assists) in the past five games.