Golden Knights at Maple Leafs preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (6-7-1) at MAPLE LEAFS (9-5-0)
7 p.m. ET; TSN4, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

Coach Gerard Gallant said he is waiting for Pacioretty, who has missed the past four games with an upper-body injury, to receive clearance from the training staff but expects he will play. The 29-year-old forward has scored two goals in 10 games this season.
Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury will start for the Golden Knights, who are 2-3-1 in their past six games
Goalie Frederik Andersen will make his eighth straight start for the Maple Leafs, who are 3-5-0 at home. Andersen made 31 saves in a 5-0 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday and has a .942 save percentage in his past seven starts.

Players to watch

Fleury is 5-2-1 with a 1.87 goals-against average, .926 save percentage and two shutouts in his past eight starts.
Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly scored two goals against the Penguins and has four points (two goals, two assists) during a three-game point streak. He leads NHL defensemen with 18 points (six goals, 12 assists) in 14 games.

They said it

"A lot of speed, a real good hockey player, we're going to be excited to get him back for sure." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant on Max Pacioretty
"We've been asking ourselves for a while now and until this point, we haven't done the things we need to do at home. I think today, enough is enough to be honest. We have to be ready to go and excited to play." -- Maple Leafs forward Kasperi Kapanen on going five straight home games without scoring in the first or second period

Golden Knights projected lineup

Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
Max Pacioretty -- Erik Haula -- Alex Tuch
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, Tomas Hyka, Jon Merrill
Injured: Paul Stastny (lower body)

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Patrick Marleau -- Nazem Kadri -- Kasperi Kapanen
Zach Hyman -- John Tavares -- Mitchell Marner
Andreas Johnsson -- Par Lindholm -- Connor Brown
Tyler Ennis -- Frederik Gauthier -- Josh Leivo
Morgan Rielly -- Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner -- Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott -- Igor Ozhiganov
Frederik Andersen
Garret Sparks
Scratched: Martin Marincin, Justin Holl
Injured: Auston Matthews (shoulder)

Status report

The Maple Leafs will use the same lineup they did against the Penguins.

Stat pack

Haula has five points (one goal, four assists) in his past four games. … Tavares has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past five games.