Golden Knights at Canucks preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (50-22-7) at CANUCKS (30-40-9)
10 p.m. ET; SNP, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

Marchessault and Haula are being rested by the Golden Knights, who are 8-3-2 in their past 13 games, clinched the Pacific Division title on Saturday and are six points behind the Nashville Predators with three games to play; Vegas holds the tiebreaker with more regulation/overtime wins.
Forward William Carrier is expected to return to the Golden Knights lineup after missing 27 games with an upper-body injury.
Canucks forwards Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin will play their first game since announcing Monday they will retire after this season; they will play their final home game with Vancouver on Thursday against the Arizona Coyotes.
The Canucks, eliminated from playoff contention March 14, have won four straight and five of their past six games.

Players to watch

Golden Knights center William Karlsson has nine points (three goals, six assists) in a four-game point streak, and has 13 points (six goals, seven assists) in his past eight games.
Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom has won four straight starts with a 1.26 goals-against average and .962 save percentage.

They said it

"I hate using the word 'rest,' guys, it's more of a maintenance day for those guys because you are not going to rest people, but they need some maintenance time." -- Vegas coach Gerard Gallant on sitting out forwards Jonathan Marchessault and Erik Haula
"That last game for Trevor [Linden], even though you remember it for what happened after the game, it's really wasn't fun the 60 minutes before the game ended." -- Canucks center Henrik Sedin on not wanting a repeat of Trevor Linden's final game with Vancouver, a 7-1 loss to the Calgary Flames on April 5, 2008

Golden Knights projected lineup

William Carrier -- William Karlsson -- Alex Tuch
David Perron -- Brandon Pirri -- James Neal
Ryan Carpenter -- Cody Eakin -- Tomas Tatar
Tomas Nosek -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Ryan Reaves
Brayden McNabb -- Nate Schmidt
Shea Theodore -- Deryk Engelland
Jon Merrill -- Colin Miller
Malcolm Subban
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Jonathan Marchessault, Erik Haula, Brad Hunt, Oscar Lindberg, Zach Whitecloud
Injured: Reilly Smith (upper body), Luca Sbisa (upper body)

Canucks projected lineup

Nikolay Goldobin -- Bo Horvat -- Jussi Jokinen
Daniel Sedin -- Henrik Sedin -- Sam Gagner
Brendan Leipsic -- Adam Gaudette -- Jake Virtanen
Darren Archibald -- Brandon Sutter -- Brendan Gaunce
Alexander Edler -- Troy Stecher
Michael Del Zotto -- Derrick Pouliot
Ashton Sautner -- Alex Biega
Jacob Markstrom
Anders Nilsson
Scratched:Nic Dowd, Ben Hutton, Tyler Motte
Injured: Reid Boucher (hand), Chris Tanev (knee), Brock Boeser (back), Loui Eriksson (rib), Markus Granlund (ankle), Erik Gudbranson (shoulder), Sven Baertschi (shoulder)

Status report

Vegas recalled Pirri on Monday from Chicago of the American Hockey League, where he has 51 points (29 goals, 22 assists) in 54 games. … Leipsic will return after missing five games with a neck injury.

Stat pack

Jokinen has six points (one goal, five assists) in his past four games.