Golden Knights at Canucks preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (13-12-1) at CANUCKS (11-13-3)
10 p.m. ET; SNP, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

Vegas started its three-game road trip with an 8-3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday and has outscored opponents 19-5 during its winning streak.
Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury will make his fifth straight start; he has two shutouts and a .953 save percentage in those games.
Goalie Jacob Markstrom will start for the Canucks, who are 1-7-2 in their past 10 games.

Players to watch

Vegas forward Alex Tuch has seven points (three goals, four assists) in a four-game point streak.
Canucks center Elias Pettersson has four points (three goals, one assist) in his past 10 games after 17 points (10 goals, seven assists) in his first 11 games.

They said it

"We have a good line right now that has a lot of chemistry. Right from the get go, [Alex Tuch] got hurt, then (Paul) Stastny got hurt, then I got hurt, then (Erik) Haula got hurt, so now we have a little bit of that stability." -- Golden Knights forward Max Pacioretty on having nine points (six goals, three assists) in a six-game point streak after four points (two goals, two assists) in his first 16 games
"He brings a lot of speed, grit and size and strength to our line. He's been playing some pretty good hockey of late, in L.A. (on Saturday) was one of the best games I have ever seen him play."-- Canucks center Bo Horvat on his new linemate Jake Virtanen, who is third on the team with eight goals this season

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Canucks projected lineup

Brendan Leipsic -- Bo Horvat -- Jake Virtanen
Nikolay Goldobin -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Antoine Roussel -- Markus Granlund -- Loui Eriksson
Tyler Motte -- Adam Gaudette --
Sam Gagner
Alexander Edler -- Alex Biega
Ben Hutton -- Troy Stecher
Michael Del Zotto -- Chris Tanev
Jacob Markstrom
Anders Nilsson
Scratched:Derrick Pouliot, Tim Schaller
Injured:Erik Gudbranson (neck), Brandon Sutter (shoulder), Jay Beagle (arm), Sven Baertschi (concussion)

Status report

The Golden Knights will not make any changes to their lineup. … Gudbranson could return against the Dallas Stars on Saturday. ... Beagle skated with the team Thursday for the first time since sustaining a broken arm blocking a shot Oct. 13 and hopes to play against the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday.

Stat pack

Eakin has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past four games. ... Smith has eight points (one goal, seven assists) in his past six games. … Vancouver has scored two goals or fewer in six of its past nine games. ... Goldobin has six points (two goals, four assists) in his past six games.