Golden Knights at Jets preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (33-12-4) at JETS (30-13-8)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

The Golden Knights, who lead the Pacific Division and Western Conference with 70 points, matched the record of 33 victories by a first-year team, set by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Florida Panthers in 1993-94, with a 4-2 win against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday.
Vegas is 6-2-2 in its past 10 games and 18-3-3 in its past 24. Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury will start; he's 10-3-1 with a 1.57 goals-against average in his past 14 starts.
The Jets, who lead the Central Division with 68 points and trail the Golden Knights by two points for the conference lead, will try to push their point streak to six games; Winnipeg is 4-0-1 in its past five games and 10-2-2 in its past 14.
Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck will start; he's 3-0-1 with a 1.92 GAA and one shutout in his past four starts.

Players to watch

Golden Knights forward William Karlsson has 15 points (10 goals, five assists) in his past 13 games.
Jets forward Mathieu Perreault has nine points (five goals, four assists) in his past nine games.

They said it

"It's a big game for sure. They're right behind us. They have one of the best teams in the League, that's for sure. They're good everywhere, but that doesn't matter for us. We just have to look at our game and we'll be fine." -- Golden Knights forward Jonathan Marchessault
"Obviously, [Vegas] is rolling. It's a great challenge for us. They skate as well as any team, play hard. It's going to be a tough test for us." -- Jets center Blake Wheeler

Golden Knights projected lineup

Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
David Perron -- Erik Haula -- James Neal
Brendan Leipsic -- Cody Eakin -- Alex Tuch
William Carrier -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Oscar Lindberg
Shea Theodore -- Deryk Engelland
Jason Garrison -- Nate Schmidt
Colin Miller -- Brad Hunt
Marc-Andre Fleury
Malcolm Subban
Scratched: Ryan Carpenter
Injured:Brayden McNabb (undisclosed), Tomas Nosek (upper body), Luca Sbisa (hand)

Jets projected lineup

Jack Roslovic -- Blake Wheeler -- Patrik Laine
Mathieu Perreault -- Bryan Little -- Nikolaj Ehlers
Andrew Copp -- Adam Lowry -- Joel Armia
Brandon Tanev -- Matt Hendricks -- Kyle Connor
Josh Morrissey -- Tyler Myers
Toby Enstrom -- Dustin Byfuglien
Ben Chiarot -- Tucker Poolman
Connor Hellebuyck
Michael Hutchinson
Scratched: Marko Dano
Injured: Mark Scheifele (upper body), Shawn Matthias (upper body), Steve Mason (concussion), Jacob Trouba (lower body), Dmitry Kulikov (upper body)

Status report

McNabb skated on Thursday but will not play. … Kulikov practiced fully on Wednesday but won't play; he is expected to return against the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.

Stat pack

Marchessault has 11 points (three goals, 11 assists) in his past 10 games and 22 points (eight points, 14 points) in his past 18 games. … Wheeler has 15 points (five goals, 10 assists) in his past 14 games.