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GOLDEN KNIGHTS (43-19-5) at SABRES (22-35-11)
1 p.m. ET; MSG-B, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

The Golden Knights have 19 road victories, matching the mark set by the 1993-94 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in their first NHL season. Vegas is 2-3-1 in its past six games but is coming off a 4-0 win at the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday. The Golden Knights are first in the Pacific Division, 10 points ahead of the second-place San Jose Sharks and 11 in front of the Anaheim Ducks.
Marc-Andre Fleury will likely make his fifth straight start. Defenseman Nate Schmidt is a game-time decision after he missed the past four games with an undisclosed injury.
Robin Lehner will likely start for the Sabres, who will be without right wing Kyle Okposo indefinitely. Okposo sustained a concussion on Thursday during a 4-3 shootout win against the Ottawa Senators. Buffalo is 5-3-0 in its past eight games.

Players to watch

Golden Knights center William Karlsson has nine points (five goals, four assists) in his past eight games.
Sabres center Ryan O'Reilly has 13 points (three goals, 10 assists) in his past 13 games.

They said it

"It was a little stumble, that's all. I think in some of those games we played pretty well and in a couple we didn't play as well, but it's not a big deal; we just move on and we get ready for the next one. I've said that to our guys when we had a lot of success; it's not what you did last week, it's what you're going to do tonight and that's all we do." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant on his team's recent slump
"When you put all that together with their speed and transition and their work level, I think that's one of the biggest things in their identity is that they work and if you put work and speed together that's a deadly combination." -- Sabres coach Phil Housley on the Golden Knights success

Golden Knights projected lineup

Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Tomas Tatar
David Perron -- Erik Haula -- Tomas Hyka
Ryan Carpenter -- Cody Eakin -- Alex Tuch
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Tomas Nosek -- Ryan Reaves
Brayden McNabb -- Colin Miller
Shea Theodore -- Deryk Engelland
Jon Merrill -- Brad Hunt
Marc-Andre Fleury
Maxime Lagace
Scratched:None
Injured:Nate Schmidt (undisclosed), William Carrier (undisclosed), Reilly Smith (undisclosed), Malcolm Subban (hand), James Neal (lower body), Oscar Lindberg (upper body), Luca Sbisa (undisclosed)

Sabres projected lineup
Status report

Smith did not skate Friday and is day-to-day. … Griffith is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.

Stat pack

Perron has 26 points (seven goals, 19 assists) in his past 24 games. … Reinhart has 17 points (seven goals, 10 assists) in his past 16 games.