Golden Knights at Sabres preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (1--1--0) at SABRES (1--1--0)
3 p.m. ET; NHLN, TVAS, MSG--B, ATTSN--RM, NHL.TV

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The Game

The Vegas Golden Knights and Buffalo Sabres are each looking to make it two in a row when they face off at KeyBank Center on Monday.
A strong effort from Carter Hutton and two goals from Conor Sheary helped the Sabres beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Saturday, their first win of the season.
With 1:31 remaining in regulation and Marc-Andre Fleury pulled for the extra attacker, Max Pacioretty's first goal with the Golden Knights tied the game and Erik Haula scored in the shootout to give Vegas the comeback win.

Players to watch

Pacioretty had five shots on goal against Minnesota after having just one in the season opener.
Sheary has five goals in his past seven games, dating back to last season.

They said it

"We played real good, and if we would have lost the game 1-0, it would have been tough to lose it. But again, we played our game tonight. We played fast, we played hard and we had lots of chances." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant on the win against the Minnesota Wild
"You look at the players that are out, certainly there's going to be decisions to be made. That always pushes players' game to a higher level. It's a good situation to be in. It's unfortunate our guys are banged up a little bit. It's good to have depth." -- Sabres coach Phil Housley

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Sabres projected lineup

Conor Sheary -- Jack Eichel -- Sam Reinhart
Jeff Skinner - Patrik Berglund -- Kyle Okposo
Zemgus Girgensons -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Tage Thompson
Remi Elie -- Evan Rodrigues -- Jason Pominville
Marco Scandella -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Jake McCabe -- Rasmus Dahlin
Nathan Beaulieu -- Casey Nelson
Carter Hutton
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: Matt Tennyson
Injured: Vladimir Sobotka (upper body), Scott Wilson (ankle), Johan Larsson (lower body), Sean Malone (knee), Zach Bogosian (lower body), Matt Hunwick (neck)

Status report

Larsson practiced with the team Sunday for the first time since sustaining a lower-body injury Sept. 26 but Housley had yet to decide if the forward will return against the Golden Knights.

Stat pack

Sheary needs five points for 100 in his career. … Smith needs two goals to hit 100 for his career.