Golden Knights at Rangers preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (18-14-2) at RANGERS (14-13-4)
12:30 p.m. ET; NHLN, MSG, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

The Golden Knights, 2-0-1 in their past three games, are 9-2-1 in their past 12 games and have scored at least four goals in seven of their past 10 games.
The Rangers are 1-3-2 in their past six games and have allowed at least four goals in each of their past five games.
Each team is coming off a loss Friday after having a three-goal lead. Vegas lost 5-4 in overtime at the New Jersey Devils after being in front 3-0 and 4-1, and New York lost 4-3 in overtime against the Arizona Coyotes after leading 3-0 in the third period.

Players to watch

Golden Knights forward William Karlsson has four goals in a three-game goal streak.
Rangers center Kevin Hayes has six points (three goals, three assists) in a three-game multipoint streak.

They said it

"If we play like that, the Rangers are going to come out and trample us." -- Golden Knights forward Alex Tuch after Vegas blew two three-goal leads in a 5-4 overtime loss at the New Jersey Devils on Friday
"We also have to continue to work on finishing games and being in a mindset of no matter what happens, you keep playing and you don't get down on yourself and you finish the job."-- Rangers coach David Quinn

Golden Knights projected lineup

Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
Oscar Lindberg -- Paul Stastny -- Alex Tuch
Ryan Carpenter -- Cody Eakin -- Tomas Nosek
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
Injured: Erik Haula (lower body), Max Pacioretty (undisclosed)

Rangers projected lineup

Filip Chytil -- Mika Zibanejad -- Mats Zuccarello
Chris Kreider -- Kevin Hayes -- Pavel Buchnevich
Jimmy Vesey -- Brett Howden -- Vladislav Namestnikov
Lias Andersson -- Boo Nieves -- Ryan Strome
Marc Staal -- Neal Pionk
Adam McQuaid -- Fredrik Claesson
Brady Skjei -- Tony DeAngelo
Henrik Lundqvist
Dustin Tokarski
Scratched: Matt Beleskey, Brendan Smith
Injured: Cody McLeod (fractured left hand), Kevin Shattenkirk (separated shoulder), Jesper Fast (upper body)

Status report

Andersson will return to the lineup after he was scratched on Friday and could replace Beleskey. ... McQuaid will play his first game since Oct. 25. He has missed the past 21 games with a lower-body injury and likely will replace Claesson ... Pacioretty, out Friday with an undisclosed injury, could return to the lineup. .. Nieves was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League. ... Fast will be sidelined two to four weeks with an uppder-body injury.

Stat pack

Fleury is one win from tying Tony Esposito (423) for ninth place on the NHL all-time list … Reilly Smith has six points (two goals, four assists) in his past five games. … Zibanejad has eight points (three goals, five assists) in his past seven games. … The Rangers went 3-for-7 on the power play against the Coyotes, the first time they've scored three in a game this season.