Golden Knights at Jets preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (28-16-4) at JETS (29-14-2)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

Tuch has 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in nine straight games, a Golden Knights record.
Marc-Andre Fleury starts for the Golden Knights, who are 8-1-0 in their past nine games. Fleury is 6-1-0 with a 1.72 goals-against average, .935 save percentage and one shutout in his past seven starts.
Paul Stastny returns to Winnipeg with Vegas for the first time since signing with the Golden Knights as a free agent July 1. The Jets had acquired him from the St. Louis Blues prior to the 2018 NHL Trade Deadline on Feb. 26.
The Jets are 4-1-0 in their past five games and 12-5-0 in their past 17. They face Vegas for the first time since a five-game loss in the 2018 Western Conference Final.

Players to watch

Golden Knights forward Brandon Pirri has 12 points (seven goals, five assists) in 10 games since being recalled from Chicago of the American Hockey League.
Jets forward Mark Scheifele has seven points (two goals, five assists) in a five-game point streak after he had no points in his previous four.

They said it

"They're one of the top teams in the League and we know they want to come out here and take us down, but I think we've got to go with the same mindset. They're one of the top teams in the League for a reason and we've got to start taking down those teams." -- Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves
"If you're them, you want to beat us again and show what they did is validated even more. For us, we want to play our best game." -- Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Patrik Laine -- Bryan Little -- Jack Roslovic
Mathieu Perreault -- Adam Lowry -- Brandon Tanev
Brendan Lemieux -- Andrew Copp -- Mason Appleton
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Dmitry Kulikov -- Tyler Myers
Joe Morrow -- Sami Niku
Laurent Brossoit
Connor Hellebuyck
Scratched:Nic Petan
Injured: Dustin Byfuglien (lower body), Nikolaj Ehlers (upper body), Ben Chiarot (lower body)

Status report

Myers returns after missing two games with a lower-body injury.

Stat pack

Vegas has allowed two goals or fewer in seven of its past nine games. … Little has seven points (four goals, three assists) in a five-game point streak. He is expected to play in his 800th NHL game.