Sabres at Golden Knights preview

SABRES (3-2-0) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (2-4-0)
10 p.m. ET; ATTSN-RM, MSG-B, NHL.TV

The Golden Knights are looking to win back-to-back games for the first time this season. They defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 1-0 on Saturday, concluding a five-game road trip.
The Sabres will be trying for their fourth win in six games. This is the final meeting of the season series. The Sabres defeated the Golden Knights 4-2 at KeyBank Center on Oct. 8. Buffalo, which did not win its fourth game last season until Nov. 2, is 6-0-1 in its past seven road games against Pacific Division teams.

Players to watch

Sabres center Jack Eichel has scored five points (three goals, two assists) in the past four games.
Golden Knights forward Jonathan Marchessault has six points (two goals, four assists) in the first six games.

They said it

"It'd be great [to sweep the season series]. [The Golden Knights] probably never envisioned themselves being in this position. It's going to be a tough game, but I like the way our guys are playing." -- Sabres coach Phil Housley
"I think for our group, for our offense, it's not there enough. It's always positive to get chances but you need to bury some goals at times of the game." -- Golden Knights forward Jonathan Marchessault

Sabres projected lineup

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

Golden Knights projected lineup

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

Status report

Bogosian (lower body) is expected to make his season debut. He has been out since Sept. 25. … Stastny will be out for at least the next two months. … Engelland will miss his fifth game in the past three seasons. ... Hyka will move to the second line, and Nosek to the third.

Stat pack

Berglund is expected to play in his 700th NHL game. … Pominville is three points from 700 in the NHL. … Karlsson, who did not score his first goal until the seventh game last season, has no goals and four assists through six games.