Golden Knights at Senators preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (8-4-0) at SENATORS (6-2-5)
2 p.m. ET; TVA Sports 2, TSN5, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

Maxime Lagace is expected to get his third straight start in goal for Vegas, which has lost the first three games of a six-game road trip, including a 2-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on Thursday.
Craig Anderson will start in goal for the Senators, who are 3-2-4 at home. Ottawa had lost two straight before a 3-1 victory against the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday.

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Players to watch

Golden Knights defenseman Colin Miller has eight points (two goals, six assists) in his past seven games.
Senators captain Erik Karlsson has six assists in a four-game point streak. He has 12 assists in eight games this season.

They said it

"It's going to have to be as simple as you can get it, really. A road game, we played better (Thursday), if we play the same way we should be able to create a lot offense, even against a good defense." -- Golden Knights forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
"It's very simple. They are a meat-and-potatoes team that is absolutely relentless. That's it, that's how they get their success, and I'll say that about a very few teams in the League." -- Senators coach Guy Boucher on the Golden Knights

Golden Knights projected lineup

Reilly Smith -- Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson
James Neal -- Erik Haula -- David Perron
Oscar Lindberg -- Cody Eakin -- Alex Tuch
Tomas Nosek -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- William Carrier
Luca Sbisa -- Nate Schmidt
Deryk Engelland -- Brayden McNabb
Colin Miller -- Brad Hunt
Maxime Lagace
Dylan Ferguson
Scratched:Jon Merrill, Brendan Leipsic, Shea Theodore
Injured:Marc-Andre Fleury (concussion), Malcolm Subban (lower body), Oscar Dansk (lower body), Clayton Stoner (lower body)

Senators projected lineup

Zack Smith -- Kyle Turris -- Ryan Dzingel
Tom Pyatt -- Derick Brassard -- Mark Stone
Mike Hoffman -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Christopher DiDomenico
Alexandre Burrows -- Nate Thompson -- Jack Rodewald
Johnny Oduya -- Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf -- Cody Ceci
Fredrik Claesson -- Chris Wideman
Craig Anderson
Mike Condon
Scratched:None
Injured:Mark Borowiecki (illness), Bobby Ryan (fractured finger)

Status report

Theodore could be a scratch for the second straight game. He made his season debut and played 16:06 in a 6-4 loss to the New York Rangers on Tuesday. ... Borowiecki will miss his third game.

Stat pack

Smith has seven points (four goals, three assists) in his past six games. … Stone has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past six games.