FLAMES (31-35-8) AT GOLDEN KNIGHTS (33-26-16)
10 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, SNO, SNE, SN1
Flames projected lineup
Blake Coleman — Mikael Backlund — Joel Farabee
Matvei Gridin — Morgan Frost — Matt Coronato
Yegor Sharangovich — Ryan Strome — Victor Olofsson
Connor Zary — John Beecher — Adam Klapka
Kevin Bahl — Zach Whitecloud
Olli Maatta — Brayden Pacha
Yan Kuznetsov — Zayne Parekh
Dustin Wolf
Devin Cooley
Scratched: Ryan Lomberg, Martin Pospisi, Hunter Brzustewicz, Tyson Gross, Brennan Othmann
Injured: Jake Bean (undisclosed), Samuel Honzek (upper body), Jonathan Huberdeau (hip surgery), (upper body), Joel Hanley (upper body)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev — Mitch Marner – Mark Stone
Brett Howden– Jack Eichel — Pavel Dorofeyev
Reilly Smith — Tomas Hertl — Keegan Kolesar
Cole Smith – Nic Dowd — Colton Sissons
Brayden McNabb- Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin– Kaedan Korczak
Rasmus Andersson – Jeremy Lauzon
Carter Hart
Adin Hill
Scratched: Ben Hutton, Brandon Saad, Akira Schmid
Injured: William Karlsson (lower body), Jonas Rondbjerg (lower body)
Status report
Both teams held an optional morning skate. … Zary is expected to play after missing five games with an upper-body injury. … Hart will likely start for the Golden Knights, his first game since leaving in the first period of a 5-3 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Jan. 8 with a lower-body injury. He was activated from long-term injured reserve Wednesday. … Vegas reassigned forward Braedan Bowman to Henderson of the American Hockey League.
