Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Pavel Dorofeyev
Brett Howden — Mitch Marner — Mark Stone
Reilly Smith — Tomas Hertl — Keegan Kolesar
Cole Smith — Nic Dowd — Colton Sissons
Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin — Rasmus Andersson
Jeremy Lauzon — Kaedan Korczak
Carter Hart
Adin Hill
Scratched: Ben Hutton, Brandon Saad, Akira Schmid
Injured: William Karlsson (lower body), Jonas Rondbjerg (lower body)
Mammoth projected lineup
Clayton Keller — Nick Schmaltz — Lawson Crouse
Kailer Yamamoto — Logan Cooley — Dylan Guenther
Alexander Kerfoot — Barrett Hayton — Michael Carcone
JJ Peterka — Kevin Stenlund — Brandon Tanev
Mikhail Sergachev — MacKenzie Weegar
Nate Schmidt — John Marino
Ian Cole — Sean Durzi
Karel Vejmelka
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Liam O’Brien, Daniil But, Kevin Rooney, Nick DeSimone, Dmitri Simashev, Matt Villalta
Injured: Jack McBain (lower body)
Status report
Karlsson participated in the morning skate but is not expected to play; the center, who has not played since Nov. 8, stayed out for extra work with the scratches. Asked how close he is to playing, Golden Knights coach Tortorella said: “We’re not even into that … We just wanted him to travel with the team.” … Hayton and McBain, a forward, each will be a game-time decision, Mammoth coach Andre Tourigny said forwards Hayton (upper body) and McBain each will be a game-time decision, and there could be others as well. … Defensemen Sergachev and Durzi, along with McBain, did not skate Friday.
NHL.com independent correspondent Matt Komma contributed to this report
