The Vegas Golden Knights take on the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS (16-6-10) at FLAMES (14-17-4)
10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, CITY, SCRIPPS
Golden Knights projected lineup
Brandon Saad — Tomas Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Mitch Marner — Ivan Barbashev — Braeden Bowman
Reilly Smith — Brett Howden — Mark Stone
Cole Reinhardt — Colton Sissons — Keegan Kolesar
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud
Brayden McNabb — Kaedan Korczak
Jeremy Lauzon — Ben Hutton
Akira Schmid
Carter Hart
Scratched: Alexander Holtz
Injured: Jack Eichel (illness), Shea Theodore (upper body), Adin Hill (lower body), William Karlsson (lower body)
Status report
Schmid will start in goal for the Golden Knights; coach Bruce Cassidy said Hart would play at the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday. … Theodore, a defenseman, and Eichel, a forward, did not make the trip. Theodore is week to week.
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Flames projected lineup
Jonathan Huberdeau — Morgan Frost — Matt Coronato
Yegor Sharangovich — Nazem Kadri — Joel Farabee
Connor Zary — Mikael Backlund — Blake Coleman
Ryan Lomberg — John Beecher — Adam Klapka
Kevin Bahl — Rasmus Andersson
Yan Kuznetsov — MacKenzie Weegar
Joel Hanley — Hunter Brzustewicz
Devin Cooley
Dustin Wolf
Scratched: Brayden Pachal, Justin Kirkland
Injured: Martin Pospisil (undisclosed), Jake Bean (undisclosed), Samuel Honzek (upper body)
Status report
Other than Cooley starting in goal, the Flames will use the same lineup from their 4-2 win against the Seattle Kraken on Thursday.
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