Vegas Golden Knights (16-6-10, in the Pacific Division) vs. Calgary Flames (14-17-4, in the Pacific Division)

Calgary, Alberta; Saturday, 10 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The Calgary Flames host the Vegas Golden Knights after Mikael Backlund's two-goal game against the Seattle Kraken in the Flames' 4-2 win.

Calgary is 5-4-0 against the Pacific Division and 14-17-4 overall. The Flames are 5-8-2 in games they have more penalties than their opponent.

Vegas has a 4-0-4 record in Pacific Division games and a 16-6-10 record overall. The Golden Knights have a 15-1-6 record when scoring three or more goals.

The matchup Saturday is the third time these teams play this season. The Golden Knights won 6-1 in the last matchup. Mark Stone led the Golden Knights with two goals.

TOP PERFORMERS: Joel Farabee has scored eight goals with nine assists for the Flames. Nazem Kadri has four goals and nine assists over the past 10 games.

Mitchell Marner has six goals and 26 assists for the Golden Knights. Jack Eichel has two goals and nine assists over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Flames: 6-3-1, averaging 3.1 goals, 4.4 assists, 3.6 penalties and 9.4 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game.

Golden Knights: 6-1-3, averaging 2.8 goals, 5.1 assists, 2.9 penalties and 6.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.3 goals per game.

INJURIES: Flames: None listed.

Golden Knights: None listed.

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.

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)

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