Connor Bedard visits Vegas for the first time in his career, as Golden Knights aim to improve to 9-0-0.
The Vegas Golden Knights look to improve on their franchise best start against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday at T-Mobile Arena.
The Golden Knights are the final unbeaten team in the NHL and a win would tie for the third longest win streak in franchise history.
The longest win streak is 10, which was set in the 2020-21 season.
Alex Pietrangelo is expected to be in the lineup for the Golden Knights after missing the past five games with a head injury.
Nicolas Roy is out for this weekend's games with an undisclosed injury.
Here are the projected lines:
Blackhawks Projected Lines
Forwards
Nick Foligno - Connor Bedard - Philipp Kurashev
Jason Dickinson - Lukas Reichel - Taylor Raddysh
Tyler Johnson - Ryan Donato - Corey Perry
Boris Katchouk - Mackenzie Entwistle - Reese Johnson
Defensemen
Kevin Korchinski - Seth Jones
Alex Vlasic - Conor Murphy
Jarred Tinordi - Wyatt Kaiser
Goalies
Arvid Soderblom
Petr Mrazek
Golden Knights projected lineup
Forwards
Ivan Barbashev - Jack Eichel - Jonathan Marchessault
Paul Cotter - Chandler Stephenson - Mark Stone
Pavel Dorofeyev - William Karlsson - Michael Amadio
William Carrier - Brett Howden - Keegan Kolesar
Defensemen
Alec Martinez—Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb - Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague - Kaedan Korczak
Goalies
Adin Hill
Logan Thompson