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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 (decrease physique), Jonas Rondbjerg (decrease physique)

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 However, Kevin Rooney, Nick DeSimone, Dmitri Simashev, Matt Villalta

Injured: Jack McBain (decrease physique)

Standing report

Karlsson participated within the morning skate however isn’t anticipated to play; the middle, who has not performed since Nov. 8, stayed out for further work with the scratches. Requested how shut he’s to taking part in, Golden Knights coach Tortorella stated: “We’re not even into that …  We simply needed him to journey with the group.” … Hayton and McBain, a ahead, every will likely be a game-time determination, Mammoth coach Andre Tourigny stated forwards Hayton (higher physique) and McBain every will likely be a game-time determination, and there might be others as properly. … Defensemen Sergachev and Durzi, together with McBain, didn’t skate Friday.

NHL.com unbiased correspondent Matt Komma contributed to this report