Overview
- Jack Eichel was ruled out for the Calgary–Edmonton back-to-back and is day-to-day with an illness and a lower-body injury, according to Bruce Cassidy.
- William Karlsson remains week-to-week with no timetable, and Shea Theodore was updated to week-to-week and will not travel after the injury proved worse than first thought.
- With center depth thin, eight Golden Knights took faceoffs in Wednesday’s 2-1 shootout loss, going 24-for-55 (44 percent), with Tomas Hertl taking 18 draws and Brett Howden 17.
- Reilly Smith served as a third-line center and went 0-for-5 on draws, and Mitch Marner handled makeshift center duties late, reflecting the all-hands approach down the middle.
- Cassidy said the team will keep solutions internal and tweak forecheck mentality, as Vegas, now 16-6-10 and atop the Pacific Division, turns to a road back-to-back in Alberta.