Overview
- Coach Bruce Cassidy said Jack Eichel (illness) and Shea Theodore (upper body) are out for Wednesday and considered day to day.
- Eichel misses his first game of the season after leading Vegas with 41 points in 31 games and contributing on both special teams.
- Theodore, the team’s top-scoring defenseman with 20 points and heavy minutes, also sits for the first time this season.
- Jeremy Lauzon returns after about a month out, with practice indicating pairings of Hanifin–Korczak, McNabb–Whitecloud, and Lauzon–Hutton.
- William Karlsson and Adin Hill remain week to week with lower-body injuries, while forward lines shuffle around Tomas Hertl and Reilly Smith at center.