Golden Knights captain Mark Stone (wrist) out week after week

Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone has been sidelined weekly with a wrist harm, coach Bruce Cassidy informed reporters on Monday.

Stone, whose 13 factors in six video games ranks second within the NHL, was benched within the late levels of Vegas’ 6-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night time.

Stone, 33, scored his first two targets of the season in opposition to Calgary as a part of an explosive four-point night time that introduced his league-best help complete to 11.

“This yr, I feel he was in as good condition as he is been since I have been right here. Add one other yr to your profession with some bumps and bruises, it’s important to handle your self. I assumed he did an important job of that. I assumed he was transferring in addition to ever,” stated Cassidy, Vegas’ head coach since 2022-23.

Cassidy added: “It sucks. It truly is for him. I really feel for him. However he is all the time recovered properly. That is the excellent news after we get him again. Whether or not it is brief time period, medium time period or long run, we do not know but. I am certain he’ll decide up proper the place he left off.”

Sizzling begins from Stone and linemate Jack Eichel, whose league-leading 15 factors, helped propel the Golden Knights (4-0-2) to the highest of the Pacific Division standings. They host the undefeated Carolina Hurricanes on Monday, then have 4 nights off earlier than touring to face the Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Hurricanes.

The oft-injured Stone hasn’t performed greater than 70 video games in a season since 2019, when Vegas acquired the fitting winger from the Ottawa Senators.

He scored 110 targets and 336 factors in 346 video games with the Golden Knights and captained the membership to its first Stanley Cup in 2023.

–Area-level media