The Vegas Golden Knights will rest multiple players tonight against the Calgary Flames, those being Jack Eichel, Mark Stone, Alex Pietrangelo, Noah Hanifin and Adin Hill.
Eichel has missed the previous three games with an upper-body injury but returned to practice yesterday for the first time. He was joined by Pietrangelo, who will also miss his third consecutive game with an injury and illness. The 35-year-old will miss his 11th game this season, scoring four goals and 33 points.
Stone and Hanifin will be out tonight for what's being called rest. The pair have been healthy as of late, neither dealing with any injury issues. Hanifin has played in all 80 games this season, scoring 10 goals and 39 points.
Stone has missed 14 games, enjoying another point-per-game season. The 66 games he's played are the most he's played during his Golden Knights tenure.
Hill will unsurprisingly not dress tonight after missing practice yesterday. The 28-year-old has played 50 games this season, eclipsing his career-high of 35 which he set in the 2023-24 season.
With Hill resting, Ilya Samsonov will make his return to the crease, making his first appearance since Mar. 29. Akira Schmid will back up Samsonov tonight.
Alexander Holtz, Ben Hutton and Kaedan Korczak will all remain or rejoin the lineup tonight with the plethora of scratches.
"We want to play well, we want to win a couple games," said HC Bruce Cassidy. "That's what we're preparing to do... we want to be as prepared as possible for game one, so that's what we're looking forward to."
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