LAS VEGAS — Vegas Golden Knights main scorer Jack Eichel was positioned on injured reserve due to a lower-body damage, the membership confirmed Monday.
The designation means Eichel should miss at the very least seven days relationship again to when he could not bodily play.
Eichel has missed three of the previous 4 video games. He performed in Friday’s 2-1 overtime victory over the Philadelphia Flyers however was out of the lineup in Sunday’s 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins.
Eichel leads the Knights with 13 targets and 29 factors, and his 16 assists are third.
His damage is the newest blow to the Knights, who lead the Pacific Division with 41 factors.
Defensemen Shea Theodore (decrease physique) and Alex Pietrangelo (household sickness) are out, and one other blue-liner, Zach Whitecould, went out Sunday with a lower-body damage.
The Knights, who play at Winnipeg on Tuesday evening, are anticipated to announce roster strikes later Monday.
Vegas acquired Eichel in November 2021 in a high-profile commerce with the Buffalo Sabres. He was drafted second general by the Sabres in 2015 however received right into a dispute with the staff over what sort of surgical procedure he ought to endure for a herniated disk, which in the end led to his departure.
Vegas agreed to let Eichel have synthetic disk substitute, which no NHL participant had undergone to that time. After recovering from the process, Eichel made his debut in February for the Knights.