Mark Stone is week to week for the Vegas Golden Knights because of an upper-body injury.
The forward, who was injured late in the second period of a 5-3 loss to the Nashville Predators on Tuesday, leads the Golden Knights with 53 points (16 goals, 37 assists) in 56 games this season.
Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said the injury was not related to the back injury that Stone had surgery for last season, which caused him to miss the final three months of the regular season. Stone returned for and played in every game in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, finishing tied for third in the NHL with 24 points (11 goals, 13 assists) in 22 games to help Vegas win the Stanley Cup.
"I don't have an idea on his return date. The medical team will update us as we go along," Cassidy said prior to their game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. "We are going to miss him, obviously, but we have got to focus on the task at hand now."
Cassidy also said that Jack Eichel could travel with the team for their upcoming five-game road trip, which begins at the Ottawa Senators on Saturday, but did not indicate when the center could return to the lineup.
Eichel has missed 14 games since sustaining a lower-body injury in a 2-1 overtime win against the Boston Bruins on Jan. 11. He is tied with Jonathan Marchessault for second on the team with 44 points (19 goals, 25 assists) in 42 games.
"We can make up some of the offense as we go along, but if we play good defense with this team, (that) generally leads to good offense," Cassidy said. "… That's how we plan to attack this without Mark. … Now it becomes more incumbent on the group to understand that without Jack as well. That's 100 points out of our lineup."
