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The Vegas Golden Knights are headed backmost location for Game 6 of nan Stanley Cup Final against nan Carolina Hurricanes, but they'll beryllium hoping to unit a Game 7 backmost successful Raleigh.
However, things conscionable sewage a batch tougher pinch news that guardant William Karlsson will not beryllium successful nan team's lineup connected Sunday.
Karlsson exited Game 5 aft taking a dense deed from Carolina defenseman Sean Walker. The 33-year-old Swede initially returned to nan bench, but aft being evaluated by nan team's aesculapian staff, he headed to nan locker room and did not return.
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On Saturday, Vegas caput coach John Tortorella revealed that Karlsson will not beryllium fresh for Game 6, which is simply a large nonaccomplishment for nan team.
After Vegas' Game 5 loss, Tortorella moreover pointed to that infinitesimal arsenic a turning constituent successful nan game.
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Vegas Golden Knights guardant William Karlsson has been ruled retired of Game 6 of nan Stanley Cup Final. (James Guillory-Imagn Images)
"When we suffer Bill, it benignant of screws things up," he said, per Sportsnet. "We mislaid momentum erstwhile we went back-to-back successful penalties. It was astir nan aforesaid clip that we mislaid Bill. We’ve sewage to find a way."
"Wild Bill," arsenic he's known, is 1 of conscionable 4 players who were connected Vegas' inaugural roster successful 2017. Obviously, he's a large portion of nan locker room, and while injuries kept him retired of each but 14 games during nan regular season, he's sewage 9 points (3G, 6A) pinch a +/- standing of 10.
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William Karlsson is 1 of conscionable 4 players near from nan team's inaugural season. (Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images)
It remains to beryllium seen who will switch Karlsson, but whoever it is will request to travel up big.
The different portion of news from Tortorella is that Vegas will instrumentality pinch goaltender Carter Hart successful Game 6. He has allowed 4 aliases much goals successful each crippled this series, starring to speculation that nan Golden Knights mightiness want to effort backup Adin Hill — who backstopped them to a Stanley Cup successful 2023 — to effort to unit a Game 7.
Matthew Reigle is simply a writer for OutKick.
