William Karlsson and Kaedan Korczak Return, Nicolas Hague Out and Victor Olofsson Heads To The IR Ahead Of The Golden Knights’ Duel With The Sharks

William Karlsson will be making his long-awaited season debut, Kaedan Korczak will check back into the lineup for Nicolas Hague, and Victor Olofsson lands on the injured reserve ahead of the Vegas Golden Knights’ duel against the San Jose Sharks.

Karlsson missed the team’s first eight games of the season with an undisclosed injury and will return to the lineup to play alongside Tanner Pearson and fellow Swede, Alexander Holtz.

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Korczak made his season debut in place of Shea Theodore against the Los Angeles Kings and will check back into the lineup for Hague who’s dealing with a lower injury. Hague scored his first goal of the season against the Ottawa Senators on Friday but left early.

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Olofsson landing on the IR was expected after he was listed as week-to-week by HC Bruce Cassidy. He suffered an injury against the Washington Capitals and hasn’t played since.

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The Sharks are the only winless team and the Golden Knights hold a perfect 5-0-0 record at home. Tomas Hertl will play his first-ever game against his former team and he enters the game on a roll, scoring three goals and five points in his last two games.

Golden Knights’ projected lineup:

Barbashev-Eichel-Stone
Howden-Hertl-Dorofeyev
Pearson-Karlsson-Holtz
Brisson-Roy-Kolesar

Hanifin-Pietrangelo
Theodore-Whitecloud
McNabb-Korczak

Samsonov
Hill

Sharks projected lineup:

Eklund-Granlund-Toffoli
Gushchin-Wennberg-Zetterlund
Goodrow-Dellandrea-Grundstrom
Kostin-Sturm-Kunin

Walman-Ceci
Ferraro-Rutta
Thrun-Thompson

Vanecek
Blackwood

Puck drop is at 7:00 P.M. PST at T-Mobile Arena.

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