Vegas Golden Knights forward Pavel Dorofeyev exited Game 5 against the Minnesota Wild with an undisclosed injury and is listed as day-to-day.
The 24-year-old played all three regulation periods but did not come out for the overtime frame. Thankfully for the Golden Knights, Brett Howden scored the game-winner, giving them a 3-2 series lead.
Through five games, Dorofeyev has scored a goal and an assist, both tallies coming on the power play.
“We’ll see how he is for tomorrow,” head coach Bruce Cassidy said Wednesday. “We didn’t skate today. But we’ll have a better idea tomorrow.”
The Golden Knights will be hoping he can travel with the club to Minnesota for Game 6, but if he cannot play, Victor Olofsson will likely slide back into the lineup. The 29-year-old winger played the first three games of the series before he was replaced by Tanner Pearson. He’s not yet recorded a point in the playoffs and has only thrown three shots on goal.
“If he can’t go, we’ll think about who goes in the lineup and go from there,” Cassidy said. “I’m pretty comfortable with however it works out.”
The Golden Knights will have their chance to close out the series on Thursday in St. Paul.
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