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The Vegas Golden Knights will be without two veteran players in Brayden McNabb and Brandon Saad, but will welcome back two youngsters by way of Pavel Dorofeyev and Kaedan Korczak.

McNabb and Saad are considered day-to-day after sustaining injuries in a 5-4 overtime loss in Game 2. McNabb's injury has come with a lot of controversy. No call was made on the infraction, and instead of the Golden Knights heading onto the power play, Leon Draisaitl ended the game 17 seconds later. 

Saad's injury is undisclosed at the moment, and he'll be replaced by Dorofeyev, who will make his series debut after suffering an injury against the Minnesota Wild in Game 5.

Replacing McNabb will be Korczak, who will return to the lineup after playing in Game 1. In Game 1, the 24-year-old played 13:04 of ice time, throwing one hit and blocking one shot. 

The Oilers will be making one lineup change as well. Calvin Pickard was announced as day-to-day and will be replaced in net by Stuart Skinner. Skinner has recorded an .810 SV% and a 6.11 GAA in two playoff games this season. 

The Golden Knights are in massive need of a win, looking to avoid going down 3-0 in the series. The Golden Knights lost both games at home, but recent memory provides evidence that the Golden Knights have what it takes to win back-to-back road games. Just last season, the Golden Knights beat the Dallas Stars in Games 1 and 2 on the road. 

Going down 3-0 all but wraps up the series, meaning today's game is virtually a must-win. 

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Golden Knights' Nicolas Roy Will Have A Hearing For His Cross-Checking Penalty In Game 2Vegas Golden Knights forward will have a hearing with the Department of Player Safety for his cross-check on Edmonton Oilers forward Trent Frederic.

The Carolina Hurricanes will face off against the Washington Capitals on May 10 in Game 3 of the second round. The Hurricanes' goal will be to bounce back after losing to the Capitals by a 3-1 final score in Game 2.

Unfortunately, the Hurricanes are expected to be without one of their key bottom-six forwards again. While speaking to reporters, including NHL.com's Walt Ruff, Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind'Amour announced that forward Mark Jankowski is "doubtful" for the matchup

Jankowski, 30, was injured during the Hurricanes' Game 1 matchup against the Capitals and was sidelined in Game 2 because of it. Now, with this update from Brind'Amour, it's likely that Jankowski will also not be good to go for Game 3, which is less-than-ideal news for Carolina.

Since being acquired from the Nashville Predators at the trade deadline, Jankowski has become a solid part of the Hurricanes' roster. In 19 regular-season games with the Canes following the move, he posted eight goals and a plus-4 rating. In three playoff games thus far, he has one assist and a plus-1 rating.

Recent Hurricanes News 

Former Hurricanes Forward Fined By NHL Player SafetyNHL Player Safety has announced that former Carolina Hurricanes forward Nicolas Roy has been fined $7,812.50 for cross-checking Trent Frederic during the Vegas Golden Knights' Game 2 matchup against the Edmonton Oilers. Former Hurricanes Winger Can't Stop Scoring GoalsFormer Carolina Hurricanes forward Mikko Rantanen was the main reason why the Dallas Stars defeated the Colorado Avalanche in the first round. With the Stars down 2-0 in Game 7, Rantanen scored a hat trick and recorded an assist in the third period to secure them a 4-2 win over the Avalanche. Former Hurricanes Forward Is Absolutely Thriving In PlayoffsBack in October, former Carolina Hurricanes forward Max Pacioretty signed a one-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. This was after the veteran winger joined the club at training camp on a professional tryout (PTO). 

Today, the great Johnny Gaudreau was named to the NHL's Quarter Century Team, celebrating the best NHL players of the last 25 years. 

Gaudreau was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 4th round of the 2011 NHL Draft as the 104th overall pick. 

Johnny played 9 years in Calgary to start his career. He scored 210 goals and totaled 609 points for the Flames. 

In the summer of 2022, Johnny shocked the entirety of the hockey world when he decided to leave Calgary and sign with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

With Columbus, he played 161 games and totaled 134 points. 

For his NHL career, he scored 243 goals, had 500 assists, and totaled 743 points in 763 games. 

Johnny Hockey 💙❤️

Johnny Gaudreau has been named to the @NHL Quarter-Century Team! #NHLQCTeam | #CBJpic.twitter.com/7RdBc2C1UT

— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) May 10, 2025

Johnny ❤️

#13 has been named to the #NHLQCTeam 🔥 Congratulations to the Gaudreau family - we’re sending our love from Calgary! pic.twitter.com/17HEUgYBRH

— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) May 10, 2025

Long Live Johnny Gaudreau! 

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Much was made of who would be the Montreal Canadiens’ first pick at the 2024 draft. Picking fifth overall, the Habs’ pick was highly dependent on what the first four teams would do, but Montreal being the hockey mad market it is, it didn’t stop the press and fans alike from speculating who would be available when Kent Hughes and co. finally took to the podium.

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While most advocate that a team should always take the best player available, the fact that the Canadiens have a glaring need down the middle made picking Cayden Lindstrom a possibility. The 6-foot-4 supersize center had a lot of attributes that could have made him attractive for Montreal, but the one concern was a tricky back injury that had limited him to 32 games in his draft year.

Still, 46 points in 32 games is a more than respectable output, and had he been available at number five (and if Ivan Demidov had already been taken), the Habs’ brass might have wanted to roll the dice on him.

As we now know, however, he wasn’t available at number five. The Columbus Blue Jackets claimed him at number four after the San Jose Sharks picked Macklin Celebrini at number one, the Chicago Blackhawks took Artyom Levshun at number two, and the Anaheim Ducks caused a surprise by claiming Beckett Sennecke in third place.

🚨 Andrew Basha
🍎 Cayden Lindstrom

First game back for both to open the scoring in the WHL Championship.pic.twitter.com/5ezcZ8AnB0

— Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) May 10, 2025

Since the draft, Celebrini has made his NHL debut and is a Calder Trophy nominee. Levshun skated in 18 NHL games, picking up six assists, and spent the rest of his season in the AHL. Sennecke dominated in the WHL, putting up 86 points in 56 games.

What did Lindstrom do? He nursed his back injury and finally skated in his first game since the draft last night, in the OHL final. His Medicine Hat Tigers signed a 4-1 win over the Spokane Chiefs, and the center registered an assist. Hopefully, this is the first of many games for the youngster, but at this stage, Canadiens fans can thank their lucky star that Columbus decided to pick Lindstrom and not Demidov.

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Czech winger Dominik Kubalík, 29, has signed a two-year contract with EV Zug, the National League club announced on Friday.

Last season, Kubalík had 52 points in 56 regular-season and playoff games for HC Ambrì-Piotta.

“Dominik is an experienced player with leadership qualities. With his speed, his intelligence and his shot, he strengthens our team on the wing,” said Zug GM Reto Kläy.

The news confirms reports from a month ago that Kläy and Kubalík’s agent were in contact.

A native of Plzeň, Czechia, Kubalík was a seventh-round pick of the Los Angeles Kings in 2013 but, other than two seasons in the OHL, stayed in his home country until 2017, when he went to Switzerland for the first time. In 90 National League regular-season and playoff games between 2017 and 2019, Kubalík had 37 goals and 60 assists for 97 points. In 2018-19, he was the league scoring champion and MVP.

In five NHL seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators, Kubalík has 93 goals and 83 assists for 176 points in 357 regular-season games. In his first NHL season with Chicago, the pandemic-shortened 2019-20 campaign, he had 46 points in 68 regular-season games, then eight points in nine playoff games. However, he had only 15 points in 74 games with Ottawa in 2023-24 and, as a result, had trouble attracting contract offers last summer.

Report: Swiss Club Interested In Tomas Tatar, Dominik Kubalik Unhappy with the way his team’s season finished, EV Zug GM Reto Kläy recently spoke to the Swiss media about how he’d like to go about strengthening his team for next season.

Kubalík has made no secret of his desire to return to the NHL. Last year’s contract with Ambrì-Piotta included a clause that would have allowed him to leave the team if he had received an offer from an NHL team by Dec. 15. Although Zug’s announcement wasn’t specific about the details, it appears that his new contract includes the opportunity to accept a potential NHL offer.

“With a player of his caliber, the NHL is, of course, always a topic and we are aware of the risk that Dominik would take the step back to North America should he receive a corresponding offer,” said Kläy.

Internationally, Kubalík has produced big for the Czechs over the years with 46 points in 43 career games at five IIHF World Championships. In 2023, he led the tournament with eight goals and was a forward on the tournament all-star team. He also had two points in five games for the Czechs at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Martin Nečas Says Yes; Czechs Take 25 To Denmark The Czech roster for the upcoming IIHF World Championship is starting to come together. A week ago, David Pastrňák confirmed he would play and on Tuesday, at the team’s end-of-season press conference, Colorado Avalanche GM Chris McFarlane confirmed that Martin Nečas would be going as well.