The Vegas Golden Knights have been one of the most interesting stories of the year, with their goaltending situation being right at the forefront. While the Vegas net has seen the first NHL win of Malcolm Subban, Oscar Dansk and Maxime Lagace, it’s also been cursed with three goalies going down to injury in rapid succession. With Lagace now trying to shoulder the entire load on his own, cracks have started to form with losses in five out of six.
Fans won’t have to wait long before they see help arrive though, as today Marc-Andre Fleury hit the ice at their practice rink and could return within the next few days. Lending credence to that idea is a report from Marty Hastings of Kamloops This Week (h/t SinBin.vegas), who says that the Kamloops Blazers are expecting Dylan Ferguson back with the team this weekend. Ferguson, a WHL player, has been on the Vegas bench for several games backing up Lagace.
Fleury hasn’t played since taking a blow to the head in mid-October, but would provide an instant spark to a Golden Knights team that has cooled off considerably since their fast start. The team is still 9-5-1 and in second place in the wide open Pacific Division, but needs to get back to the grinding defensive wins that they started the year with. In seven of their first nine games they allowed two or fewer goals, but have accomplished that just once in their last six.
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