Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo will not play Tuesday in Game 1 of the team’s second-round series against the Edmonton Oilers because of an illness.
Pietrangelo did not take part in pregame warmups at T-Mobile Arena. Kaedan Korczak will make his Stanley Cup playoff debut, skating on the third pairing with Nic Hague.
Update: Alex Pietrangelo is out of tonight’s game due to an illness. #VegasBorn
— y-Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) May 7, 2025
The Knights are also without right wing Pavel Dorofeyev for the second straight game because of an undisclosed injury.
Dorofeyev (undisclosed) also missed Game 6 of the Knights’ first-round series against the Minnesota Wild on May 1. The 24-year-old led the club with 35 goals during the regular season.
Coach Bruce Cassidy said Dorofeyev is skating. The Knights will have another update before Game 2 on Thursday.
Right wing Victor Olofsson, who replaced Dorofeyev in the lineup, will start the Oilers series on the fourth line. Right wing Keegan Kolesar will get bumped to the second line with center Tomas Hertl and left wing Brandon Saad on Tuesday.
The Knights will keep their loaded top line of left wing William Karlsson, center Jack Eichel and captain Mark Stone intact to give them a weapon to use against Edmonton’s star duo of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl.
“You just try to play your game, play to your identity as a group,” Eichel said. “It’s about limiting their opportunities, good puck management, trying to play as much as you can in their end and make them play defense.”
Goaltender Calvin Pickard, a 2017 expansion draft pick of the Knights, will start his fifth straight game for Edmonton. Adin Hill will start in the other net.
“I expect we’ll play well and win,” Cassidy said. “That’s what I expect.”
Confirmed lineup:
William Karlsson — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Brandon Saad — Tomas Hertl — Keegan Kolesar
Ivan Barbashev — Nicolas Roy — Reilly Smith
Tanner Pearson — Brett Howden — Victor Olofsson
Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud
Nic Hague — Kaedan Korczak
Adin Hill
This is a developing story. Check back later for updates.
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Who: Oilers at Golden Knights
What: Game 1, second round
When: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
Where: T-Mobile Arena
TV: ESPN
Radio: KKGK (1340 AM/98.9 FM)
Line: Knights -132; total 6
Series schedule:
Game 1: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at T-Mobile Arena (ESPN)
Game 2: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at T-Mobile Arena (ESPN)
Game 3: Saturday at Rogers Place, TBD
Game 4: May 12 at Rogers Place, TBD
*Game 5: May 14 at T-Mobile Arena, TBD
*Game 6: May 16 at Rogers Place, TBD
*Game 7: May 18 at T-Mobile Arena, TBD
*if necessary
