The Las Vegas Golden Knights have a chance to clinch the Pacific Division for the third time in their six-year history, but they are trying to do so without their top center in the lineup.
The team announced (Twitter link) that Jack Eichel is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. That injury concern kept him out of the lineup for Saturday afternoon's matchup with the Dallas Stars.
The 26-year-old center has had a solid first full season in Sin City, notching 27 goals and 38 assists across 66 games while leading the team in scoring. For as reliable as he has been when healthy, this weekend sidelining is the third separate instance in which he has missed time due to injury. Earlier in the season, he dealt with a pair of lower-body issues.
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