Vegas Golden Knights’ coach Gerard Gallant recently provided an update on his team’s injured players, and things don’t look good for Paul Stastny. Although Stastny, who suffered a lower-body injury on October 8th, was supposed to miss only three games, it now looks like that period will be a lot longer. According to Gallant, the 32-year-old reliable center could end up missing up to two months.
“Stastny is going to be longer than we thought,” – Gallant told reporters.
Paul Stastny joined Vegas Golden Knights this summer, signing a three-year, $19.5 million deal after his contract with Winnipeg Jets expired. Stastny played a total of 824 games in NHL, scoring 220 goals and providing 426 assists.
With Stastny out, Vegas Golden Knights will have to find other ways to score, which might be problematic since they are already among the worst teams in NHL in goals per game (1.7). For comparison, they were ranked fifth in the league last season scoring 3.27 goals per game.
“When you win, you play real quick and play real fast,” – explained Gallant. “There’s no hesitation in our game, and right now, we’ve got some of that. We know it as coaches, we know it as players. We’ve just got to be better. Got to work a little harder, each guy.”
Gerard Gallant also confirmed that defenseman Deryk Engelland and winger Alex Tuch wouldn’t be playing in Thursday’s game against Buffalo Sabres. Engelland is day to day while Tuch will miss the upcoming two games and then be reevaluated.