Fleury has been sidelined by a concussion since October 13th and will miss at least two more games this week. With Malcolm Subban suffering an injury of his own this weekend, the Golden Knights turn to the inexperienced duo of Oscar Dansk and Maxime Lagace between the pipes for at least two contests.
Foligno dropped the mitts with Blackhawks’ forward John Hayden and was absolutely devastated by a right haymaker, fracturing a facial bone in the process. Foligno joins a long list of injured Wild forwards, but is only expected to miss a week or so.
Fleury stopped 31 of 33 shots in the Golden Knights’ win over the Coyotes on Tuesday. Fleury has been outstanding to start his Golden Knights career, winning each of his first three starts while stopping 103 of 107 pucks (.963 SV%). He will look to extend his winning streak to four tonight as he takes on a Red Wings team that is subpar and coming in on a back-to-back.
Foligno was absolutely blasted by a John Hayden haymaker in a fight last night and may have suffered a facial fracture. Foligno could miss some time beyond Saturday’s game vs. Columbus.
Fleury allowed just one goal on 28 shots in the Golden Knights overtime win in Arizona on Saturday. Fleury dazzled in his first week with the Golden Knights, earning Second Star of the Week honours from the NHL. Fleury is 2-0-0 with a 0.98 GAA and .973 SV% to start the 2017-18 season and tonight he gets another crack at the Coyotes in the Vegas home opener.
Fleury spent the first 13 years of his NHL career in Pittsburgh but now becomes the face of the Golden Knights after being selected in the expansion draft this summer. Fleury has carried a 2.58 GAA and .912 SV% across his lengthy NHL career but will likely struggle in his first season with Vegas because the team in front of him needs a lot of work.
Bogosian has had a terrible time with injuries during his career, missing a combined 64 games over the last three seasons. With Bogosian out, Matt Tennyson will be on the blueline, paired with Marco Scandella.
Petersen, 22, was a fifth round pick in 2013 and signed with the Kings as a college free agent after three years at Notre Dame. Last season, Petersen was 23-12-5 with a 2.22 GAA and .926 SV% in 40 starts with the Fighting Irish and should report to Ontario (AHL) to start 2017-18.
Pitlick has split his time between the AHL and NHL in his first three professional seasons. Last year he had 21 points (7G / 14A) in 37 games with Bakersfield and 11 points (8G / 3A) in 31 games with Edmonton. He is a capable scorer with good size (6-foot, 202 lbs) who brings some offence and some upside to the Stars bottom-6.
Foligno is a big-body (6’2” / 215 lbs.) that has improved offensively in each of his six NHL seasons, setting a new career-high in goals (13) and tying a career-best in points (23) a season ago. Foligno will likely take Pominville’s spot as a third line winger in Minnesota, but doesn’t offer nearly any fantasy value due to his limited power play exposure.
