Golden Knights, without Stone and Hill, beat Hurricanes

Danny Webster, Las Vegas Review-Journal on Oct 21, 2025

Published in Hockey

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On a day when the Golden Knights ruled their captain out for the foreseeable future, now they have to worry about the health of their starting goaltender.

Adin Hill left early in the first period, but his teammates held down the fort for a 4-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes at T-Mobile Arena on Monday night.

Hill left with 10:06 remaining in the opening period while trying to play the puck but suffered a non-contact injury to his left leg. He was helped off the ice and needed assistance going to the locker room.

Akira Schmid came on in relief for the second time in four games to make 23 saves and improve to 4-0 this season.

Hill suffered a lower-body injury last Tuesday against the Calgary Flames. Schmid stopped all 19 shots to rally from a two-goal deficit to win 4-2.

Jack Eichel and Pavel Dorofeyev scored in the first period, and Ivan Barbashev added an insurance goal in the third to push the Knights (5-0-2) to their fourth straight game and extend their point streak to seven.

Carolina (5-1-0) lost its first game of the season.

The Knights already went into Monday’s game knowing they’d be without captain Mark Stone going forward, as he’s week to week with a wrist injury he suffered Saturday against Calgary.

Stone, who had a four-point game to that point, went down awkwardly early in the third period near the Flames bench.

The Knights placed Stone on injured reserve Monday. He was already ruled out of traveling on the team’s upcoming three-game road trip that starts Saturday against the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers.

“Unfortunate loss,” coach Bruce Cassidy said. “But someone else will get an opportunity for the short term.”

The first one getting that opportunity was Brandon Saad. The veteran moved up to the top line with Barbashev and Eichel. Barbashev switched to right wing.

Saad made the most of his promotion with the best game of his season, recording an assist and four shots in 16:07.

“(Stone will) be a loss in every area,” Cassidy said Monday morning. “We’ll see what the best fit is. We’re just going to have to figure that out as we go.”

The adjusted top line combined for the game’s first goal when Eichel centered a puck that deflected off Carolina defenseman K’Andre Miller’s stick and past goaltender Frederik Andersen at 8:42.

Dorofeyev scored his team-leading seventh goal at 10:28. He got behind the defense thanks to an outlet pass from right wing Mitch Marner and went forehand-to-backhand to make it 2-0.

Schmid allowed five goals in his last start Thursday, a 6-5 win over the Boston Bruins. It came the same day the Knights signed goaltender Carter Hart to a professional tryout deal.

Cassidy felt the mental side of the team adding a third goaltender could’ve played a role. It didn’t look like it Monday. Schmid’s only goal allowed was from right wing Sebastian Aho 4:18 into the second.

That was enough for the Knights. Barbashev pushed the lead to 3-1 at 11:06 of the third, and center William Karlsson scored into an empty net with 1:38 left for the final score.

The Knights are deep up front to handle the absence of Stone. Losing Hill could be a different matter, but Schmid has proven to be up to the task.

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