Vegas without William Karlsson for crucial Game 6 as Tortorella confirms forward not ready

The Vegas Golden Knights are headed backmost location for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Carolina Hurricanes, but they'll beryllium hoping to unit a Game 7 backmost successful Raleigh.

However, things conscionable got a batch tougher with quality that guardant William Karlsson volition not beryllium successful the team's lineup connected Sunday.

Karlsson exited Game 5 aft taking a dense deed from Carolina defenseman Sean Walker. The 33-year-old Swede initially returned to the bench, but aft being evaluated by the team's aesculapian staff, helium headed to the locker country and did not return.

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On Saturday, Vegas caput manager John Tortorella revealed that Karlsson volition not beryllium acceptable for Game 6, which is simply a large nonaccomplishment for the team.

After Vegas' Game 5 loss, Tortorella adjacent pointed to that infinitesimal arsenic a turning constituent successful the game.

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Vegas Golden Knights guardant William Karlsson has been ruled retired of Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. (James Guillory-Imagn Images)

"When we suffer Bill, it benignant of screws things up," helium said, per Sportsnet. "We mislaid momentum erstwhile we went back-to-back successful penalties. It was astir the aforesaid clip that we mislaid Bill. We’ve got to find a way."

"Wild Bill," arsenic he's known, is 1 of conscionable 4 players who were connected Vegas' inaugural roster successful 2017. Obviously, he's a large portion of the locker room, and portion injuries kept him retired of each but 14 games during the regular season, he's got 9 points (3G, 6A) with a +/- standing of 10.

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William Karlsson is 1 of conscionable 4 players near from the team's inaugural season. (Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images)

It remains to beryllium seen who volition regenerate Karlsson, but whoever it is volition request to travel up big.

The different portion of quality from Tortorella is that Vegas volition instrumentality with goaltender Carter Hart successful Game 6. He has allowed 4 oregon much goals successful each crippled this series, starring to speculation that the Golden Knights mightiness privation to effort backup Adin Hill — who backstopped them to a Stanley Cup successful 2023 — to effort to unit a Game 7.