{"id":135510,"date":"2023-02-11T14:31:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T19:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=135510"},"modified":"2023-02-11T14:31:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T19:31:57","slug":"vegas-golden-knights-goaltender-out-week-to-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/11\/vegas-golden-knights-goaltender-out-week-to-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Golden Knights Goaltender Out Week-to-Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: USA TODAY Sports &#8211; Brad Penner<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Vegas Golden Knights announced that goaltender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/thomplo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Logan Thompson<\/a> would be out week-to-week following a noncontact lower-body injury sustained against the Minnesota Wild. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/brossla01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laurent Brossoit<\/a> has been recalled from the Henderson Silver Knights as his replacement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Logan Thompson is considered week to week with a lower body injury.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jesse Granger (@JesseGranger_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseGranger_\/status\/1624476398726578177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Vegas Goalie Out Week-to-Week<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/logan-thompson-8480313?stats=career-r-nhl&amp;season=null\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thompson<\/a> has been a bright spot for the Golden Knights this season, stepping in as the starting goaltender after the announcement that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lehnero01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robin Lehner<\/a> would be <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/08\/11\/vegas-golden-knights-goalie\/\" target=\"_self\">out for the entirety of the 2022-23 season<\/a>. He holds a 20-13-3 record with a 2.66 GAA and a .914 save percentage. This is Thompson\u2019s first true year in the NHL, playing just 19 games in the 2021-22 season, with a career GAA of 2.68 and a .914 save percentage. Thompson was undrafted, earning a spot with the Golden Knights after playing in the Canadian college system and the WHL. Thompson won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bastiba01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baz Bastien<\/a> Memorial Award in 2021 for his first season with the Vegas AHL affiliate, the Henderson Silver Knights, with a .943 save percentage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Looking Ahead<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thompson\u2019s injury creates a dilemma for a Golden Knights team that has struggled with injuries all season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/stats\/goalies?reportType=season&amp;seasonFrom=20222023&amp;seasonTo=20222023&amp;gameType=2&amp;playerSearch=Adin%20Hill&amp;filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&amp;sort=wins,savePct&amp;page=0&amp;pageSize=50\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hillad01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adin Hill<\/a> has been good for the Golden Knights when called upon, with an 11-5-1 record, and a GAA of 2.58. His save percentage is .911. Laurent Brossoit has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/laurent-brossoit-8476316?stats=career-r-ahl&amp;season=null\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">been in Henderson<\/a> for much of this season, playing 23 games and holding a .909 save percentage. While both Hill and Brossoit are decent goalies, Thompson\u2019s athletic style and ability in the shootout have been vital for the success of the Golden Knights up to this point. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/eicheja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Eichel<\/a> noted in postgame availability Thursday that Thompson has been &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseGranger_\/status\/1623895220256669696\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the backbone of our group all year<\/a>&#8220;, so Thompson is a big loss for a team trying to cling to first place in the Pacific division.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoldenKnights\/status\/1623118374111744000\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">return<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/whiteza01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach Whitecloud<\/a> to the lineup on February 7, the Golden Knights are playing with the majority of their starting skaters for the first time since Thanksgiving. They\u2019ll need to rely on them even more without the backstop of Logan Thompson in the blue paint.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: USA TODAY Sports &#8211; Brad Penner The Vegas Golden Knights announced that goaltender Logan Thompson would be out week-to-week following a noncontact lower-body injury sustained against the Minnesota Wild. Laurent Brossoit has been recalled from the Henderson Silver Knights as his replacement.\u00a0 Logan Thompson is considered week to week with a lower body [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4372,"featured_media":135512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4547,6671,4548,807],"tags":[1576,5294],"class_list":["post-135510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-injuries","category-nhl","category-vegas-golden-knights","tag-injury","tag-logan-thompson"],"modified_by":"Joshua Grom","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}