{"id":17771,"date":"2017-10-15T13:22:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T17:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=17771"},"modified":"2017-10-15T13:22:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T17:22:53","slug":"vegas-golden-knights-place-marc-andre-fleury-ir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/10\/15\/vegas-golden-knights-place-marc-andre-fleury-ir\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Golden Knights Place Marc-Andre Fleury on IR"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> have placed Marc-Andre Fleury<\/a><\/strong> on the injured reserve today. Fleury is reportedly<\/a> suffering from a concussion. He suffered this concussion in Friday’s game when he took a knee to head from Anthony Mantha<\/a><\/strong> of the Detroit Red Wings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vegas Golden Knights Place Marc-Andre Fleury on IR<\/h1>\n

Fleury, 32, has been great for the expansion Golden Knights so far this season. In four games for the Golden Knights he has gone 3-0-0 with a .925 save percentage and a 2.48 goals-against-average.<\/p>\n

It is unclear how long the time table for recovery can be, but this should result in Malcolm Subban<\/a><\/strong> getting a chance in between the pipes in the immediate future.<\/p>\n

Along with Subban the Golden Knights have recalled goaltender\u00a0Maxime Lagace<\/strong> from the Chicago Wolves. Lagace has never made an NHL start. He has, however, started two games for the Wolves this season, going 1-1-0 with an .873 save percentage and a 4.05 goals-against-average.<\/p>\n

While these numbers pop off the paper for all the wrong reasons, they are not indicative of what Lagace has done at the AHL level in the past. In 2015-16 he went 19-10-3 with a .913 save percentage and a 2.90 goals-against-average with the Texas Stars. His numbers last year dropped to a 11-12-2 record, .883 save percentage, and a 3.56 goals-against-average.<\/p>\n

Lagace is obviously looked upon as the back up to Subban, who will look to capitalize on his chance in between the pipes in Vegas.<\/p>\n

While Subban doesn’t offer the Golden Knights fan base with a massive amount of optimism, his numbers are significantly better than that of Lagace’s. Subban has made two NHL starts so far, both coming with his former team, the Boston Bruins.<\/p>\n

He did, however, go 11-14-1 with a .917 save percentage and a 2.41 goals-against-average last season with the Bruins AHL-affiliate, the Providence Bruins.<\/p>\n

Other Vegas News<\/h3>\n

In other news, the Golden Knights have also placed Jonathan Marchessault<\/strong> on the IR. They have recalled Alex Tuch<\/a><\/strong> from Chicago as his replacement.<\/p>\n

Main Photo:<\/p>\n

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