{"id":468395,"date":"2025-05-09T19:04:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T23:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=468395"},"modified":"2025-05-09T19:04:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T23:04:34","slug":"vegas-golden-knights-could-lose-versatile-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/05\/09\/vegas-golden-knights-could-lose-versatile-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Golden Knights Could Lose Versatile Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a rough couple of days for the Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>. After falling in their second round series two games to none against the Edmonton Oiler<\/a>s, they are about to lose a fixture in their bottom six. The NHL Department of Player Safety<\/span> announced<\/span><\/a> Nicolas Roy<\/span><\/a> will have a hearing for the cross-checking penalty<\/a> he received in Game 2. The potential punishment is unknown; a Roy suspension is all but certain. The loss of Roy is a big blow for the Golden Knights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How a Nicholas Roy Suspension Affects the Golden Knights\/Oilers Series\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

The cross-check in question was the one Roy delivered to<\/span> Trent Frederic<\/span><\/a> 5:24 into overtime. Roy was assessed a major penalty and a game misconduct. After the hit, Roy only appeared in one more shift. The Oilers went on to win the game at the 4:40 mark, thanks to a goal from<\/span> Leon Draisaitl<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With the response on the ice, it’s all but sure that a Roy suspension was coming. The Department of Player Safety suspended Panthers defenceman<\/span> Aaron Ekblad<\/span><\/a> for two games following elbowing Lightning forward<\/span> Brandon Hagel<\/span><\/a>. The suspension came despite Ekblad not being assessed a penalty during the game. They have set the precedent that they will not tolerate any sort of dirty play. If they suspended Ekblad despite him not getting a penalty, the penalty could be more severe based on how harshly he was punished in-game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Oilers and Golden Knights Find Themselves in 2nd Round Battle<\/h3>\n

Roy has been a massive contributor to Vegas’s offensive attack. During the season, he recorded 15 goals and 16 assists for 31 points. He also averaged 15:13 of ice time during the season, seventh among Golden Knights forwards. However, Roy shines on special teams. He’s both the second-line center of the power play and on the second-line penalty. Losing a versatile player like that is tough to replace.<\/span><\/p>\n

This could be a major blow to both units, which have helped Vegas tremendously during the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Their power-play is hitting at 32%, tied for third among playoff teams. They also have the fourth-best power-killing percentage at 83.3%. If either one of those groups becomes less effective, it will spell doom for the Golden Knights. It will make the series deficient feel like a lot more than two games<\/span><\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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It’s been a rough couple of days for the Vegas Golden Knights. After falling in their second round series two games to none against the Edmonton Oilers, they are about to lose a fixture in their bottom six. The NHL Department of Player Safety announced Nicolas Roy will have a hearing for the cross-checking penalty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5526,"featured_media":468409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[807,23,4547,34,4548],"tags":[8133,6820,6182],"class_list":["post-468395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vegas-golden-knights","category-oilers","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-2025-stanley-cup-playoffs","tag-nicholas-roy","tag-vegas-golden-knights-news"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468395","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\/5526"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468395"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468410,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468395\/revisions\/468410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}