Overview
- At Saturday’s practice, Colorado kept key players off the ice as Cale Makar, Artturi Lehkonen and Brent Burns did not skate, Sam Malinski wore a red no‑contact sweater that signals no checking, and Josh Manson left early.
- Coach Jared Bednar said the group is day to day and he expects some of them to practice before the series opener.
- Lehkonen and Malinski have upper‑body injuries that kept them out of the final two games against Minnesota.
- The Presidents’ Trophy winners used a six‑day break between rounds to rest a lineup that got goals from 16 different players in a 4–1 series win.
- Vegas enters under new coach John Tortorella with an experienced core and Mitch Marner in form after two six‑game wins over Utah and Anaheim.