Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone left Saturday’s Game 3 win against the Edmonton Oilers and did not return.
The team announced during the second period that Stone had an upper-body injury. He had left the game with about six minutes remaining in the first period.
The Golden Knights rallied to win 4-3 with a Reilly Smith buzzer-beating goal with 0.4 seconds left. They trail the series 2-1.
The nature of Stone’s injury is not clear but video showed him losing his balance in the first period and falling into Oilers forward Corey Perry. He played three shifts after that incident.
Heading into Game 3, Stone led the Golden Knights with four playoff goals and was second with nine points.
Vegas’ Pavel Dorofeyev was back in the lineup after returning from an injury and defenseman Brayden McNabb was a surprising addition after being hurt in Game 2 and missing the morning skate.
The Oilers started goalie Stuart Skinner in Game 3 because Calvin Pickard is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury. Pickard had won six consecutive games after Skinner was pulled in Game 2 of the first round.