Golden Knights forward Mitch Marner will miss tonight's game against the Blues as he and his wife welcome their second child.
Vegas announced he would be unavailable due to a family matter, and Danny Webster reported his wife is set to give birth.
Alexander Holtz is expected to make his season debut and draw into the lineup, according to the team.
Easy call. Family comes first, and Vegas has more than enough firepower to handle one night without him.
It's like a star chef missing one dinner service for the birth of his kid. The kitchen keeps cooking, and nobody complains.
Marner has 12 points on a $12,000,000 cap hit.
Ten of those points are assists, and he already owns a game-winner.
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Mitch Marner ruled out of Golden Knights' matchup against Blues for the birth of his child
Ryan Craig will have to shuffle his forward group for at least one night.
Four of Marner's assists have come on the power play.
Vegas came in at 8-3-0 after a 6-2 loss to Tampa Bay on Tuesday.
It's the first of three meetings between the teams this season.
The Golden Knights still sit second in the league overall.
Jack Eichel leads the team with 18 points.
Mark Stone has 8 goals, including 2 shorthanded.
Ivan Barbashev sits at +8, and the Golden Knights are 3-1-0 on the road this season.
Vegas is also without Victor Olofsson until at least Nov 2 and Parker Wotherspoon until at least Nov 8.
Carter Hart sits at .888, while Adin Hill is at .906.
St. Louis came in at 4-4-1 after a 2-1 win over Winnipeg on Tuesday.
Dylan Holloway leads the Blues with 7 points.
Joel Hofer sits at .919 with a shutout for the Blues.
Jordan Binnington, who David Pagnotta believes is in his final year in St. Louis, sits at .831.
Can Holtz make the most of a surprise opportunity?
Vegas visits Columbus on Saturday.
Marner gets the best kind of night off. Holtz gets the kind of opening a player waits all October for.
Will the Golden Knights win tonight without Mitch Marner?
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