Mitch Marner welcomed a baby boy, with SinBin.vegas reporting that everyone in the Vegas Golden Knights forward's family is healthy and happy.
On the hockey side, he's listed as day-to-day for personal reasons heading into tonight's home game against Ottawa. He's dressed for 11 of the team's 13 games this season.
The 29-year-old has 12 points, and 10 of them are assists.
He's also chipped in 4 power-play assists and a game-winner.
All 7 of his points over the last 5 games came as helpers. Picture a delivery driver who drops off every package and never keeps one for himself.
Vegas could use every one of those deliveries right now.
So how do the Golden Knights cover if he sits?
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New details emerge on Mitch Marner as Golden Knights star welcomes a son
Jack Eichel leads the team with 19 points.
Mark Stone has been the hot hand, with 5 goals over his last 5 games.
Marner's $12,000,000 cap hit is second on the roster behind Eichel's $13,500,000.
The Golden Knights have dropped three straight, getting outscored 14-5 along the way.
Two of those were 6-2 losses, to Tampa Bay at home and St. Louis on the road.
Neither Adin Hill nor Carter Hart has posted a save percentage above .890, and that should worry Ryan Craig more than any single absence.
Brayden McNabb's +13 leads the team, with Shea Theodore right behind at +11.
Trevor Connelly, 20, has added 8 points of his own.
Victor Olofsson is on IR until at least November 2, and Parker Wotherspoon is out until at least November 8.
At 8-4-1, the Golden Knights sit second in the Pacific, trailing only Edmonton. They've been sturdier at home, at 5-2-0.
Andrew Campbell's Senators arrive at 8-4-0, and Tim Stutzle leads them with 16 points.
New Jersey comes to town Friday before a road swing through Boston and Pittsburgh early next week.
Marner has bigger things on his mind this week, and rightly so. The question is whether Vegas can stop the slide, with or without its playmaker in the lineup.
Should Mitch Marner take as much time as he needs, even if Vegas keeps losing?
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