Dorofeyev was injured late in the Golden Knights’ 3-2 overtime victory over the Wild on Tuesday night.
He started that game on the top line with Jack Eichel and William Karlsson. Mark Stone took Dorofeyev’s place on the line. The combined lines outshot the Wild 8-3 at 5-on-5, according to Natural Stat Trick.
“[Stone has] played with Jack a lot,” Cassidy said. “We wanted to see Stoney with Karly, so there you go. It took us a while. It’s just the way things worked out a little bit. … I think it was our intention Stoney and Jack would be back together at some point.”
The Golden Knights lead 3-2 and will try to close out the first-round Western Conference series. If the Wild win, Game 7 will be Saturday in Las Vegas.
