LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone returned Thursday night after a five-game absence that landed him on injured reserve. Stone returned against Pittsburgh, the same team he suffered an upper-body injury against March 1 after absorbing a check from Kris Letang.

The reason the Golden Knights are presently unable to extend defenseman Rasmus Andersson, whom they acquired in a trade back in January

The Vegas Golden Knights went into the break for the Olympics with a four-point lead in the Pacific Division and knowing what awaited them once they got back together for a potentially brutal stretch run. The United States is on top of the hockey world for the first time in nearly a half-century. No miracle needed.

Jake Oettinger made 26 saves, and the Dallas Stars hung on to extend their point streak to 13 games with a 2-1 win against the Vegas Golden Knights at American Airlines Center on Tuesday. “Playing patient,

Jamie Benn’s power-play goal late in the second period was the winner and Jake Oettinger stopped 25 of 26 shots for his 26th win as the Dallas Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 on Tuesday night.

The Vegas Golden Knights played one of their better 60-minute games in recent memory. They played the kind of game you want to have against the Edmonton Oilers. But the Knights could only muster two goals against the leaky Oilers defense and lost 4-2 to their Pacific Division rivals Sunday night at T-Mobile Arena.

The NHL Stanley Cup playoffs are not far away. If the season ended today, the Edmonton Oilers would face the Vegas Golden Knights in the first round of the postseason. Edmonton is currently third in the Atlantic Division with a 31-25-8 record with 70 points.

The Vegas Golden Knights held a seemingly comfortable four-point lead in the Pacific Division going into the three-week Winter Olympics break last month. But heading into Thursday's contest against the Pittsburgh Penguins,