William Karlsson and Kaedan Korczak return, Nicolas Hague is out and Victor Olofsson goes on IR ahead of the Golden Knights' clash with the Sharks

William Karlsson will make his long-awaited season debut, Kaedan Korczak will return to the lineup in place of Nicolas Hague and Victor Olofsson will land on injured reserve ahead of the Vegas Golden Knights' matchup against the San Jose Sharks.

Karlsson missed the team's first eight games of the season due to an undisclosed injury and will return to the lineup to play alongside Tanner Pearson and fellow Swede Alexander Holtz.

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Korczak made his season debut in place of Shea Theodore against the Los Angeles Kings and will return to the lineup in place of Hague, who is dealing with a minor injury. Hague scored his first goal of the season on Friday against the Ottawa Senators, but was eliminated early.

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Landing Olofsson on IR was expected after he was listed as week-to-week by HC Bruce Cassidy. He suffered an injury against the Washington Capitals and hasn't played since.

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The Sharks are the only winless team and the Golden Knights have a perfect 5-0-0 record at home. Tomas Hertl will play his first game ever against his former team and comes into the game on a high note, having scored three goals and five points in his last two games.

Golden Knights' planned lineup:

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Howden-Hertl-Dorofeev
Pearson-Karlsson-Holtz
Brisson Roy Kolesar

Hanifin Pietrangelo
Theodore Whitecloud
McNabb-Korczak

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Expected Sharks lineup:

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Kostin Storm Kunin

Walman Ceci
Ferraro Rutta
Thrun Thompson

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Blackwood

The puck will be dropped at 7:00 p.m. PST at T-Mobile Arena.

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