{"id":418808,"date":"2026-01-21T00:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T00:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/418808\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T00:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T00:14:16","slug":"golden-knights-notebook-andersson-injury-updates-recalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/418808\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Knights Notebook: Andersson, Injury Updates, Recalls"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Vegas Golden Knights were off on Tuesday. On Wednesday, they\u2019ll travel to Boston to kick off a four-game road trip against Atlantic Division teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They currently sit at first in the Pacific Division with a 24-12-12 record and 60 points in 48 games. <\/p>\n

TeamGames PlayedRecordPointsVegas Golden Knights4824-12-1260Edmonton Oilers5025-17-858San Jose Sharks4825-20-353Anaheim Ducks4925-21-353Seattle Kraken4821-18-951Los Angeles Kings4819-16-1351Calgary Flames4921-23-547Vancouver Canucks4916-28-537<\/p>\n

The Edmonton Oilers are second in the Division with 58 points, and could tie the VGK with a win Tuesday night. However, the Golden Knights have two games in hand, so they hold the tiebreaker.<\/p>\n

Rasmus Andersson<\/p>\n

The Golden Knights\u00a0acquired Rasmus Andersson<\/a>\u00a0from the Calgary Flames on Sunday. Andersson, a 29-year-old defenseman on an expiring contract, has been on their radar for quite some time. He\u2019s a talented puckmover who can help fill the Alex Pietrangelo-shaped void on their blue line.<\/p>\n

Defenseman Zach Whitecloud goes back the other way, as well as a first-round pick in 2027 and a conditional second in 2028. They lose some size and snarl in Whitecloud, but Andersson brings a unique set of skills. Here are my\u00a0grades for the trade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Golden Knights General Manager\u00a0Kelly McCrimmon spoke with the media<\/a>\u00a0on Monday. He explained the trade, highlighted Andersson\u2019s strengths, and thanked Zach Whitecloud for all he gave to the organization.<\/p>\n

Andersson didn\u2019t play in Monday\u2019s 2-1 loss against the Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>. Because he\u2019s coming from a Canadian team to an American one, he needs a visa.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are working through his immigration right now,\u201d said GM Kelly McCrimmon on Monday. \u201cUntil we have that clarified, we won\u2019t know exactly when his first game will be with our team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canadian teams trade players to American teams all the time. Typically, the visas take less than a week to process, so it\u2019s possible that Andersson could play on Thursday against Boston. If Andersson\u2019s visa hasn\u2019t been processed by then, Jaycob Megna will likely remain in the lineup.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Injury Updates<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the Golden Knights placed forward Brett Howden on Injured Reserve. In a corresponding move, they recalled Jonas R\u00f8ndbjerg from AHL Henderson. He\u2019ll travel with the team for their four-game road trip.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In addition to Howden, Brayden McNabb, Colton Sissons, Brandon Saad, William Karlsson, and Carter Hart are out of the lineup. When he met with the media on Monday, GM Kelly McCrimmon provided an update on all six of the injured players.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unlikely any of those players play before the Olympic break,\u201d McCrimmon said. \u201cWe\u2019ll monitor that more closely as we get to the end of the break. They\u2019ll rehab here in Las Vegas over the course of the Olympics, and we\u2019ll see where everything lies when they return.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\tHannah Kirkell is a beat writer covering the Vegas Golden Knights for Vegas Hockey Now on Sportsnaut. She studied … More about Hannah Kirkell<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vegas Golden Knights were off on Tuesday. On Wednesday, they\u2019ll travel to Boston to kick off a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5129],"tags":[88,149,5317,5,2129,4,3327,74,39,5316,1599],"class_list":{"0":"post-418808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vegas-golden-knights","8":"tag-carter-hart","9":"tag-golden-knights","10":"tag-goldenknights","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-injury-updates","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-rasmus-andersson","15":"tag-vegas","16":"tag-vegas-golden-knights","17":"tag-vegasgoldenknights","18":"tag-william-karlsson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115930206925956604","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}