{"id":471200,"date":"2026-02-25T13:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/471200\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:29:12","slug":"is-jack-eichel-playing-tonight-golden-knights-star-returns-from-olympics-awaits-game-clearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/471200\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Jack Eichel playing tonight? Golden Knights\u2019 star returns from Olympics, awaits game clearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nhl\/vegas-golden-knights\/news\/jack-eichel-playing-tonight-golden-knights-star-returns-olympics-awaits-game-clearance\/5fd41bc4e1a9be4ff6375b01?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Is Jack Eichel playing tonight? Golden Knights\u2019 star returns from Olympics, awaits game clearance;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Is Jack Eichel playing tonight? Golden Knights\u2019 star returns from Olympics, awaits game clearance<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Las <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nhl\/vegas-golden-knights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vegas Golden Knights;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> are playing on the road in their return to NHL action from the Olympic break.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>They head to Los Angeles to take on the Kings on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Eichel, the superstar center, is one of five players back to the Knights after the gold medal game on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Noah Hanifan also played for Team USA, while the Canadian squad included Mitch Marner, Mark Stone and Shea Theodore.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a lot of representation for the Knights who had to travel back from Milan, Italy and get ready for the second half.<\/p>\n<p>It could impact how fast the Golden Knights start in this home stretch of the season.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nhl\/toronto-maple-leafs\/news\/maple-leafs-very-specific-draft-pick-reason-tank\/8e61aaa6c849dae6710fe2c8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Maple Leafs have a very specific draft pick reason to tank;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Maple Leafs have a very specific draft pick reason to tank<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is Jack Eichel playing tonight?<\/p>\n<p>Jack Eichel has already been ruled out for Wednesday night&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Vegas announced that on Tuesday, as well as an out ruling for Hanifan.<\/p>\n<p>They haven&#8217;t yet decided on the status of the three Canadians.<\/p>\n<p>The difference is that Eichel and Hanifan were in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday night at the State of the Union.<\/p>\n<p>Seemingly, the three Team Canada players had already rejoined Vegas by that point, so they&#8217;re slightly more acclimated back with the squad.<\/p>\n<p>News on that trio should emerge at some point Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>More NHL news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is Jack Eichel playing tonight? 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