Eichel played final six weeks of Golden Knights season with broken thumb

Welcome to NHL.com, the official site of the National Hockey LeagueBienvenue à LNH.com , le site officiel de la Ligue nationale de hockeyTervetuloa NHL:n viralliselle nettisivustolle NHL.comiinVälkommen till NHL.com, NHL:s officiella web-sidaVítejte na NHL.com, oficiálních stránkách National Hockey LeagueVitajte na NHL.com, oficiálnych stránkach National Hockey LeagueWillkommen auf NHL.com, der offiziellen Seite der National Hockey LeagueBienvenido a NHL.com, el sitio oficial de la National Hockey LeagueJack Eichel played the final six weeks of the regular season with a broken thumb, Vegas Golden Knights president of hockey operations George McPhee said Monday.The center left in the second period of a 5-3 win against the Florida Panthers at T-Mobile Arena on March 17 with what was considered an upper-body injury."What most people probably wouldn't know is he broke his thumb in a bad way about three or four weeks into his return," McPhee said on "The Bob McCown Podcast." "It was non-displaced, so he didn't have to have surgery, but it was a bad fracture, and the guy didn't miss a game."He toughed it out. "It was just a fact that seemed to wreck everything we tried to do."Vegas finished 43-31-8, three points behind the Nashville Predators for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference and did not qualify for the first time since entering the NHL at the start of the 2017-18 season."It keeps you humble," McPhee said. NHL, the NHL Shield, the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup, Center Ice name and logo, NHL Conference logos, NHL Winter Classic name, and The Biggest Assist Happens Off The Ice are registered trademarks and the Stanley Cup Playoffs logo, Stanley Cup Final logo, Stanley Cup Qualifiers name and logo, NHL.TV, Vintage Hockey word mark and logo, The Game Lives Where You Do, NHL Winter Classic logo, NHL Heritage Classic name and logo, NHL Stadium Series name and logo, NHL All-Star logo, NHL Face-Off name and logo, NHL Premium, NHL After Dark, NHL GameCenter, NHL GameCenter LIVE, NHL Network name and logo, NHL Tonight name and logo, On The Fly, NHL Network Showdown name and logo, NHL Awards name and logo, NHL Draft name and logo, NHL Mascots, Hockey Fights Cancer, Because It's The Cup, NHL Green name and logo, NHL Vault, Hockey Is For Everyone, NHL Thanksgiving Showdown name and logo, NHL Centennial Classic name and logo, NHL Centennial Season logo, NHL100 Classic name and logo, NHL Global Series name and logo, NHL China Games name and logo, NHL Power Players name and logo, NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe name and logo, NHL Street name and logo, and Don't Miss A Moment are trademarks of the National Hockey League.