NEW YORK — The Golden Knights kept the bubble wrap on Paul Stastny.
The center was not activated from injured reserve and was not in the lineup for Wednesday’s game against the New York Islanders at Barclays Center.
Stastny suffered a lower-body injury Oct. 8 at Buffalo when Sabres forward Jack Eichel slammed into his right knee late and has missed the past 30 games.
Stastny wore a noncontact jersey during practice last week and was a full participant in Tuesday’s practice in Brooklyn, taking line rushes with Ryan Carpenter, Oscar Lindberg and Tomas Nosek.
He also joined the Knights’ optional skate Wednesday and stayed on the ice late with scratches Brad Hunt and Jon Merrill and backup goaltender Malcolm Subban.