SAN JOSE — Philipp Kurashev is taken into account week to week with an upper-body harm, and coach Ryan Warsofsky wouldn’t rule out the potential for surgical procedure for Will Smith because the Sharks begin to navigate their means ahead — at the least within the quick time period — with out two of their top-scoring wingers,
Warsofsky stated Smith, who appeared to maintain an upper-body harm, will sit out this week and be reevaluated by the Sharks’ medical workers on Monday. Requested if there was a chance that Smith would want surgical procedure, Warsofsky stated, “I don’t think we’re there yet.”
Smith and Kurashev have been positioned on injured reserve on Monday, two days after they needed to depart the Sharks’ recreation in opposition to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Kurashev, 26, left the sport halfway by means of the second interval after crashing onerous into the top boards within the Penguins’ zone. He skated to the Sharks’ bench, the place he remained momentarily, earlier than he walked again to the workforce’s dressing room at PPG Paints Enviornment.
Smith, 20, was damage with 16:30 left within the third interval, as he was hit into the boards by defenseman Parker Wotherspoon within the Penguins’ zone. Smith instantly started to skate off the ice and threw off considered one of his gloves, clutching his proper arm, earlier than he reached the bench and went to the workforce’s room for medical care.
The Sharks got here again to win the sport 6-5 in additional time after falling behind 5-1 early within the third interval.
Smith entered this week because the Sharks’ second-leading scorer with 29 factors in 33 video games. Kurashev has 15 factors in 31 video games this season.
With Smith and Kurashev out, the Sharks recalled forwards Igor Chernyshov and Ethan Cardwell from the Barracuda of the AHL. Chernyshov will make his NHL debut on Tuesday, beginning the sport on the highest line alongside Macklin Celebrini and Collin Graf, because the Sharks face the Calgary Flames to start a three-game homestand.
Chernyshov, one of many Sharks’ prime prospects, leads the Barracuda with 23 factors in 25 video games, and Cardwell has 9 factors in 14 video games. Cardwell will start the sport on the third line with fellow winger Jeff Skinner, who’s taking part in his 1,a hundredth NHL recreation, and heart Ty Dellandrea.
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