San Jose Sharks winger Jeff Skinner needed to go away Thursday’s sport with the Calgary Flames early within the first interval with what gave the impression to be a proper leg damage.
Skinner and Flames ahead Rory Kerins had been chasing after a free puck contained in the Calgary zone when Skinner caught an edge and misplaced his stability, inflicting his proper skate to collide awkwardly towards the boards.
Skinner instantly crumpled to the ice, clutched his decrease proper leg, and was unable to place any weight on it as he was helped off and led to the Sharks’ dressing room on the 18:07 mark of the primary interval.
The Sharks mentioned earlier than the beginning of the second interval that Skinner wouldn’t return.
The 33-year-old Skinner, who signed a one-year contract with the Sharks in July as a free agent, got here into Thursday with seven factors in 16 video games. In 1,095 profession NHL video games, Skinner has 377 objectives and 329 assists.
#SJSharks Skinner shaken up right here, needed to be helped off the ice. pic.twitter.com/500DhhNvnY
The Sharks performed the remainder of the primary interval with simply 11 forwards and had been lucky to succeed in intermission nonetheless tied 0-0. Beginning goalie Yaroslav Askarov needed to make 13 saves because the Flames, per Pure Stat Trick, created seven high-danger possibilities. The Sharks managed only one shot towards Flames goalie Dustin Wolf, who took away a scoring probability by Collin Graf with 4:15 left within the first interval.
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