Star forward leaves game and doesn't return

This might not be good

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Published 7 years ago
Star forward leaves game and doesn't return
Keystone Press

The Tampa Bay Lightning have been off to a good start with only Ryan Callahan being out with a hip injury.

However, that might change. Nikita Kucherov fell awkwardly into the boards during the first period, he sat on the bench seeming to be in pain and didn't return for the second period and the rest of the game.

On the replay we see that he awkwardly falls into the boards after sharp turning to the right to get away from an attacking player. His left shoulder seems to take most of the impact and that is what they were checking while he was on the bench. 

Kucherov is a very important player for the Lightning and losing him for any amount of time will hurt them. 

We will keep you updated once there are more details made available.

Source: z