Update: Injury Report From Practice

Veteran misses practice due to ailment.

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Published 7 years ago
Update: Injury Report From Practice
Keystone Press

After dropping the gloves yet again last night against the Ottawa Senators, Justin Abdelkader missed practice this morning in order to take a maintenance day.

 

Ansar Khan of MLive.com reports that he is nevertheless expected to feature in Wednesday night’s matchup against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

 

For the time being, Steve Ott, who sat out last night’s game in Detroit, is spending some time at practice on Abdelkader’s line with Frans Nielsen and Riley Sheahan. The expectation is that Ott will once again be a healthy scratch tomorrow night in New York.

 

Through three games, Abdelkader has no points and a -1 rating. He picked up 5 penalty minutes and has fired three shots on net thus far while playing an average of roughly 14 minutes per match.