San Jose Sharks captain Logan Couture was knocked out of Thursday’s sport with the Edmonton Oilers after he was struck within the higher physique by a slap shot off the stick of defenseman Brent Burns.
Couture was standing close to the crease subsequent to Oilers goalie Mike Smith when he was hit by a Burns shot from simply contained in the blue line on the 9:47 mark of the second interval. Couture went down on the ice for a couple of moments earlier than he skated off below his personal energy and walked to the Sharks’ dressing room.
Couture, the Sharks’ high defensive centerman, was largely matched up in opposition to Oilers famous person Connor McDavid for the primary half of Thursday’s sport. After Couture left, these duties have been cut up amongst remaining Sharks facilities Tomas Hertl, Nick Bonino, and Scott Reedy.
After the Sharks 5-2 loss, coach Bob Boughner stated Couture is taken into account day-to-day for now and that he could be re-evaluated after the staff returned to San Jose.
The Sharks’ subsequent sport is Saturday at residence in opposition to the Anaheim Geese. Couture is the Sharks’ third-leading scorer with 47 factors in 60 video games and if he’s unavailable to play Saturday, might have his place within the lineup taken by Lane Pederson.
The Sharks trailed 2-1 after two durations Thursday.
Logan Couture off to the #SJSharks dressing room because it seems he takes the puck to the abs. #LetsGoOilerspic.twitter.com/PKPAx5KuUF
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Erik Karlsson scored the sport’s opening objective off a go from Tomas Hertl simply 68 seconds into the second interval, however the Oilers responded with a power-play objective from Kailer Yamamoto on the 4:34 mark of the second and an even-strength objective from Leon Draisaitl 3:05 later for a one-goal Edmonton lead.
Kaapo Kahkonen, making his Sharks debut after he was acquired from the Minnesota Wild on Monday, stopped 25 of 27 pictures via two durations. He completed with 37 saves on 41 pictures.
Draisaitl, Derrick Brassard, and Evander Kane all scored within the third interval for the Oilers. Hertl additionally scored within the third and now has 26 objectives this season.