SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks received’t be getting Markus Nutivaara again anytime quickly.
Nutivaara, who was damage early in coaching camp and has but to play this season, didn't skate whereas the Sharks had been on their week-long highway journey and coach David Quinn stated he didn’t have a timeline for when the defenseman may be capable of return.
Quinn stated Nutivaara has been getting therapy and figuring out.
“We’re doing every part we will and he’s doing every part he can to get again on the market,” Quinn stated of Nutivaara, 28, who signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the Sharks in July. “We’ll simply proceed to observe him and see how he feels.”
Nutivaara has battled accidents for a lot of the final two seasons and was damage after he performed within the Sharks’ first preseason recreation on Sept. 25 at dwelling towards the Los Angeles Kings.
At the moment, Nutivaara was regarded as day-to-day with a lower-body damage. However he didn't play for the rest of the preseason, as his damage was associated to the one he had final season when he missed 81 video games and all the Florida Panthers’ two-round playoff run.
The season earlier than, Nutivaara had an upper-body damage and performed simply 30 of 56 video games.
Nutivaara started camp as Erik Karlsson’s protection companion however that position has principally been crammed by Jaycob Megna because the begin of the season, though Scott Harrington has additionally performed two video games this season.
Megna, from all appearances, might be in that position Tuesday evening when the Sharks play the Vegas Golden Knights to start a six-game homestand. The Sharks need to win consecutive video games for the primary time this season after they beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 on Sunday to complete their four-game highway journey.
BONINO INJURY: Ahead Nick Bonino will miss his second straight recreation Tuesday with an upper-body damage he incurred final week when he and Kevin Labanc inadvertently collided in a recreation towards the New Jersey Devils.
Bonino was a scratch for Sunday’s recreation and is taken into account day-to-day. He was on the ice Tuesday morning for the primary time because the collision. The Sharks’ homestand continues this week with video games towards the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday and Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.
REIMER ON HILL: Tuesday’s recreation marks the primary time the Sharks will face the Golden Knights since they traded goalie Adin Hill to Vegas for a 2024 fourth-round draft choose. The Sharks didn't retain any of Hill’s wage, because the two-year contract he signed with the Sharks in Aug. 2021 carries a $2.175 million cap hit.
Hill was bothered by a lower-body damage for many of the second half of final season, as he performed simply as soon as within the last three months. His last recreation with the Sharks got here on March 12, as he had a 29-save shutout to guide San Jose to a 5-0 win over the Los Angeles Kings.
Hill completed the 12 months with a 10-11-1 document, a .906 save proportion, and a 2.66 goals-against common.
“He labored onerous. He takes his job severely,” Sharks goalie James Reimer stated. “He simply form of obtained right into a place there the place his physique simply wasn’t responding.
“Clearly he was actually pissed off and it was simply too unhealthy. It’s too unhealthy for him. He performed some actually good video games for us and it will have been nice to have him in there. However just about each man goes by it of their profession the place they've problems with their physique and issues simply don’t appear to be working proper. I’ve had it in my profession, too.
“He’s getting a recent begin.”
To this point this season, Hill is 2-0-0 with the Golden Knights with a .934 save proportion and will begin Tuesday after goalie Logan Thompson began for Vegas in its 3-1 win over Toronto on Monday.
When he was with the Arizona Coyotes from 2017 to 2021, Hill was 4-2-0 with a .925 save proportion and a pair of.49 targets towards common with one shutout in six profession video games vs. San Jose.
QUINN ON EICHEL: Vegas heart Jack Eichel had three targets and 7 factors in seven video games this season earlier than Tuesday, enjoying the way in which the Golden Knights anticipated he would once they acquired him from Buffalo final November.
“He seems to be dialed in,” Quinn stated of Eichel. “Jack’s a dynamic participant. I do know he’s in a terrific place mentally and when he’s on the market, you’re holding your breath.”
Quinn coached Eichel at Boston College through the 2014-2015 season. Eichel that 12 months had 71 factors in 40 video games as he led the Terriers to a Hockey East match championship and an look within the NCAA Frozen 4 last.
Previous to the commerce, Eichel and the Sabres had been in disagreement over the way to deal with a herniated disk in his neck. Requested if he stayed in contact along with his former participant throughout that point as Eichel awaited a commerce, Quinn stated the 2 talked “slightly bit.”
“He was going by a troublesome time for lots of causes,” Quinn stated. “He’s not 18 years previous anymore. He’s obtained lots of people that assist him and I’m actually certainly one of them. If you undergo what he and I've been by collectively, you all the time have that bond. I simply suppose the world of him and I want him a ton of success, apart from when he performs us.”