After missing 15 games with a knee injury earlier this season, it appeared Detroit Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall may have suffered a similar ailment Saturday against the New York Rangers.

Kronwall was helped off the ice and left the game after being sandwiched between a pair of teammates - goaltender Petr Mrazek and forward Andreas Athanasiou - while falling to the ice.

He did not return to the game, but told Ansar Khan of MLive.com that he did not believe the injury was serious after the Red Wings' 3-2 overtime win.

The 35-year-old leads the team in ice time, averaging 22:41.

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