San Jose Sharks forward Logan Couture is likely out at least six weeks with a fractured ankle, according to TSN's Pierre LeBrun.
Couture was injured during Tuesday's game versus the St. Louis Blues after getting hit awkwardly into the boards.
More to come.
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Rasmus Kupari's 2019-20 campaign is over.
The Los Angeles Kings draft pick will undergo surgery later in January to repair a torn ACL in his left knee and will miss the rest of the season, Kings general manager Rob Blake told team reporter Jon Rosen on Wednesday.
Kupari suffered the injury in Finland's opening game against Sweden at the recently concluded IIHF World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic. The 19-year-old forward missed the rest of the tournament as a result.
Rasmus Kupari with what looks like a bad knee injury. Needed help off the ice pic.twitter.com/kr1wIA4PCW
— /Cam Robinson/ (@Hockey_Robinson) December 26, 2019
Kupari was in his first campaign with the Ontario Reign - the Kings' AHL affiliate - with whom he collected eight points in 27 games.
Los Angeles selected him 20th overall in the 2018 NHL Draft.
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Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly revealed he's been playing through an undisclosed lower-body injury throughout the 2019-20 season.
"It was a pretty significant amount of pain," Rielly told The Athletic's Jonas Siegel. "But I did my MRIs and everything like that and there was no damage to the real important things. So it was just a matter of pain management."
Rielly added that it wasn't one specific incident that caused the discomfort, but instead "normal wear-and-tear stuff" that built up over time.
"We took some action over the Christmas holidays and I'm feeling much better after some minor stuff that we did," he said. "And I think it's just having confidence - and the pain is way lower than it was, and I’m able to just go out and play more."
Despite the injury, Rielly hasn't missed a game this season and believes he's getting closer to full health.
"I mean, I feel healthy," Rielly said. "And there were times earlier when that wasn't always the case. But I think right now it's just focusing on little things and playing within the structure and making sure you put certain things way before yourself. That's about trying to lean toward that thing where the team just gets rolling.
"That's my only focus right now."
After breaking out with a career-high 72 points and finishing fifth in Norris Trophy voting a season ago, Rielly's production has slowed down drastically in 2019-20. The 25-year-old is currently on pace for 47 points and hasn't scored a goal in the last 20 games.
However, Rielly still leads all Leafs skaters in average ice time at 24:19. He's also seen his underlying metrics improve since being partnered with Tyson Barrie - who's replaced him on the first power-play unit - on the top pairing under new head coach Sheldon Keefe.
The Maple Leafs currently sit third in the Atlantic Division with 53 points, one shy of the Tampa Bay Lightning with two extra games played.
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Festivus has come and gone, but that isn't stopping Larry David from airing his grievances about David Quinn.
The "Seinfeld" co-creator and star of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" criticized the New York Rangers head coach and stuck up for rookie Kaapo Kakko during an in-studio appearance Tuesday on ESPN Radio in New York.
Last Thursday, Quinn benched Kakko after the 18-year-old took a holding penalty with under eight minutes left in a loss to the Calgary Flames. Kakko played only one shift following the infraction, and Calgary ultimately prevailed 4-3.
Larry wasn't impressed.
— Christopher Knieste (@ChrisKnieste) January 8, 2020
Kakko did indeed end a long scoring drought - of 19 games, not 14, as Larry suggested - but nevertheless, his argument was pretty, pretty good.
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San Jose Sharks captain Logan Couture had to be helped to the dressing room after he was hit awkwardly into the boards by St. Louis Blues defenseman Vince Dunn during Tuesday night's game.
Couture was seen clutching his left knee as he left the ice.
Scary collision for Couture into the boards, leaves the ice immediately with help.
— Brodie Brazil (@BrodieNBCS) January 8, 2020
📺: NBCS-CA
📲: https://t.co/VWbAkamH7b pic.twitter.com/E4qZqqoGZs
The Sharks later announced Couture was being evaluated and would not return to the game.
Interim head coach Bob Boughner said postgame he "believes" the X-rays were negative and doesn't think Couture's injury is "too, too serious."
A significant injury to Couture would mark the latest setback in what's been a disastrous season in the Bay Area. The Sharks entered Tuesday's action eight points out of a playoff spot, but Couture has been a lone bright spot, leading the team with 36 points.
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