Adam Fox should wait a 12 months to make his NHL All-Star Sport debut — c’mon now, we all know that it gained’t be longer than that — after being formally dominated out of subsequent Saturday’s festivities in Las Vegas due to the upper-body harm he sustained in Columbus on Friday.
The reigning Norris Trophy winner, who went on injured reserve after taking a clumsy hit into the glass delivered by Jackets’ defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov, will probably be changed on the Metro Division group by Washington heart Evgeny Kuznetsov.
The Blueshirts, who play the Panthers on the Backyard on Tuesday earlier than going right into a two-week hiatus, count on to have Fox after they resume the season on Feb. 15 at dwelling towards the Bruins.
Fox leads NHL defensemen in scoring with 47 factors and 40 assists.
Igor Shesterkin was excellent in stopping 40 pictures in Sunday’s 3-2 victory over the Kraken, but the goaltender bemoaned one of many two that obtained away from him. That was Yanni Gourde’s one-timer power-play screamer from the low proper circle that tied the rating 2-2 at 18:52 of the third interval whereas Seattle was working with the additional attacker after pulling its netminder.
“I don’t like letting up [goals] that late within the sport,” Shesterkin stated by means of an interpreter. “I ought to have simply been higher positioned and be prepared for it.”
Shesterkin stated that Henrik Lundqvist and he had exchanged just a few phrases on Friday when the King stopped into the room to greet the Blueshirts earlier than his quantity was retired.
“You may nonetheless really feel that he radiates this optimistic power that prices you up,” he stated.
Ok’Andre Miller went up high with a wrist shot to win it at 19:26, pouncing on Mika Zibanejad’s proper circle faceoff win whereas profiting from Chris Kreider’s choose on Riley Sheahan, who was complaining and in search of a penalty name whereas the New York defenseman was within the means of capturing.
“Mika has been actually good on the attracts this 12 months so I had it in my thoughts it was going to return proper again to me,” stated Miller, who logged 23:46 of ice time. “Simply needed to get it on internet.”
Zibanejad, 12-7 on the dots on this one, is at 52.3 % for the season.
The Blueshirts went 1-for-3 on the facility play (one lasting three seconds), whereas killing 4 of the 5 Kraken man-advantages (one lasting three seconds). … Filip Chytil, sidelined for the fourth straight sport with a lower-body situation, has not been dominated out of Tuesday’s match towards Florida. … First-year NHL linesman Mitch Hunt had a mighty troublesome time dropping pucks for attracts, repeatedly waving gamers out after unaccountable delays.
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