Defenseman performs simply 3 shifts over closing 2 durations
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SUNRISE, Fla. — Darnell Nurse sustained an undisclosed harm within the Edmonton Oilers’ 4-1 loss to the Florida Panthers in Sport 2 of the Stanley Cup Ultimate at Amerant Financial institution Area on Monday.
However Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch stated he doesn’t anticipate the 29-year-old defenseman to overlook any time.
“He’s getting checked out proper now,” Knoblauch stated after the sport. “He was on the bench. Yeah, I feel he’ll be good to play, however he’s getting checked out, so I don’t have an replace.”
Knoblauch didn’t have an replace on Nurse’s standing Tuesday.
“I’ve not spoken to our medical employees,” he stated. “I will be seeing them in about quarter-hour, and I am going to get that report then.”
Nurse was hit within the nook by Panthers ahead Evan Rodrigues at 8:16 of the primary interval and left a number of seconds later. He performed 4 shifts within the first interval, the ultimate one lasting 13 seconds.
Nurse returned to the bench within the second interval however solely performed three shifts over the ultimate two durations.
Nurse has three assists in 20 Stanley Cup Playoff video games for the Oilers. He entered Sport 2 averaging 19:48 of ice time per recreation within the playoffs, third amongst Edmonton defensemen behind Evan Bouchard (24:42) and Mattias Ekholm (21:46).
The Oilers additionally misplaced ahead Warren Foegele, who was assessed a significant penalty and recreation misconduct for his knee-on-knee hit on Panthers heart Eetu Luostarinen at 9:21 of the primary interval.
“We missed Foegele together with his velocity, having 4 strains,” Knoblauch stated. “The quantity of penalties took away the movement of the sport just a little bit however I feel we weren’t as environment friendly breaking the puck out as we had been within the first recreation.”
The Panthers lead the best-of-7 sequence 2-0.
NHL.com employees author William Douglas and columnist Nicholas J. Cotsonika contributed to this report
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