Fox leaves Rangers game with lower-body injury – NHL.com

Defenseman exits after collision with Hurricanes forward Aho; Chytil also injured
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NEW YORK — Adam Fox sustained a lower-body injury in the first period, and the New York Rangers defenseman did not return in their 2-1 win against the Carolina Hurricanes at Madison Square Garden on Thursday.
Fox collided leg on leg with Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho with 7:57 remaining in the first period.
He stayed on the ice to complete his shift coming out of a television timeout and played one more 31-second shift, but he left the bench to go back to the dressing room with about 5:30 to play in the period and the game tied 1-1.
Fox did not return for the start of the second period, and the Rangers ruled him out for the remainder of the game.
“If he’s out any period of time, obviously he’s a huge player in this league, huge player for our team,” Rangers captain @Jacob Trouba said. “It’ll be on guys to step up.”
Fox has 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in 10 games this season, tied for the most among NHL defensemen with Cale Makar of the Colorado Avalanche and Quinn Hughes of the Vancouver Canucks entering Thursday.
He was the runner-up to Erik Karlsson, then of the San Jose Sharks, for the Norris Trophy as the NHL’s best defenseman last season, when he had 72 points (12 goals, 60 assists) in 82 games. Fox won the Norris in 2020-21.
Forward Filip Chytil left the game late in the second period with an upper-body injury and also did not return. Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said Fox and Chytil will be evaluated Friday.
The Rangers did not practice Friday but recalled forward Jonny Brodzinski from Hartford of the American Hockey League.

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