Defenseman injured whereas making an attempt to dump puck on hit by Lightning ahead Eyssimont
©<\/span> Ben Ludeman\/NHLI through Getty Photos
Nick Jensen<\/a> was taken from the ice on a stretcher within the first interval for the Washington Capitals in opposition to the Tampa Bay Lightning at Capital One Enviornment on Saturday.
Jensen was hit arduous into the boards at middle ice by Lightning ahead Michael Eyssimont<\/a> as he tried to dump the puck within the offensive zone at 18:29. No penalty was assessed to Eyssimont on the play.
Jensen obtained therapy on the ice for about 5 minutes earlier than he was stretchered off. The officers then had each groups head to the locker rooms, with the remaining 1:31 of the primary interval to be performed after the intermission.
\u201cScary state of affairs. He\u2019s doing higher, although, than — initially while you see one thing like that, somebody stretchered off, you\u2019re pondering the worst-case conditions,” Capitals coach Spencer Carbery mentioned. “He\u2019s doing higher. He walked out of the constructing along with his household tonight. Didn\u2019t go to the hospital. That was very, very optimistic, pondering that different conditions [could\u2019ve happened]. That\u2019s good. Clearly, he\u2019s going to be out, however good that he was in a position to stroll out of the constructing along with his household. That was good.
“And in addition, too, I need to simply rapidly say from a medical workers standpoint, not solely from ‘Serbs’ (head athletic coach Jason Serbus) and the on-ice, however the off-ice, how rapidly that occurred they usually have been in a position to get on the market, Dr. Liz (Elizabeth Delasobera). They have been simply so, it seemed like, dialed in with all the pieces that was happening. It was actually spectacular to see that and for assist to be there so rapidly for ‘Jens’ in that state of affairs.\u201d
Jensen has 14 factors (one objective, 13 assists) in 77 video games this season for Washington (38-31-11), which presently holds the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Jap Convention.
\u201cYeah, it\u2019s powerful to see anyone, however he\u2019s a particular child for me,” mentioned Lightning coach Jon Cooper, who coached Jensen with Inexperienced Bay of the USHL. “We received a championship within the USHL collectively. He\u2019s superior. These are powerful ones to see, particularly due to the results of the hit and it wasn\u2019t penalized, nor ought to it have been. It was only a powerful one all the best way round. I\u2019m hoping he\u2019s OK. I heard he\u2019s doing OK, and so hopefully he\u2019s not out after tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Defenseman injured whereas making an attempt to dump puck on hit by Lightning ahead Eyssimont © Ben Ludeman\/NHLI through Getty Photos Nick Jensen was taken from the ice on a stretcher within the first interval for the Washington Capitals in opposition to the Tampa Bay Lightning at Capital One Enviornment on Saturday.Jensen was hit arduous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n