EVGENI NABOKOV LANDS AKWARDLY ON THE FINAL SHOOTOUT SAVE AGAINST STL NABOKOV REMAINED MOTIONLESS ON THE ICE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES TEAMMATES GATHER AFTER THE WIN, THEN CALL FOR A TRAINER SAN JOSE SHARKS TRAINER RAY TUFTS HELPS NABOKOV OFF THE ICE Evgeni Nabokov was injured on the final save of the fourth round OT shootout in San Jose's Thursday night win against St Louis. Blues rookie center Patrick Berglund came down the middle of the ice and tried to snap a shot past Nabokov low to the left side. Berglund shot the puck wide off the outside of the post, but Nabokov extended his left leg and landed akwardly on the ice. As his teammates came off the bench to congratulate him, Nabokov remained face down on the ice in pain. Head Athletic Trainer Ray Tufts helped Evgeni off the ice. He was not able to put any pressure on the leg as he was helped into the locker room. An/nhl official speculated that landing on an over-extended leg may result in a sprain or a hyper-extension, but an official announcement on the extent of the injury has not been made yet by the San Jose Sharks. Nabokov stopped 25 of 29 shots on Thursday night to pick up his/nhl leading 10th win. Video of the 4-round shootout is available here. [Update] Sharks bitten on game’s final play - Ross McKeon for Yahoo Sports. [Update2] Backup goaltender Brian Boucher has stopped all 43 shots he has faced this season, earning shutouts on the road against Los Angeles (Oct 12th) and Tampa Bay (Oct 25th). Boucher shut out the St Louis Blues 2-0 in his first start as a San Jose Shark during the 2007-08 season, finishing with a 3-1-1 record, 1.76GAA, and .932SV% in limited duty. Boucher set two modern-day/nhl records in 2003-04 with a 5-game consecutive shutout streak and a scoreless sequence of 332:01 minutes. [Update3] David Pollak's Working the Corner blog posts the first Nabokov update, but under the/nhl's new injury disclosure policy the update does not detail how significant a hit the Sharks are going to take. Nabokov is listed as day-to-day with a lower body injury. Pollak also notes that goaltender Thomas Greiss has been called up from the AHL Worcester Sharks along with RW Brad Staubitz for the Dallas Stars game on Saturday, and that rookie left wing Jamie McGinn will be sent back down to Worcester.Source
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Evgeni Nabokov injured on final save of the shootout, extent of injury not yet released
EVGENI NABOKOV LANDS AKWARDLY ON THE FINAL SHOOTOUT SAVE AGAINST STL NABOKOV REMAINED MOTIONLESS ON THE ICE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES TEAMMATES GATHER AFTER THE WIN, THEN CALL FOR A TRAINER SAN JOSE SHARKS TRAINER RAY TUFTS HELPS NABOKOV OFF THE ICE Evgeni Nabokov was injured on the final save of the fourth round OT shootout in San Jose's Thursday night win against St Louis. Blues rookie center Patrick Berglund came down the middle of the ice and tried to snap a shot past Nabokov low to the left side. Berglund shot the puck wide off the outside of the post, but Nabokov extended his left leg and landed akwardly on the ice. As his teammates came off the bench to congratulate him, Nabokov remained face down on the ice in pain. Head Athletic Trainer Ray Tufts helped Evgeni off the ice. He was not able to put any pressure on the leg as he was helped into the locker room. An/nhl official speculated that landing on an over-extended leg may result in a sprain or a hyper-extension, but an official announcement on the extent of the injury has not been made yet by the San Jose Sharks. Nabokov stopped 25 of 29 shots on Thursday night to pick up his/nhl leading 10th win. Video of the 4-round shootout is available here. [Update] Sharks bitten on game’s final play - Ross McKeon for Yahoo Sports. [Update2] Backup goaltender Brian Boucher has stopped all 43 shots he has faced this season, earning shutouts on the road against Los Angeles (Oct 12th) and Tampa Bay (Oct 25th). Boucher shut out the St Louis Blues 2-0 in his first start as a San Jose Shark during the 2007-08 season, finishing with a 3-1-1 record, 1.76GAA, and .932SV% in limited duty. Boucher set two modern-day/nhl records in 2003-04 with a 5-game consecutive shutout streak and a scoreless sequence of 332:01 minutes. [Update3] David Pollak's Working the Corner blog posts the first Nabokov update, but under the/nhl's new injury disclosure policy the update does not detail how significant a hit the Sharks are going to take. Nabokov is listed as day-to-day with a lower body injury. Pollak also notes that goaltender Thomas Greiss has been called up from the AHL Worcester Sharks along with RW Brad Staubitz for the Dallas Stars game on Saturday, and that rookie left wing Jamie McGinn will be sent back down to Worcester.Source
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