More fallout from Wednesday’s wild Pens-Jets game.
One day after Pittsburgh enforcer Tom Sestito was suspended four games for boarding Tobias Enstrom, the Jets announced that Enstrom is out indefinitely with a concussion suffered on the hit (per Illegal Curve).
Enstrom immediately left the game, a 7-4 Pittsburgh win, and went to local hospital to be checked for a concussion and facial fractures.
This is a tough blow for Winnipeg, a team desperately clinging to fading playoff hopes. The Jets head into tonight’s action five points back of St. Louis for the final wild card spot in the Western Conference, but need to leapfrog both the Kings and Blues to get there. What’s more, Winnipeg has played 68 games to Los Angeles’ 66 and St. Louis’ 65.
The Jets were already down a regular defenseman, as Tyler Myers continues to recover from lower-body surgery. It’s likely that Mark Stuart, who was scratched against Pittsburgh, will draw in to replace Enstrom on Saturday, when the Jets host the red-hot Calgary Flames.