Win or lose, Wednesday’s game against the Florida Panthers could be a costly one for the Edmonton Oilers.
They already came into the contest with key defenseman Adam Larsson out of the mix thanks to an injury, and now the team announced that Andrej Sekera’s night is over after he was hit by a shot.
The veteran blueliner came back for one shift, but that was it. As usual, it’s unclear how serious Sekera’s issue is beyond it forcing him to miss the rest of tonight’s back-and-forth contest versus the Panthers.
Ideally, neither Sekera nor Larsson will miss significant time, as both are important to the Oilers. You have to wonder if such injuries might just give Edmonton some added motivation to shop for some defensive help heading into the trade deadline, however.