8:41 PM ET
Associated Press
EDMONTON, Alberta -- Edmonton Oilers guardant Evander Kane volition miss 3 to 4 months aft being chopped connected the near wrist by a skate blade, the squad announced Wednesday.
The wounded occurred during Edmonton's 3-2 triumph astatine Tampa Bay connected Tuesday night.
Kane, 31, got tangled with Lightning defenseman Philippe Myers conscionable wrong the Edmonton antiaircraft portion and portion connected the crystal was chopped by Tampa Bay guardant Pat Maroon's skate leaf 3 minutes, 27 seconds into the 2nd period.
Kane was transported to a infirmary and underwent a process Tuesday night. The squad placed him connected semipermanent injured reserve connected Wednesday.
Kane, who signed a four-year, $20.5 cardinal declaration with the Oilers successful the offseason, has 5 goals and 8 assists implicit 13 games this season.
"Thank you each for the benignant wishes and prayers from implicit the past respective hours," Kane said Wednesday successful a statement. "Obviously past nighttime was an highly scary infinitesimal for maine and I'm inactive successful a small spot of shock.
"I would similar to convey the full grooming unit of the Edmonton Oilers and Tampa Bay Lightning, on with the each the doctors and paramedics who rushed to assistance dainty and repair my injury. Without each of you, I cognize things would've been overmuch worse and I'm sincerely grateful."
The Oilers said forwards Mattias Janmark and Klim Kostin person been recalled from the AHL's Bakersfield Condors.
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