Jacob Markstrom shall be out 4-6 weeks on account of a sprained MCL in his knee.
The goalie was injured in the course of the second interval of the Devils’ 5-1 win towards the Boston Bruins on Wednesday when Bruins ahead Justin Brazeau crashed into him.
Markstrom remained down on the ice for a number of moments earlier than skating off beneath his personal energy.
“We’ll take a while earlier than we’ve a full extent on [Markstrom] however I talked to him and he was in good spirits,” Devils coach Sheldon Keefe mentioned Wednesday. “He commented to me that he’s feeling lots higher now than he was earlier than in order that’s optimistic information.”
Markstrom is 21-9-5 with a 2.20 goals-against common, .912 save share and three shutouts in 36 video games.
Jake Allen stopped all 16 pictures he confronted Wednesday after changing Markstrom and sure shall be in objective when the Devils play on the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday (7 p.m. ET; TVAS, CITY, SNE, NHLN, MSGSN2). The Devils additionally recalled goalie Isaac Poulter from Utica of the American Hockey League on Friday.
Markstrom will miss the Devils’ seven video games earlier than the break for the 4 Nations Face-Off, and his stat
us for the event may very well be in jeopardy. He was one in all three goalies named to Sweden’s roster for the event, which shall be held Feb. 12-20 at Bell Centre in Montreal and TD Backyard in Boston.
Sweden’s first recreation is towards Canada on Feb. 12 (8 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT; SN, TVAS).
Sweden’s different goalies for the event are Filip Gustavsson of the Minnesota Wild and Linus Ullmark of the Ottawa Senators. Among the many choices out there for Sweden if it wants a alternative are Samuel Erssonof the Philadelphia Flyers and Anton Forsberg of the Ottawa Senators.
