Kronwall injures hip in Wings’ loss
Source: John T. Greilick / The Detroit News
Defenseman Niklas Kronwall injured his right hip 24 seconds into Friday’s game against Dallas when Stars’ Joel Lundqvist checked him. He had to be helped off the ice and was then taken to Detroit Medical Center.
The Red Wings said Kronwall would not return after he was taken to Detroit Medical Center for further tests.
Kronwall was hit from the side and into the end boards by Lundqvist as he stopped behind Detroit’s net as he tried retrieve the puck.
Kronwall, who was holding his right leg off the ice as he was helped off the ice, has already had a broken leg and major knee surgery during his three-season NHL career.
Helene St. James at the Detroit Free Press describes the moment of injury a bit more:
Kronwall was hurt when Joel Lundqvist hit him into the boards. No penalty was called on the play. Kronwall had to be picked up off the ice, and was crouched over as he was helped to the bench, grimacing in pain.
Update: Kronwall had to stay at the hospital overnight for testing, which definitely does not sound good. As of Saturday morning, they don’t know the injury officially.
“At this time we still don’t have the results back,” coach Mike Babcock said. “I guess we’ve got some preliminary (results), but they’re doing more tests so we really don’t have much of a statement; we’ll have that tomorrow. But obviously, he was not feeling very good.”
Wings 3, Dallas 4 (SO)
I only watched the first ten minutes of the game, but apparently the Stars overcame a three goal deficit with 10 minutes to go in the third to send the game into overtime. After a scoreless OT, the game went into a shootout where only one of the six players (Sergei Zubov) scored. The game ended with a Dallas victory, 4-3.
I was excited to see Todd Bertuzzi score his first goal in the Winged Wheel on a deflected pass 7:04 into the first. Kirk Maltby opened up the second period with a goal. With only 5:28 left in the second, Kris Draper scored a breakaway goal.
Bertuzzi’s goal was his third point in two nights. Draper scored a goal and notched an assist tonight and he was named the #1 star of the game.
Dominik Hasek was in net for the Wings and stopped all but three of the 24 shots. I’m not sure what happened, but Hasek let three goals in with 9:49 left in the third. It seems surprising to me because I believe he had stopped two breakaway opportunities by the Stars and looked to be playing well.
Detroit had outshot Dallas, 34-24, and had won 58% of the faceoffs. Both teams had five penalties apiece, but Dallas was the only one able to convert on a power play opportunity.
Related Posts
Leave a Reply