Sharks' Logan Couture has broken ankle, report says
Sporting Green // San Jose Sharks
Chronicle News Services Jan. 8, 2020 Updated: Jan. 8, 2020 10:43 p.m.
ST. LOUIS, MO - JANUARY 7: Logan Couture #39 of the San Jose Sharks is helped off the ice by teammates and a trainer after sustaining an injury against the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center on January 7, 2020 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Joe Puetz/NHLI via Getty Images)
Photo: Joe Puetz / Getty Images
Sharks center Logan Couture, who was helped off the ice in St. Louis on Tuesday after an awkward collision into the boards, is believed to have suffered a broken left ankle, Pierre Lebrun of the Athletic and TSN, a Canadian sports site, tweeted Wednesday.
Couture, San Jose's captain and leading scorer (36 points), was injured when he and St. Louis defenseman Vince Dunn hit the boards together in pursuit of the puck. Couture immediately fell to the ice clutching his leg and had to be helped to the San Jose dressing room.
"It's big-time concerning," Sharks head coach Bob Boughner said after the game. "Even if it's just a couple of games or whatever, if it's a couple of weeks.
"He's a catalyst of our offense, penalty kill and everything."
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Philadelphia's Kevin Hayes scored the go-ahead goal while on the penalty kill late in the second period to lead the Flyers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals.
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When: 7:30 p.m.
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Robert Hagg and Travis Konecny also scored for the Flyers, who improved their NHL-best home record to 14-2-4.
Carter Hart made 26 saves for Philadelphia while upping his home mark to 12-1-2. He is 2-9-1 on the road, but didn't have an explanation for the difference in the numbers.
"I follow the same pregame routine," he said.
Jakub Vrana and Nicklas Backstrom scored for Washington, and Braden Holtby had 24 saves.
The Capitals, who entered with an NHL-best 65 points, had won three straight.
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