The Thrashers lost more than a game Saturday. They lost Ilya Kovalchuk.
Kovalchuk took a shot off his foot in the first period and did not return in a 4-3 loss to San Jose. The exact nature and extent of the injury was not immediately known. Thrashers coach John Anderson said Kovalchuk would visit a doctor Monday to determine the next course of action.
?He?ll have a scan and an X-ray, and we?ll figure out what it is,? Anderson said. ?He was walking, but tentatively, otherwise he would have come back and played.?
The Thrashers' captain, who entered the game tied for the NHL lead with nine goals, played only 3 minutes, 54 seconds in four shifts.
Kovalchuk took a shot off his foot in the first period and did not return in a 4-3 loss to San Jose. The exact nature and extent of the injury was not immediately known. Thrashers coach John Anderson said Kovalchuk would visit a doctor Monday to determine the next course of action.
?He?ll have a scan and an X-ray, and we?ll figure out what it is,? Anderson said. ?He was walking, but tentatively, otherwise he would have come back and played.?
The Thrashers' captain, who entered the game tied for the NHL lead with nine goals, played only 3 minutes, 54 seconds in four shifts.
