{"id":21593,"date":"2025-10-24T16:42:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/21593\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T16:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:42:17","slug":"san-jose-sharks-nick-leddy-out-indefinitely-with-upper-body-injury-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/21593\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks’ Nick Leddy out indefinitely with upper body injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defenseman Nick Leddy will miss the rest of the San Jose Sharks\u2019 road trip<\/a> and possibly beyond with an upper-body injury he sustained in the first period of the team\u2019s game against the New York Rangers.<\/a><\/p>\n

Leddy was injured on a hit by Rangers forward Will Cuylle behind the Sharks\u2019 net just over three minutes into Thursday\u2019s game at Madison Square Garden.<\/a> Leddy immediately left the ice, went back to the Sharks\u2019 dressing room, and did not return. The Sharks played the rest of the game with five defensemen and won the game 6-5 in overtime on a goal by Will Smith.<\/p>\n

The Sharks finish the road trip with games against the New Jersey Devils<\/a> on Friday and the Minnesota Wild<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said Leddy will be reevaluated after the team returns to San Jose following Sunday\u2019s game. The Sharks face the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday to begin a four-game homestand.<\/p>\n

Warsofsky said the Sharks were still not \u201ctotally sure\u201d whether Leddy would be out long term, and that the team would learn more early next week.<\/p>\n

Leddy, 34, is in his 16th NHL season. He spent the last three-plus years with St. Louis but was claimed by the Sharks after the Blues placed him on waivers in July. So far this season with San Jose, Leddy is averaging just over 17 minutes in ice time and has two assists in seven games.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a veteran guy. He\u2019s been around the league for a long time, so this is part of it,\u201d Warsofsky said of Leddy. \u201cInjuries happen. He\u2019s a tough veteran to really replace, but we have a lot of defensemen right now who are playing some better hockey. So it is what it is. We\u2019ve got to move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Without Leddy, Warsofsky will reinsert Sam Dickinson<\/a>, the team\u2019s only other healthy defenseman, into the lineup for Friday\u2019s game. He will play alongside Vincent Desharnais as the Sharks look for back-to-back wins for the first time since March 22 and 27 of last season, when they beat the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n

The win over the Leafs marked San Jose\u2019s last victory of last season, and the Sharks ended an overall 17-game losing streak by beating the Rangers.<\/p>\n

The Sharks will also have Dmitry Orlov paired with Timothy Liljegren and Mario Ferraro alongside Vincent Iorio for Friday\u2019s game against the Devils, who have won six straight games and are tied with the Carolina Hurricanes for first place in the Metropolitan Division with 12 points.<\/p>\n

The Sharks are only carrying six healthy defensemen right now as John Klingberg remains out with a lower-body injury, and Shakir Mukhamadullin (upper body) will be on injured reserve until at least early next week.<\/p>\n

Warsofsky said there\u2019s a chance Klingberg, who was injured in the Sharks\u2019 game against the Carolina Hurricanes on Oct. 14, could return for Sunday\u2019s game in Minnesota. It\u2019s unknown when Mukhamadullin might return.<\/p>\n

Also for Friday\u2019s game, the Sharks are replacing Michael Misa in the lineup with Philipp Kurashev, who will center the third line with Collin Graf and Adam Gaudette on the wings. Kurashev had been a healthy scratch the last two games, with Warsofsky saying the Sharks had previously planned to keep Misa out of the lineup on back-to-back nights.<\/p>\n

The Sharks are keeping the other three forward lines intact.<\/p>\n

Yaroslav Askarov, who had a 0-2-1 record and an .838 save percentage through his first three games, will get the start in net for the Sharks.<\/p>\n

Please check back for updates to this story.<\/p>\n

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