Ladislav Smid left Saturday night's contest with an undisclosed injury after being involved in an collision with Nikolai Kulemin in the first period.
Smid played just 30 seconds before leaving the game with the injury. The Oilers have already lost Lubomir Visnovsky to injury so losing another defenseman would hurt them dramatically. In his absence, Steve Staios (28:19), Tom Gilbert (24:18) and Denis Grebsehkov (24:54) all saw an increase in their ice-time. After the game, Oilers' coach Craig MacTavish said," Smid looked good, and should miss more time." If you own Smid you should breathe a sigh of relief. Mar. 7 - 11:33 pm et |