San Jose Sharks followers are holding their breath on Tuesday after rookie phenom Macklin Celebrini left the staff’s pre-season sport towards the Utah Hockey Membership with a lower-body damage, the staff introduced.
The incident occurred on the 13-minute mark within the second interval as Celebrini went in for a breakaway likelihood however tripped as he was driving by the web, forcing him to crash into the boards.
He was in obvious ache after the collision however managed to rise up and get again within the play. He performed one other shift, which lasted one minute, 43 seconds earlier than heading to the staff’s locker room later within the body.
Nonetheless, he didn’t return to the staff’s bench to start out the third.
He had performed 10 minutes, 54 seconds and had two photographs on objective earlier than being taken out.
Celebrini, 18, was the first-overall choose in the newest NHL Draft. This was his second pre-season look with the Sharks after he picked up a objective and an help in his debut towards the Vegas Golden Knights on Sept. 22.