UPDATE: According to an official release from the Blackhawks, Kane has undergone successful surgery on his clavicle and will be out for approximately 12 week.
Chicago Blackhawks superstar Patrick Kane left Tuesday’s game against the Panthers with an upper-body injury after being checked into the boards by Alex Petrovic. Various reports out of Chicago suggest he could be out anywhere from a month to ten weeks.
Hearing it is a broken collarbone for #Blackhawks‘ Patrick Kane but that is NOT confirmed.
— Chris Kuc (@ChrisKuc) February 25, 2015
Another source said #Blackhawks‘ Patrick Kane will be sidelined more than six weeks and possibly up to 10-plus weeks.
— Chris Kuc (@ChrisKuc) February 25, 2015
Anything longer than six weeks would of course jeopardize Kane’s participation in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Patrick Kane Injured: To Miss Significant Time
Below is video of the play in question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFvd8-QI1Vo&feature=youtu.be
Petrovic will not face the NHL’s department of player safety following the hit.
No hearing / suspension for #panthers Alex Petrovic. He had a 2 minutes last night for cross checking #blackhawks Patrick Kane. #tvasports
— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) February 25, 2015
Kane is currently tied for the NHL lead in points with 64. He was also considered to be a possible Hart Trophy Candidate.
The Blackhawks won the game 3-2 in a shootout over the Panthers, breaking the club’s three game losing streak. Jonathan Toews scored in regulation and again in the shootout, to lead the team to the win.
“That’s a big two points,” coach Joel Quenneville said. “As a group, we’ve got to make sure everybody plays the right way, plays tighter, and has some responsibility to their games. We’ve got to look to play tight, low-scoring games.”
On Kane’s injury; “Looks like he might miss some time, but we’ll know the extent of it tomorrow,” Quenneville said. “We’ll see.”
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