{"id":102850,"date":"2021-03-07T06:04:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T11:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=102850"},"modified":"2021-03-11T23:03:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T04:03:52","slug":"san-jose-sharks-timo-meier-suffers-lower-body-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/03\/07\/san-jose-sharks-timo-meier-suffers-lower-body-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks Timo Meier Suffers Lower Body Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Jose Sharks forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/meierti01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Timo Meier<\/a> is considered day-to-day after suffering a lower-body injury. The news was announced in the run-up to the Sharks Saturday night game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/vegas-golden-knights\/\" target=\"_self\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>. The team tweeted out the injury via its PR account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Timo Meier is out for tonight&#39;s game against Vegas with a lower-body injury. He is considered day-to-day.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; San Jose Sharks PR (@SanJoseSharksPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanJoseSharksPR\/status\/1368399464935743488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Timo Meier Injured And is Day-to-Day<\/h2>\n<p>This is Meier&#8217;s first absence from the team this season. His injury news came as a surprise with no indication until warm-ups that he would not be playing.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose faced the Vegas Golden Knights in a back-to-back series this weekend. Both sides played in a highly entertaining game on Friday in which the Sharks stole a point late on. The game-tying goal resulted from a goaltending blunder from Vegas&#8217; third-choice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/danskos01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oscar Dansk<\/a>. However, the Golden Knights won the contest in overtime on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pacioma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Max Pacioretty<\/a> goal. Vegas completed the series sweep on Saturday, beating San Jose, 4-0.<\/p>\n<p>This season, Meier has contributed well to a struggling Sharks outfit. He has four goals and 15 points in 21 games. That tracks a similar pace to his 49 points in 70 games last season. Although, Meier&#8217;s best year was in 2018-19 where he potted 30 goals.<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks are 8-11-3 and rank seventh in the West Division on points percentage. Their <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/03\/05\/inconsistency-constant-2020-21-san-jose-sharks\/\" target=\"_self\">biggest issue this season remains consistency<\/a> as the team is constantly guilty of giving up big leads and finding different ways to lose hockey games. San Jose has lost five of its last six games.<\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;4493&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means Going Forward<\/h2>\n<p>As a result of the injury, the Sharks called up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gregono01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Noah Gregor<\/a> from the taxi squad, who slotted onto the third line alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/marlepa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Marleau<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/donatry01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Donato<\/a>. Gregor is a fourth-round pick from the 2016 draft and has played 42 career NHL games, scoring six times.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose is missing a few players besides Meier, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sorenma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Sorensen<\/a> (COVID protocol) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/blichjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joachim Blichfeld<\/a>. The latter <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/03\/05\/colorado-avalanche-star-nathan-mackinnon-suffers-upper-body-injury\/\" target=\"_self\">was suspended for two games<\/a> for a check to the head on Avalanche star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mackina01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nathan MacKinnon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meier&#8217;s absence will be felt given that he is on a bit of a hot streak. The 24-year-old has eight points in his last five games. He ranks third among Sharks skaters in scoring.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Bn9cNZ-DQ4RX2HT9umFMMg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1305732771\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Bn9cNZ-DQ4RX2HT9umFMMg',sig:'oHx_38XMIEKtLdmgzNjwvlVuOK7jaSYRslwgrNEk6OE=',w:'594px',h:'390px',items:'1305732771',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Jose Sharks forward Timo Meier is considered day-to-day after suffering a lower-body injury. The news was announced in the run-up to the Sharks Saturday night game against the Vegas Golden Knights. The team tweeted out the injury via its PR account. Timo Meier is out for tonight&#39;s game against Vegas with a lower-body injury. 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