Sharks Injury Update: Klingberg Returns, Mukhamadullin Getting Close; Gaudette & Leddy Timelines
Upon returning from their four-game road trip, the San Jose Sharks are now dealing with a myriad of injuries.
On a positive note, John Klingberg will return to the lineup for the Sharks on Tuesday. The defenseman had been dealing with a lower-body injury unrelated to his hips.
“Not the hips. Just day to day. It’s good enough now to feel like I can be out there and be comfortable,” Klingberg said. “It happened in the Carolina game.”
Klingberd didn’t reveal any more specifics about his injury, other than that it was a lower-body injury unrelated to his hips. The Sharks will monitor his hips throughout the season, given the multiple long-term injuries he’s sustained to them during his career.
Another positive is San Jose Sharks defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin participating in the morning skate. Mukhamadullin has only played one game this season, opening night, before being a healthy scratch. The Sharks defenseman suffered an upper-body injury during practice and didn’t travel with the team.
“He’s getting pretty close,” Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said. “I’d say he is day-to-day. He skated today, [and] he’ll practice tomorrow, and we will see where he’s at.”
Gaudette & Leddy suffer injuries during Sharks’ road trip
Veterans Nick Leddy and Adam Gaudette sustained injuries during the San Jose Sharks road trip.
Leddy got hurt during the Sharks’ 6-5 overtime victory over the New York Rangers. Rangers forward Will Cuylle caught the Sharks’ d-man up high with a hit in the first period.
Leddy was placed on injured reserve by the Sharks on Tuesday. Patrick Giles was recalled from the San Jose Barracuda, but won’t play in Tuesday night’s game. Leddy was able to jump on the ice for a brief period immediately after the morning skate.
“We don’t think it’s gonna be very long,” Warsofsky said about Leddy. “I would say I put him in that day-to-day category.”
As for Gaudette, the news isn’t as encouraging.
“He might be a little bit longer [than Leddy],” Warsofsky said. “He’s still being evaluated [for an] upper body [injury]. I think we will have a better timeline tomorrow.”
Warsofsky didn’t know when the Sharks forward’s injury occurred during Sunday’s 6-5 OT win over the Minnesota Wild. On Tuesday, Warsofsky revealed he suffered the injury after taking a hit.
Jeff Skinner will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch against the Wild.
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