Sabres Center Tage Thompson To Miss At Least A Month After Taking Shot Off Left Wrist – News18

BUFFALO, N.Y.: The Buffalo Sabres might be with out Tage Thompson for a month if not longer after their high heart had a shot go off his left wrist.

Coach Don Granato didn’t reveal the precise nature of the damage in offering the replace following apply Wednesday. Thompson was injured a day earlier when he blocked Boston defenseman Charlie McAvoy’s shot halfway by the second interval of a 5-2 loss to the Bruins.

“Less than a couple of months is what’s expected,” Granato stated. “It’s more week-to-week. I don’t have a targeted date for him yet.”

Thompson entered the sport tied for second on the crew with each six targets and 12 factors. He has topped 37 targets in every of the previous two seasons, and he’s coming off a yr by which he posted profession-finest numbers with 47 targets and 94 factors.

The Sabres (7-8-1) have misplaced two straight and open a 3-recreation street journey at Winnipeg on Friday night time.

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