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The San Jose Sharks announced Saturday defenseman Erik Karlsson will miss the rest of the 2019-20 NHL season after suffering a broken left thumb in Friday's game against the Winnipeg Jets.
The Swedish rearguard is in the midst of his 11th NHL season—his second with the Sharks—and he was enjoying another productive campaign to the tune of a team-high 40 points (six goals and 34 assists) across 56 appearances.
San Jose acquired Karlsson from the Ottawa Senators in an offseason trade prior to the 2018-19 campaign that sent forwards Josh Norris, Chris Tierney and Rudolfs Balcers, defenseman Dylan DeMelo and three draft picks to Ottawa.