SAN JOSE — Erik Karlsson will be sidelined for the rest of the week. The Sharks aren’t planning to shut him down as an extra precaution before the playoffs.
Head coach Pete DeBoer said after practice on Thursday that Karlsson will miss a minimum of two games with a lower-body injury that he believes is a re-tweak of the groin ailment that shelved him for 10 recent games. At this point, the Sharks are awaiting test results to confirm the nature of Karlsson’s injury.
Karlsson skipped the third period of Tuesday’s game in Boston after he left the ice during the second period, returned and then struggled throughout the remaining 8:20 of the frame.