Stuart Skinner said he's "very much hoping" that he'll be cleared to play before Thursday's game against the Devils after taking a puck to the face while on the bench in Saturday's game.
Skinner got hurt in the second period of that game when the puck deflected into the bench, and he said he was "lucky" that his head was turned the way it was -- it hit him more on the side of his eye, and not head-on. He iced his face after the game, and felt good when he went to bed that night, but his eye had started to swell when he woke up on Sunday.
"I thought the betterment of the team would be if I didn't play," he said. "It's not the time for me to be too proud and try to play without being able to see a little bit to my left. You want to give the team the best chance to win, and Sunday wasn't the right spot for me."
Skinner's eye looks much better today -- almost no swelling, just light bruising in some spots and an abrasion on the side of his head. He said his vision is back to normal, including that peripheral vision that was an issue on Sunday.
"I felt great," he said. "I felt like I had 100% vision. Eyes moving well. I can see in my peripheral, I tested that out. Everything's really good."
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Skinner could play Thursday
Stuart Skinner said he's "very much hoping" that he'll be cleared to play before Thursday's game against the Devils after taking a puck to the face while on the bench in Saturday's game.
Skinner got hurt in the second period of that game when the puck deflected into the bench, and he said he was "lucky" that his head was turned the way it was -- it hit him more on the side of his eye, and not head-on. He iced his face after the game, and felt good when he went to bed that night, but his eye had started to swell when he woke up on Sunday.
"I thought the betterment of the team would be if I didn't play," he said. "It's not the time for me to be too proud and try to play without being able to see a little bit to my left. You want to give the team the best chance to win, and Sunday wasn't the right spot for me."
Skinner's eye looks much better today -- almost no swelling, just light bruising in some spots and an abrasion on the side of his head. He said his vision is back to normal, including that peripheral vision that was an issue on Sunday.
"I felt great," he said. "I felt like I had 100% vision. Eyes moving well. I can see in my peripheral, I tested that out. Everything's really good."
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