Strålman badly damaged, “Is just words” – Aftonbladet

NEW YORK. Tampa’s Stanley Cup dreams may have been severely thorn in the night.

For the first period, the home meeting with the New York Islanders turned Anton Strålman to the bone so badly that he suffered a fracture. .

– Troubled boring, there are hardly words. But now it’s up to us to play to ensure that we go as far in the playoffs that Anton has time to come back, said Victor Hedman to Sportbladet.

the match between Tampa and New York Islanders in Amalie Arena had been going on for seven and a half minutes when the accident occurred.

Anton Strålman was involved in a clinch with Anders Lee in front of the Tampa-bag and stuck with one skate in the ice as he fell, which the whole leg was twisted in a nasty angle.

the 29-year-old västgöten was lying in front of the goal before he was helped into the locker room – without being able to support the injured leg.

and after the game came the heavy news:

Anton has a fractured fibula.

Plaster and crutches

the operation will not be necessary, but a fracture of the fibula usually require plaster and crutches – and the healing time is usually between four and six weeks long.

Disaster for Strålman of course – but also for the Lightning.

the Swede is one of the team’s absolute main slopes and central to the dream of a new Stanley Cup finals to be met.

If he gets away reduced chances considerably.

– But Anton’s season is not over, swears Lightning -coachen Jon Cooper when he speaks with the media afterward.

– he’s obviously gone the rest of the regular season, but we should go as far in the playoffs to have time to come back.

“No one can replace “

” Strålles “Swedish back partner Victor Hedman is on the same reasoning when we speak with about a half hour after the final whistle.

– it’s a sick sad this, there are hardly words the. But now it’s up to us defenders who can play on, he says.

– No one

can replace Anton, you can not. But the rest of us can tap-dance up and make sure that we go as far in the playoffs that he can come back. It just is so.

The match of the night Lightning won by 7-4 – after a tug with three goals last ten minutes.

– Yes, we conceded too many goals and it does not work. That we must correct. But we do a lot, too, and made sure how big played the last two matches, I feel it is good before the playoffs, said “Vigge”, who himself set the seventh and final goal in the empty bag.

Video: See the damage to Strålman here (NOTE: External link)