If the San Jose Sharks are to continue their winning ways into November, they’ll have to do so without one of their best players.
Centre Logan Couture broke a bone in his right leg during a five-on-five drill at practice Thursday at the Prudential Center.
He is scheduled for surgery this weekend and is expected to miss four to six weeks.
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“Logan was injured in practice on Thursday in New Jersey and suffered a fractured right fibula at the ankle,” Sharks GM Doug Wilson said Friday morning in a statement.
“He will be returning to San Jose to undergo surgery under the direction of Kaiser Permanente’s medical team.”
CSN recorded this video of Couture’s injury:
Couture finished second to Joe Pavelski in club scoring last season, notching 27 goals and a career-best 40 assists.
The 26-year-old forward has one assist through three games this year, all San Jose wins.
San Jose plays the New Jersey Devils Friday night.
With Couture out, the Sharks recalled 20-year-old Nikolay Goldobin from the AHL Barracuda.
In nine games with the Worcester Sharks last season, Goldobin scored five points. The Moscow native started the 2014-15 season with HIFK in Finland, posting 21 points in 38 games.
Goldobin was selected by San Jose in the first round (27th overall) of the 2014 NHL Draft.