The Tampa Bay Lightning and Team Canada will be holding out hope that one of their star forwards avoided a worst-case scenario.
Centre Brayden Point exited Monday's game against the Philadelphia Flyers after suffering an apparent lower-body injury while scoring a goal in the second period.
He did not take another shift and was ruled out for the remainder of the game at the start of the third period.
After the game, head coach Jon Cooper said Point would travel with the Lightning to Pittsburgh for Tuesday's game against the Penguins but did not have an update beyond that.
The incident occurred less than five minutes into the period with Tampa Bay on the power play.
Point, stationed in front of the net, corralled a rebound and put a backhand past Flyers goaltender Dan Vladar. However, as he scored the goal, his right leg got tangled up with defenceman Cam York. Point immediately grabbed at his knee and had to be helped back to the bench, then back to the locker room.
The 29-year-old has had a solid year for the Bolts, tallying 11 goals and 19 assists in 36 games. He missed some time in November with an undisclosed injury.
A native of Calgary, Alta., Point was named to Team Canada's roster for the Olympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina.
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