Celebrini, Ullmark injuries incredibly impactful for their teams
A couple of key players went down with injuries on Monday night, with their respective clubs holding their breath.
The San Jose Sharks were a little shorthanded in their matchup with the Dallas Stars, as captain Macklin Celebrini was ruled out with a lower-body injury. The only silver lining is that Celebrini was reportedly held out for precautionary reasons. Out east, Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark exited his team’s game against the Boston Bruins with an undisclosed injury.
Both injuries have their ramifications. The Sharks looked terrible in a 5-0 loss to the Stars. The Senators did come away with a 4-1 win in Boston, but everyone knows how bad the team can look with Ullmark out of action.
On Tuesday’s edition of Daily Faceoff LIVE, Tyler Yaremchuk and Carter Hutton explain why Celebrini and Ullmark’s absences could prove detrimental to the Sharks and Sens.
Tyler Yaremchuk: Ullmark leaving…If that is anything serious, and they got to go with Sam Ersson, even if it’s 10 to 12 days, that’s got to have you nervous as a Sens fan. For Celebrini, I mean, the numbers speak for themselves. Last year at five-on-five, they were plus-17 with Celebrini on the ice and minus-44 without him. After getting thumped by the Stars last night, this year, they’re even with Celebrini on the ice so far; they’re now minus-5 without him. So, whatever one of these two you look at, they are both very concerned if there’s any term to these injuries.
Carter Hutton: Ullmark is so attached to Ottawa’s ceiling, like where they can go and what they can do in consistency with his injuries, right? This is a guy…he had his leave last year, he’s had some injuries. Then, it’s the unknown of what you have in Ersson.
That being said, Celebrini is like the Sharks’ entire identity, right? I think we saw that firsthand last night without him in the lineup. Who are the San Jose Sharks? So, I feel like the Ottawa Senators, the way they play, they could get by without Linus for a while, but without Celebrini, it feels like the Sharks just don’t really have that same identity as how he kind of churns that whole offense.
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