NEWARK, N.J. — Goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen left the New Jersey Devils’ 3-2 loss to the Nashville Predators on Sunday within the first interval with an undisclosed damage.
Kahkonen left the ice with the coach’s assist after the Predators’ Roman Josi scored on a slap shot that tied the rating 1-1 at 8:39 of the opening interval. He had 4 saves.
Jake Allen got here on to take Kahkonen’s place because the Devils misplaced in a shootout.
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Kahkonen, acquired from San Jose on March 8 in a goalie swap that despatched Vitek Vanecek to the Sharks, is 1-3 with a 2.92 goals-against common in 5 begins with New Jersey. He’s scheduled to change into an unrestricted free agent in July.
New Jersey middle Curtis Lazar, who has an upper-body damage, additionally missed the sport and Devils interim coach Travis Inexperienced stated he might be out for the rest of the season. Lazar sustained the damage within the second interval of New Jersey’s 4-3 win at Ottawa on Saturday.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
