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Infected Elbow Keeping Justin Braun Out Of The Lineup

11/27/2015 at 4:40pm EST

from Curtis Pashelka of Working The Corners,

Sharks defenseman Justin Braun will miss an undetermined, but presumably short, amount of time after he was treated for a staph infection in his left elbow earlier this week.

With severe swelling in his elbow, Braun said he underwent a 20-minute procedure for the infection Wednesday morning, as doctors cleaned out the elbow and began to treat it with antibiotics.

Braun said he cut his elbow Nov. 10 when the Sharks hosted the New York Islanders. He needed stitches and didn’t think much of the cut. But by the time the Sharks returned from their road trip after Sunday’s win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, Braun said he “didn’t feel very good. And turns out it was infected, so, just bad luck with the whole situation.”

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