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Video- Nikita Kucherov's Injury Status

10/28/2016 at 8:23am EDT

via Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times,

Kucherov, the team's leading scorer last season, finished the period but didn't come out for the second. It was unclear what happened, but with about seven minutes left, he appeared to get shaken up on a spill into the boards near the Lightning bench. His left shoulder took the brunt of the impact. But he went out for his next shift.

Kucherov, asked after the game if he was okay, only nodded.

Coach Jon Cooper said the problem wasn't a concussion but he otherwise didn't have an update on his condition. "He got hit the wrong way," Cooper said. "Hopefully it won't be too long."

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