Jets’ Josh Morrissey exits Game 6 vs. Stars with injury
The Winnipeg Jets lost a key member of their blue line as they tried to force a Game 7 on Saturday.
The Winnipeg Jets lost a key member of their blue line as they tried to force a Game 7 on Saturday.
Star defenceman Josh Morrissey exited in the second period of Winnipeg’s Game 6 loss to the Dallas Stars and didn’t return for the rest of the game.
Morrissey went down the tunnel after getting tangled up with Stars forward Mikko Rantanen, who seemed to land on the Jets’ assistant captain’s left leg awkwardly.
After the game, Jets head coach Scott Arniel said, “It’s not good” when asked about Morrissey’s knee.
“He’s banged up pretty good.”
Morrissey had logged 14:56 of ice time before exiting Saturday, recording one shot on goal, two hits and four blocked shots.
The six-foot-tall D-man missed Game 1 of Winnipeg’s second-round series while recovering from an upper-body injury that forced him out of the Jets’ Game 7 win over the St. Louis Blues in Round 1.
The 30-year-old has recorded six assists in this post-season. In the regular season, Morrissey was a plus-17 over 80 games, registering 17 goals and 62 points in over 24 minutes of ice time per game.
