Jared McCann to miss Game 5 with injury

The Seattle Kraken‘s top goalscorer Jared McCann has been ruled out for Game 5 against Colorado Avalanche due to injury picked in Game 4, the team announced.

McCann was hit by Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar and had to limp off the pitch. Straight after the game it was clear that the 26-years old’s condition is not good and he won’t be able to feature for the next encounter.

“Late hit. Really late. No puck in play. Our 40-goal scorer not available for the rest of the game,” Settle’s coach Dave Hakstol commented in frustration.

Makar was apologetic and hoped that McCann was fine, stating the incident was just “unfortunate”.

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“It was a hockey play. I’m assuming he was going to the corner because it was coming down. I didn’t really look. Just unfortunate how that happened,” he said.

Makar was given a 5-minute major penalty at first, but then it got reduced to 2-minute minor. Hakstol expectedly disagreed with the decision.

“I disagree with that, obviously, as I assessed it and looked at it live and for sure looking at it after on video,” he said.