San Jose Sharks get some encouraging news on injury front
SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks enter this week with a slightly brighter injury outlook than before, as forward Thomas Bordeleau and defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin are both now considered day-to-day with their respective injuries and center Macklin Celebrini has started skating again.
Coach Ryan Warsofsky updated each player’s prognosis before the Sharks played the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday at SAP Center. Bordeleau and Mukhamadullin were both previously considered more week-to-week and Celebrini had been kept off the ice for at least a week since his NHL debut on Oct. 10.
Bordeleau sustained a lower-body injury early in training camp and was placed on injured reserve at the start of the regular season. Mukhamadullin (lower body) was injured in a mid-September practice and took part in an optional skate in the first week of October but has mostly skated with a group of injured players.
“They’re almost on the same timetable,” Warsofsky said of Bordeleau and Mukhamadulliin.
Mukhamadullin and fellow defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body) are considered injured/non-roster players.
Celebrini is still considered week-to-week with no set timetable for a return, but the fact that he’s skating again is a sign of progress.
Celebrini had been kept off the ice since his NHL debut on Oct. 10 with a hip injury he’s dealt with since training camp. On Oct. 1, in a preseason game against the Utah Hockey Club, Celebrini was tripped up in front of the net on a partial breakaway, fell, and landed hard — hip first – into the end boards.
Celebrini left that game midway through the second period but rejoined the Sharks practice on Oct. 7 and skated with the team each day leading up to the season-opener against St. Louis.
Celebrini had a goal and an assist in his debut in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Blues.
The Sharks (0-3-2) remained winless going into Sunday’s game against the Avalanche. Next week, they go on a four-game road trip with stops in Anaheim, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Utah.