Oliver Ekman-Larsson fell to a lower-body injury last night against the Los Angeles Kings. While the Coyotes have come back from losing a defenseman before, that defender was never Oliver Ekman-Larsson.
The Coyotes did the impossible when they survived an injury to Niklas Hjalmarsson earlier this season, now they are going to have to do the unthinkable and come back from losing the captain of this hockey team to an injury.
The Coyotes defense has already struggled as of late, and now you factor in losing your best defender and things get even more challenging.