The next time the Colorado Avalanche face the Chicago Blackhawks, don’t expect Corey Crawford to man the crease.
The Chicago starter left Sunday night’s game with a concussion just 18 minutes into play, following a nasty-looking collision with one of his own players — but seemingly at the hands of Sharks forward Evander Kane, who appeared to guide Strome towards the blue paint to set the collision off:
The team confirmed after the fact that sure enough, Crawford had just suffered another concussion.
It’s miserable news for the franchise, since he spent nearly 10 months this past year recovering from one suffered around this time in December of 2017.