Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ryan Callahan is “extremely doubtful” to play in tonight’s Game 6 against the Montreal Canadiens at Amalie Arena.
But Lightning head coach Jon Cooper stopped short of ruling Callahan out completely.
Callahan had an emergency appendectomy Monday night at Tampa General Hospital. The right winger felt discomfort Monday afternoon and after consulting with the Lightning medical staff, was sent to Tampa General and went under the knife soon after.
Callahan was released from the hospital Tuesday morning.
“I think it’s something that’s, just because the way medical practices are today, it’s much easier to come back from than in the past, and we got to it, so you’ve got to give a lot of credit to our docs and stuff,” Cooper said at his post morning skate press conference Tuesday.