DETROIT — Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant provided a brief update Wednesday on the health of winger Ryan Carpenter, and it was mostly positive.
“Carpenter’s doing real good today,” Gallant said. “He’s probably not going to play tomorrow (against Detroit). We’ll decide later, but he’s a lot better today.”
Carpenter was injured with 2:17 remaining in the second period when he absorbed a heavy check in the corner from Tampa Bay’s Cedric Paquette.
Carpenter appeared to hit the back of his head on the edge of the dasher boards and was down for nearly one minute.