https://theathletic.com/4600720/2023...hers-playoffs/
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Matthew Tkachuk barely shot the puck — actually, basically didn’t shoot it — in warmups Saturday.
That was the first clear indication that while the concussion spotter may have temporarily pulled him from Game 3 after Keegan Kolesar’s mammoth open-ice check, something else significant was going on, perhaps a byproduct of the hit.
He was nailed on the left shoulder and landed awkwardly on the right shoulder.
When Game 4 started Saturday night, it was clear he was playing through something.
Checked along the boards in the first period, he visibly grimaced. At one point in the second, he tried to pick up his stick on the bench and just dropped it like he had a shoulder or collarbone issue. And after playing just four shifts in the third and sitting for a stretch of 10:41 with the hope of preserving what he had left for his latest late-game heroics, Tkachuk barely moved his upper body when he gingerly walked to his stall and talked to the press after the loss.
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Not looking good for Tkachuk.