The Winnipeg Jets lost forward Rasmus Kupari due to injury early into Tuesday's game against New Jersey.
The Winnipeg Jets will be without forward Rasmus Kupari for the remainder of Tuesday's game against the New Jersey Devils.
The team has ruled out the 23-year-old first-year Jet for the duration of the game after an awkward collision in the first period.
He stumbled into the side boards near his defensive zone blue line and made his way straight down the tunnel with roughly eight minutes to play in the frame.
Facing the New Jersey Devils, Winnipeg opted to go with 11 forwards and seven defencemen, as blueliner Logan Stanley drew into the lineup.
Fourth line centre/winger David Gustafsson was scratched to accommodate the change.
The move to 11/7 was made solely to give the big defenceman some game action.
Morgan Barron will be the lone member of Winnipeg's fourth line able to play for the second and third periods, as Kupari - who has solely played on a line with Barron and Gustafsson - will not re-enter the game.
Already having lost fellow offseason tradee Gabe Vilardi to injury in the early stages of the season, Winnipeg will pray to the hockey gods for the health of the remaining active player from the Jets/Kings offseason trade, first line forward Alex Iafallo, as the season progresses.
Interim head coach Scott Arniel said postgame that the severity of Kupari's injury, and his expected timeframe would be revealed following further testing.