But Smith also takes over an offense that includes tight end Brock Bowers, wide receiver Jakobi Meyers and running back Ashton Jeanty.
Reinhart left Thursday’s Game 2 in the first periodby Carolina’s Sebastian Aho. Greer appeared to injure himself delivering a hit on Jordan Staal in Game 3, while Mikkola was shaken up after crashing hard into the boards — his right shoulder hitting first — that same night.
As for Luostarinen, he appeared to be shaken up while trying to deliver a hit on Carolina’s Mark Jankowski. He crashed into the boards and fell to the ice, then stumbled as he got back up and came to the bench.The team ruled him out for the game by the start of the second period.As for the Hurricanes, they again played without two of their top six defensemen in Jalen Chatfield and Sean Walker. Chatfield hadn’t played since Game 4 of the second-round series against conference top seed Washington, missing five straight games with an apparent lower-body injury.
Walker has missed the past two games since taking a jarring. open-ice hit from Greer in Game 2.Coach Rod Brind’Amour was unsure whether either could be an option for this series even if the Hurricanes somehow pushed it far enough.
“I was hopeful Chatfield being more day to day, but he just still hasn’t got in there with us,” Brind’Amour said before the game. “Until he’s out there I guess practicing with us, he’s not an option. Walker, same thing.”
The blue-liner injuries had led Carolina to force top prospect Alexander Nikishin into the lineup. His first three NHL games have all come in the postseason, on the road, and he tallied his first NHL point with a terrific pass that sprung Logan Stankoven for Monday’s first goal.Some of this season’s vaccine is still available. Insurance industry experts say if people had insurance coverage before Kennedy’s announcement, it’s highly unlikely that would have ended instantly based on the secretary’s video announcement. That means if someone could find a shot, they’d likely be able to get one for now.
Who will be able to get what vaccines this fall is still unclear.Vaccine manufacturers plan to issue updated COVID-19 shots in the late summer or fall. But the Food and Drug Administration has said it plans to limit approval of seasonal shots to seniors and others at high risk, pending more studies of everyone else.
Even if the U.S. approves vaccines only for certain groups, it still may be possible for others to get the shot depending on the outcome of upcoming advisory meetings, regulatory moves and decisions from insurers and employers.Insurers base coverage decisions on the recommendations of that CDC panel, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. It’s not clear what role that panel now will play. Paying out of pocket could cost about $200.