called “Somewhere to Roost.”

by 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.

Nikishin made his home debut Wednesday, logging 15:36 of ice time.Adding to the confusion was Kennedy’s implication that the coronavirus isn’t dangerous to pregnant women.

COVID-19 complications during pregnancy can include preterm birth as well as serious illness in the mother, and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine said it “strongly reaffirms” its recommendation for vaccination during pregnancy.The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.

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