TAMPA-- Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Trevor Daley was seen leaving Amalie Arena on crutches Friday, the result of an injury sustained in the second period of a 4-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final.
Daley was checked into the end boards on a shoulder-to-shoulder hit by Lightning forward Ryan Callahan with 9:27 left in the period. It was unclear exactly how Daley was injured, but he went down in a heap, stayed down, tried to get up but couldn't, and shuffled on his knees to the front of the net as play continued around him until a whistle blew when Sidney Crosby touched the puck 20 seconds later.
Daley's status unknown for Game 5, series
Penguins defenseman leaves arena on crutches after injury against Lightning
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