What It Means:

Stamkos suffered the injury during a battle on the boards, and he was unable to return after skating off the ice without putting any pressure on his right leg. The Lightning are already down Jonathan Drouin and Anton Stralman, so they're hoping this won't be a long-term issue. Tampa Bay is in the midst of a five-game road trip and won't return home until next Wednesday.

Stamkos has nine goals and 20 points through 17 games this season while recording career-highs with a 56.7 Corsi For Percentage and 9.1 Relative Corsi For Percentage at Even Strength. Our models project him to score 29 goals and 55 points over the remainder of the season, but that doesn't account for any missed time.