Kraken Defenseman Ryan Lindgren Exits Blowout Loss With Upper-Body Injury

There are bad nights at the rink, and then there is whatever the Seattle Kraken are currently enduring against the Vegas Golden Knights.

In the middle of a 5-0 home-ice beatdown, Kraken defenseman Ryan Lindgren was forced to leave the game with an upper-body injury.

"Daily Faceoff reported the injury exit during the game."

Daily Faceoff reported the exit, triggering the usual wave of panic for a player who historically treats blocked shots like a primary food group.

As always, the NHL's "upper-body injury" designation is hilariously vague. It could mean a bruised collarbone, a tweaked shoulder, or that his arm has completely detached from his torso. We won't know the actual severity until the team is forced to tell us.

Losing Lindgren is a brutal blow for a Seattle squad trying to find its footing early in the season. They just came off a weird stretch where they blew out the Calgary Flames 6-1 twice, but dropped a 3-1 game to the Edmonton Oilers in between.

Trailing by five goals to Vegas is already a nightmare for anyone holding a Kraken ticket. Losing a core piece of your blue line in the process turns a schedule loss into a long-term structural headache.

Seattle heads to Detroit on Friday to face the Red Wings. Fantasy managers and bettors should keep a close eye on the practice reports over the next 48 hours, because if Lindgren is out, the Kraken's defensive depth is about to get a massive stress test.