TAMPA, Fla. -- Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan did not have an update on defenseman Trevor Daley, who exited with an apparent left leg injury at 10:53 of the second period in a 4-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals Friday night at Amalie Arena.
"He obviously has a lower-body injury," Sullivan said. "We'll have more updates [Saturday], but he's an important player on our team. So when we lose him for the rest of this game, he's a hard guy to replace. He plays a lot of minutes. He plays in key situations. So when you lose him halfway through the game like we did and you get down to five [defensemen], it's hard enough going down to five, but when you lose someone like Trevor that plays important minutes for us, it just makes it that much tougher."
Daley was on crutches and had a heavy wrap or cast on his left foot when he left the arena, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported.
Daley and Lightning forward Ryan Callahan were racing for a puck in the corner of Pittsburgh's zone when the two slammed into the end wall. Daley's left leg appeared to twist, and he fell to the ice. He attempted to stand on his skates and return to play, but was unable to do so. When the whistle blew, he fell to his knees and a trainer tended to him. He needed assistance off the ice by his teammates and did not return.