Oilers’ Evander Kane leaves ice after wrist sliced on skate in bloody scene

Evander Kane rushed off the ice after his wrist was cut by a skate during the Oilers’ game against the Lightning on Tuesday night in Tampa.

The Oilers forward fell to the ice after jostling with defenseman Tyler Myers in the second period. Tampa Bay forward Pat Maroon appeared to accidentally slice Kane’s wrist with his skate as the play developed.

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scary moment in tampa bay as evander kane has had his wrist accidentally cut on the ice. paramedics and team staff immediately down the tunnel with him. pic.twitter.com/ONKgkyHF82

— zach (@zjlaing) November 9, 2022

Kane immediately grabbed his wrist and headed for the bench, leaving behind a pool of blood on the ice. Maroon called for help as Kane skated past the Lightning bench.

He was taken to the locker room at Amalie Arena, where Sportsnet’s Gene Principe reported he heard someone calling “Help! Help! Help!”

Oilers GM Ken Holland, via Principe, said Kane was stabilized, taken to the hospital and will have surgery on the wrist. He’s expected to be OK.

Kane had tallied 7:53 of ice time on the night. Coming into Tuesday, he’d scored five goals and eight assists in 13 games.