San Jose Sharks rookie forward Will Smith was placed on injured reserve Tuesday, meaning he’ll have to miss the remainder of the team’s road trip.
The transaction appeared on the rosters page of the NHL’s media website.
Smith will sit out the Sharks’ games against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday and the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. The Sharks have activated Barclay Goodrow off IR to take Smith’s spot on the 23-man roster, and he’ll be available to play against the Hurricanes in the fifth game of a six-game trip.
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Smith can be activated as early as Friday. The Sharks play the Utah Hockey Club on Saturday to start a three-game homestand.
Smith had been considered day-to-day with an upper-body injury as he was scratched from the Sharks’ 3-1 loss to the Florida Panthers on Saturday. It was not immediately clear when Smith was injured, but on Thursday, he was hit by Tampa Bay Lightning forward Conor Geekie in the first period. Smith finished the game but did not practice the next day.
Smith has 11 points in 24 games this season.
Goodrow was placed on IR on Nov. 28, a day after he absorbed a high hit from Ottawa Senators forward Ridly Greig. He had been skating with the team recently. Goodrow has two goals in 25 games this season but is one of the Sharks’ leading penalty killers.
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