NHL Buzz: Kempe to play for Kings after exiting COVID-19 protocol
- He led the Kings with 17 goals entering the game, and his 24 points in 38 games were tied for third with Viktor Arvidsson. -- Mike G.
- He sustained a high-ankle sprain during rookie camp in September and scored four points (three goals, one assist) in seven games for Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League when he returned to play Dec.
- He sustained an undisclosed injury Saturday and did not practice Sunday.
- Erik Karlsson is day to day with an upper-body injury, and the defenseman missed a 7-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.
- Sharks coach Bob Boughner said it is not the same injury that caused him to miss two games this month.
- "You could probably tell last game (a 3-2 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Thursday) that he wasn't 100 percent," Boughner said.
- Karlsson has scored 26 points (eight goals, 18 assists) in 33 games this season.
- Jonathan Drouin was placed on injured reserve and returned to Montreal to have his upper-body injury evaluated
- Drouin has scored 20 points (six goals, 14 assists) in 32 games
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