CBJ's Bobrovsky to miss All-Star game with lower-body injury
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky will miss this weekend's NHL All-Star game - on home ice - due to a lower-body injury he sustained Wednesday night in Winnipeg.
He will be replaced by St. Louis goalie Brian Elliott.
The Blue Jackets did not reveal a timetable for Bobrovsky's return.
Bobrovsky, selected to participate in his first All-Star game, has a 16-15-2 record with a 2.85 goals-against average, .913 save percentage and one shutout in 33 games this season. He landed awkwardly while making a stop in the second period of the game won 4-0 by the Jets.
The 2013 Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL's top goalie, he underwent tests on Thursday afternoon.
Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) is assisted off the ice by Scott Hartnell (43) and Brandon Dubinsky (17) as Winnipeg Jets goaltender Michael Hutchinson, left, watches during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jason Woods)
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