Kings general manager Rob Blake gives injury update on Doughty, Walker

Los Angeles Kings general manager Rob Blake met with the media on Wednesday afternoon to give an update on injuries to defencemen Drew Doughty and Sean Walker.

On the weekend, it was reported that the Kings and Doughty avoided a worst case scenario following a knee-on-knee during the third period of Friday night's game against the Dallas Stars. The Stars player who stuck out his knee, Jani Hakanpaa, was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct for kneeing on the play.

Rob Blake told reporters that Doughty suffered a tibial plateau contusion. He will be out of game action for eight weeks, and will begin skating in six weeks.

Major penalty assessed on Hakanpaa after his knee on knee hit on Drew Doughty, who is slow to get up pic.twitter.com/IPPomMh7eU— NHL Review (@nhl_review) October 23, 2021

As for Sean Walker, Rob Blake gave some bad news. The 26-year-old suffered a torn ACL and MCL which will require surgery and keep him out for the remainder of the 2021-22 season.

Walker was tied up with Blues forward David Perron following a faceoff during Monday night's game. Perron fell to the ice, but Walker's leg was stuck between Perron's legs causing the injury.

Sean Walker leaves the game in the first period after bending his knee in a lockup with David Perron.#GoKingsGo #StlBlues #STLvsLAK pic.twitter.com/elw7fuHvL8— LA Royalty (@LARoyalty1967) October 26, 2021

The Los Angeles Kings are back in action on Thursday night when they host the Winnipeg Jets.

Drew Doughty update: he suffered a tibial plateau contusion. Will start skating around 6 weeks from now, hopefully resume play around 8 weeks.

Sean Walker update: he suffered a torn ACL and torn MCL. Will require surgery and is out for the season.

Per LA Kings GM Rob Blake— Carrlyn Bathe (@CarrlynBathe) October 27, 2021

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