The injury to Eberle comes with skate cuts in the spotlight after former NHL player Adam Johnson died last month after his neck was cut by a skate blade during a game in England. Eberle has one ...

EDMONTON, Alberta — Kraken forward Jordan Eberle knows he “got lucky” last week when a deep skate blade cut to the quad muscle in his upper leg didn’t do more damage.

Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews had a close one in Saturday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings when he lost one of his skate blades. Early in the second period, he blocked a pass ...