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Christian Watson gave Green Bay a scare Thursday night, hauled in a fifty-three yard catch against the Panthers and was taken to a hospital with a chest injury. The team called it precautionary, and the good news came quickly — Watson was cleared and on his way back to Lambeau Field. A scary moment with a fortunate ending.
Meanwhile on the ice in Pittsburgh, Logan Cooley put on an absolute show for his hometown crowd — just not the show they wanted. The Utah Mammoth were trailing three to two with twenty-five seconds left when Cooley batted one home to force overtime, capping his fourth career hat trick. Then Mikhail Sergachev buried it three minutes and twenty-seven seconds into overtime, and the Mammoth stunned the Penguins four to three. An extraordinary night for Cooley, a gut-punch for Pittsburgh.
And in New York, the Islanders took an early blow as defenseman Ryan Pulock left Thursday's game against Minnesota with an upper-body injury, exiting after just two shifts in the first period and not returning. The Islanders confirmed he was done for the night, adding another name to what's becoming a concerning injury list on Long Island.
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