The forward, who was placed on long-term injured reserve Wednesday, tweeted he's "on the mend" the morning after he was injured in the second period of a 3-2 win at the Tampa Bay Lightning. Kane fell to the ice after a collision with Lightning defenseman Philippe Myers, and Tampa Bay forward Pat Maroon accidentally skated over his wrist. Kane quickly grabbed his wrist and applied pressure to the cut.
"Thank you all for the kind wishes and prayers from over the past several hours," Kane wrote. "Obviously last night was an extremely scary moment for me and I'm still in a little bit of shock. I would like to thank the entire training staff of the Edmonton Oilers and Tampa Bay Lightning, along with all the doctors and paramedics who rushed to help treat and repair my injury. Without all of you, I know things would've been much worse and I'm sincerely grateful. I won't be back next game, but I will be back and I look forward to being back on the ice playing the game I love alongside my teammates in front of our great fans."
Kane went to the bench and eventually the locker room to be treated by medical staff. The game was stopped immediately for several minutes. The Oilers announced he was stable and transported to the hospital for a procedure.
"I hope he's OK," Maroon said. "When you look down and you see that much blood, you know there's something wrong. Obviously, the boys are really worried about him. It's a scary situation. You never wish that upon any player in the League."
Kane has 13 points (five goals, eight assists) in 14 games this season. He signed a four-year, $20.5 million contract ($5.125 million average annual value) on July 13.
"All of sudden, he was rushing as fast as I've seen and his eyes were as wide as a person's can be," Oilers captain Connor McDavid said. "Obviously, we got the sense of how alarming it was and how scared he was and we're all scared for him. It's obviously a situation that you don't want to see."
Edmonton recalled forwards
Mattias Janmark
and
Klim Kostin
from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.
"Everyone on our team and within our organization and most people in Edmonton are thinking about Evander Kane," Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said after the game. "When an accident like that happens on the ice, that's where our first thought is. Shout out to the great medical staff we have in our organization and people here at the arena that were quick to respond."
NHL.com independent correspondent Corey Long contributed to this report
