Attack SKA Evgeny Kuznetsov will return from injury in better shape, agent Shumi Babaev, who represents the interests of the hockey player, told .
Earlier, SKA head coach Roman Rotenberg said that Kuznetsov would be out for two months due to injury. The hockey player was injured yesterday during the FONBET KHL championship match against Severstal (8:5).
— I have the same information that Zhenya will miss two months. I think when he comes back on the ice, everything will be different. Look then he had little playing time. The coaching staff let him get involved. After the injury, Zhenya will show her best hockey, I am sure. I see his mood and I see what he wants to achieve,” Babaev told .
SKA won its fifth consecutive victory, scored 13 points and ranked second in the Western Conference.
Kuznetsov, 32, signed a contract with the St. Petersburg club during the offseason after leaving the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes. For SKA, the striker played nine matches and scored 5 points (1 goal and 4 assists). He also played in the NHL for Washington, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2018.
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