UPDATE (Sunday, 2:45 p.m.): The Blue Jackets announced that Werenski suffered a shoulder injury on Saturday and will miss approximately four weeks. The Athletic's Aaron Portzline reports that it's a sprained AC joint for Werenski.
Zach Werenski came in to defend against New York Islanders captain Anders Lee early in Saturday's game at Barclays Center. Already down 1-0, Werenski tried to angle Lee away from Elvis Merzlikins before the two collided near the net.
Here are a few looks at the collision, which left Werenski on the ice in agony and forced him to leave the game:
Heres the sequence where Werenski was injured. Got jammed by Anders Lee. #CBJ pic.twitter.com/hkNf6NGqjk
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) December 1, 2019
And another, courtesy of The Athletic's Alison Lukan:
Werenski hurt on the play#CBJ pic.twitter.com/UsCVZvl3hZ
— Alison (@AlisonL) December 1, 2019
It appeared as though the collision impacted Werenski's left side. He had surgery two years ago on his left shoulder, but there's no word yet if the same shoulder bore the brunt of this injury.
UPDATE (Saturday, 9 p.m.): Werenski would not return to the game, as announced by the Blue Jackets.
INJURY UPDATE: #CBJ defenseman Zach Werenski will not return to tonights game due to an upper body injury.
— CBJ Public Relations (@BlueJacketsPR) December 1, 2019
