Sharks' Couture updates facial injury: 'My top teeth are all fake now'

San Jose Sharks forward Logan Couture has offered a gruesome update on a facial fracture suffered last season.

During a March 26 game against the Nashville Predators, a deflected Brent Burns shot caught Couture in the mouth, forcing him to race off the ice to the dressing room.

It caused substantial damage to Couture's teeth, resulting in extensive dental work.

On Wednesday, he joined "NHL Tonight" to describe how the injury has progressed.

"There's good days and bad days," Couture said, according to Daniel Mano of The Mercury News. "My bottom teeth are still my real teeth. They've tried to keep 'em so I don't lose 'em. I don't know if I'll be able to, they're still pretty sore. My top teeth are all fake now - my front six, I think. So, it's different. It just feels different in my mouth.

"But everything else with my face and all that's healed. So I'm lucky that it's an injury that didn't affect my training, and hopefully won't affect me going forward."

Couture reached the 50-point plateau for the fifth time last season, tallying 25 goals and 52 points in 73 games.

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