Lightning's Point expected to miss 4-6 weeks with injury

Tampa Bay Lightning star Brayden Point will likely be out four-to-six weeks due to the upper-body injury he sustained Saturday.

The Lightning said on Sunday that Point would be out indefinitely.

Point went hard into the boards after a scoring chance late in a loss to the New Jersey Devils on Saturday. He stayed in the game to take the ensuing penalty shot but missed Tampa Bay's win over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday.

The Lightning have been without fellow top-liner Nikita Kucherov since Oct. 16 due to an injury of his own.

Point has produced seven goals and six assists over 13 games this season. The 25-year-old led the team with 23 goals and 48 points while playing all 56 contests in the previous campaign.

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