Nathan MacKinnon "unlikely" to play in All-Star Game

Remember when we all tweeted out the other night that Nathan MacKinnon was “hurt” during the game with the Minnesota Wild? We also tweeted out that he returned to the game just a couple minutes later.

But the aftereffects of a lower-body injury, believed to be to the left foot, may keep him from participating in the NHL All-Star Game Saturday night in San Jose.

A source tells BSN Denver that MacKinnon is “unlikely” to play. That’s a tough break for him if it happens, but there’s no sense risking something worse by having him play a possibility of 40 minutes of 3-on-3 hockey, which under the round-robin format of the game is possible.

The injury is not believed to be serious, and there is every expectation that MacKinnon will be ready to play when the Avs resume their schedule next Saturday.

MacKinnon is in San Jose. There is still a chance he could play in this thing. We’ll just have to wait another day to find out for sure.