Alexey Toropchenko is the latest hockey player to miss time because of a bizarre off-ice injury, after the St. Louis Blues said he is considered week to week after sustaining burns to his legs as part of a home accident. No other details were provided.

“I just know it was a home accident, so we’re going to leave it at that,” coach Jim Montgomery told reporters after the team's morning skate Monday.

Toropchenko is the third NHL player this season to get injured away from the rink, joining a dubious list of maladies over the past decade or so.

Jack Hughes cut a finger at an off-night dinner

New Jersey Devils leading scorer Jack Hughes had surgery on Nov. 15 to repair a finger injury from a freak accident at dinner at a steakhouse in Chicago two nights earlier. Hughes was expected to

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