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A string of bizarre off-ice injuries plaguing the NHL this season has claimed another player this week.

The St. Louis Blues announced that forward Alexey Toropchenko would be listed as week-to-week after he sustained “scalding burns to his legs in a home accident.” Details of what happened were not immediately clear.

“I just know it was a home accident, so we’re going to leave it at that,” head coach Jim Montgomery told reporters on Monday.

Toropchenko played in the Blues’ 1-0 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Saturday night, where he was assessed a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for colliding knee-to-knee with Logan Cooley.

His accident was announced on Monday morning.

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