Kings' Joel Armia Won't Return Against Oilers With Upper-Body Injury

The Los Angeles Kings will have to finish their contest against the Edmonton Oilers without right winger Joel Armia. He's suffered an upper-body injury during this game and will not return to action, the Kings announced during the second period.

Los Angeles already went into this game without left winger Andrei Kuzmenko. Head coach Jim Hiller revealed that he suffered an injury in Wednesday's 6-4 loss against the Vegas Golden Knights. There aren't many details on his injury as the team is still evaluating.

As for Armia, he took seven shifts and played 4:46 of ice time before he was officially ruled out.

This isn't the first time he's missed time with a similar injury. In early January, Armia missed some time with an upper-body injury, but was listed as day-to-day and was back after about one and a half weeks.

Armia has been a big piece of the Kings' forward group on both sides of the puck. Going into this game against Edmonton, Armia had 10 goals and 10 assists for 20 points in 52 appearances.

Additionally, he's averaging 14:31 of ice time this season and has a plus-one plus-minus rating.

The veteran is coming off an amazing Olympic campaign while representing Finland. He led his nation in scoring and was sixth in the tournament with three goals and eight points.

Armia averages 1:37 of ice time per game on the penalty kill for the Kings. He is also tied for the league lead in shorthanded points with five on the year, already a career-high with 24 outings remaining for Los Angeles after the affair with Edmonton.

More to come.