The Nashville Predators will be without their most experienced player for their biggest game of the season.
Mike Fisher has been ruled out of Game 7 against the Winnipeg Jets and is day to day with what the Predators are only referring to as a lower-body injury.
The 37-year-old departed Game 6 of the second-round series after playing only 2:58.
Ryan Hartman replaced Fisher on Thursday night after taking the Game 7 warmup alongside Scott Hartnell and Calle Jarnkrok, according to The Tennessean's Adam Vingan.
Fisher had been centering the Predators' fourth line. He hasn't contributed much offensively since his return, with two goals and four points in 16 regular-season games and only one point - a goal - in 12 playoff contests.
However, he won 58 percent of his even-strength faceoffs in his limited regular-season action and improved that to 65 percent in the playoffs.
Nashville's former captain retired in August but then signed a one-year deal to rejoin the club in late February.
