Report: Fiala to have season-ending surgery after Olympic injury

Los Angeles Kings forward Kevin Fiala will undergo season-ending surgery on the lower-body injury he suffered while playing for Switzerland at the Olympics on Friday, reports Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

Fiala was stretchered off late in the third period against Canada after an awkward hit by Tom Wilson. The full extent of his injury remains unknown, but Wilson appeared to land on Fiala's left leg in the collision. There was no penalty on the play.

"We haven't seen him yet. I think he went to the hospital," Switzerland head coach Patrick Fischer said after the game, according to NHL.com's Nick Cotsonika. "Obviously, it doesn't look very good. Tough, tough, tough moment for Kevin and the whole team, obviously."

Fiala ranks second on the Kings with 18 goals and 40 points in 56 games, and he's one of 10 NHL players on Switzerland's roster.

Los Angeles teammate Drew Doughty was on the ice for Canada.

"I, like, wanted to (go) over there when he was lying on the ground," Doughty said, according to Cotsonika. "I just said something to him going off the ice, and I'm going to find him as fast as I can right now."

The Kings acquired star forward Artemi Panarin before the Olympic break. Los Angeles is one point out of the second wild card in the Western Conference.

Fiala sustained a broken femur in 2017 during the Stanley Cup Playoffs.