DEL: Lauridsen is missing Munich for weeks

Red Bull Munich is expected to miss out on Danish international Markus Lauridsen for three months

The 26-year-old defender sustained a leg injury on Tuesday in a 4-1 win over Adler Mannheim and had to undergo surgery.

Lauridsen should start the rehabilitation program as soon as possible in order to be able to intervene in the decisive phase of the play-offs.

In addition, Lauridsen hopes to win the World Cup in his home country Denmark (4th place in the World Cup). until 20. May) to be fit again. Lauridsen had come to Munich in the summer of 2017 from Leksands IF in Sweden and has played 32 DEL games so far, in which he scored two goals and five goals.

The runners-up from Munich will receive the third-placed DEL record holder Eisbären Berlin (19.30 hrs) for the top game on Friday evening.