NHL Injury Articles - Page 12

The Vancouver Canucks are having a fine start to the 2024-25 campaign. The Canucks fell short of the Western Conference Finals last year after winning the Pacific Division. They are hoping to make a deep playoff run in 2025. In the short term, though, they will play without veteran defenseman Derek Forbort. Forbort is heading […]

The Colorado Avalanche have had a rocky start to the 2024-25 season. Colorado enters play on Sunday with a 9-9-0 record, which certainly leaves something to be desired. They are still in fourth place in the Central Division, though. The Avalanche hope to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2025. And their hopes remain alive […]

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Ryan Reaves has developed a reputation throughout his career of his devastating hits, but he crossed the line during Saturday night’s matchup against the visiting Edmonton Oilers and he’s paying the price for it. After Reaves injured Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse with a dirty high hit that resulted in the latter’s […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins are struggling significantly in the early goings of the 2024-25 NHL season, and their latest health update ahead of the upcoming game is one of the more unusual ones fans have seen in recent memory. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan announced that veteran defenseman Kris Letang will miss Saturday night’s game at PPG […]

Some professional athletes are more injury-prone than others, and Anaheim Ducks forward Robby Fabbri is one of them. After already enduring multiple surgeries throughout his career, he now faces a rehabilitation period following yet another operation after his latest setback. Fabbri underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus and will be sidelined for at least […]

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews has been on injured reserve with an upper-body injury since November 3. He is eligible to return at any time, as he has missed the requisite amount of games, but is not fully ready yet. TSN’s Darren Dreger reported a unique reason why the Maple Leafs captain will be […]

The Vancouver Canucks return to action on Thursday night, hosting former captain Bo Horvat and the New York Islanders. Ahead of the matchup, the Canucks received a significant boost to their lineup. Forward Dakota Joshua, who has missed the early part of the season after undergoing offseason surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from one […]

Just as the Buffalo Sabres began to create meaningful forward progress in 2024-25, the injury bug hit. The Sabres will be without both star forward Tage Thompson and starting goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen in a cross-conference clash against the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. “Both guys are doing good but will not play,” head coach […]

While the Boston Bruins enjoyed a thrilling comeback victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night in a rematch of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final, they suffered a significant setback on their blue line. Defenseman Hampus Lindholm was injured when he blocked a shot from Justin Faulk late in the first period, and did […]

The Buffalo Sabres lost a high-scoring shootout on Monday afternoon at KeyBank Centre, dropping a 7-5 decision to the division-rival Montreal Canadiens. Unfortunately for Buffalo, that wasn’t their only loss of the day. Forward Tage Thompson, arguably Buffalo’s most important player, left the game with a lower-body injury and was ruled out for the remainder […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins are off to a rough start to the 2024 season. With Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, and Evgeni Malkin locked in for the foreseeable future, this core will be hard to move on from. Their depth has been poor this year, leading their 6-8-2 record which is better than only the Blue Jackets […]

The Vancouver Canucks have been dealt a considerable blow on the health front, as they’ve announced that leading goal-scoring forward Brock Boeser won’t be back any time soon thanks to the effects of a dirty hit he took from Los Angeles Kings forward Tanner Jeannot last week. Boeser was struck in the head by Jeannot […]

The regular season that began with so much promise for Calgary Flames veteran forward Anthony Mantha has officially come to a close. The Flames announced earlier on Monday afternoon that he is undergoing surgery to repair an ACL injury, and that his campaign is over. To compensate for the absence of Mantha in the lineup, […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs signed Max Pacioretty to beef up their forward depth in 2024. After injuries crushed their seasons in years past, they wanted to be prepared for what could come this season. It has not been a great start for the veteran, with only two goals in 13 games. Now, the Maple Leafs […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are taking on an Original Six divisional rival for the second consecutive night, facing the Montreal Canadiens at Scotiabank Arena after defeating the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night. However, they’ve lost a key piece of veteran depth from their lineup. Former Canadiens captain Max Pacioretty, who is in his first […]

The Vancouver Canucks lost forward Brock Boeser during Thursday night’s game against the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena when he was leveled by a hit to his head from Kings forward Tanner Jeannot. While skating through the neutral zone, Jeannot caught Boeser on the side of his head with his right shoulder, sending him […]

It was a frightening moment at Crypto.com Arena on Thursday night, as Los Angeles Kings defenseman Mikey Anderson suffered a scary-looking injury when he was accidentally struck in the side of his head off a shot from Vancouver Canucks defenseman Filip Hronek. With just under four minutes remaining in the second period and with his […]

The Vancouver Canucks took on a heated interdivisional matchup against the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night. The game was tied with a few minutes left in the first period. However, just before that point, winger Brock Boeser went down after a rough hit from a Kings defender. Boeser skated down the rink and made […]

One of the hottest teams to begin the 2024-25 NHL season, the Calgary Flames have since cooled off considerably. And one of the factors behind their hot start was newcomer Anthony Mantha, who signed a one-year “prove it” style contract with the club. But there’s been a discouraging health update on the first-year Flames forward. […]

The San Jose Sharks raised eyebrows when they announced that defenseman Jake Walman would be a healthy scratch for their recent matchup against the Columbus Blue Jackets. And now, more context has been provided courtesy of Sharks beat writer Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now. According to Peng, Walman was scratched on November 5 […]

The Colorado Avalanche (6-7-0) are gearing up to face the NHL’s top team on Thursday night, and they’ll need all hands on deck to have a realistic chance of defeating the 12-1 Winnipeg Jets. However, the big question for the Avs is whether or not top defenseman Cale Makar will be able to play. He […]

The Colorado Avalanche have been without team captain Gabriel Landeskog since he helped lead them to the Stanley Cup in the spring of 2022. He’s undergone several surgeries and was hopeful to make a return to action at some point, but it looks like those plans have once again been put on hold. According to […]

The entire hockey world stood still on Tuesday night when St. Louis Blues forward Dylan Holloway took a puck to the neck and had to be taken off the bench on a stretcher after going into distress. But thankfully, Holloway is just fine. The 23-year-old was at Blues practice on Wednesday and appeared to be […]

The Edmonton Oilers will get their superstar back for Wednesday’s matchup with the Vegas Golden Knights. After missing the last three games, Connor McDavid is set to return from a lower-body injury, per Elliotte Friedman. The three-time Hart Trophy winner took a hard fall just 37 seconds into a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets […]

The Colorado Avalanche have had a rocky start to the 2024-25 season. So far this season, Jared Bednar and the Avalanche have been plagued by injury, suspension and poor goaltending. They did pick up an impressive 6-3 win over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night to snap a three-game losing streak and get back to […]

It was a frightening scene on Tuesday night at Enterprise Center as the St. Louis Blues were taking on the Tampa Bay Lightning thanks to the concerning injury to Blues forward Dylan Holloway. He blocked a shot of Tampa Bay’s Nicholas Paul late in the first period and didn’t appear to be any worse for […]

There’s typically bound to be some fireworks any time that the historic Original Six rivals Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins get together, but one particular play in the first period of Tuesday’s game at Scotiabank Arena left Bruins fans feeling slighted. Veteran Maple Leafs forward Max Pacioretty delivered a hit to Bruins defenseman Andrew […]

The Vancouver Canucks have been without the services of starting goaltender Thatcher Demko for the entire early portion of the 2024-25 NHL season; he suffered a knee injury in March and missed several games but returned in time for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. However, after Game 1 against the Nashville Predators, he didn’t play again; […]

The Edmonton Oilers are already playing without the most important member of their team, as team captain and superstar forward Connor McDavid has been absent for the last several games after suffering a lower-body injury against the Columbus Blue Jackets late last month. But the good news is that not only has McDavid resumed skating, […]

San Jose Sharks fans have been waiting impatiently to see Macklin Celebrini in action again, and it’s finally about to happen. Celebrini has been out with a hip injury since the team’s opener. Celebrini is about to return to the ice, and he’s more than ready to suit up for his club. “It [stunk] playing […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs will be missing a key player for a huge Atlantic Division showdown with the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. Auston Matthews won’t suit up here due to an upper-body injury and is listed day-to-day, the team announced. Not a great update for the Maple Leafs. Matthews played two nights ago in […]

The St. Louis Blues currently sit at the .500 mark, having won six games in regulation and lost six games in regulation through their first 12 contests of the 2024-25 NHL season, good for fifth overall place in the Central Division. Unfortunately, they’ve been dealt a frustrating health setback. First-year Blues defenseman Philip Broberg, who […]

The Vancouver Canucks have been without forward Dakota Joshua for the first several games of the 2024-25 NHL season, as he underwent surgery during the offseason to remove a cancerous tumor from one of his testicles. The good news is that not only did Joshua discover the problem in time, but he also anticipated eventually […]

The New York Islanders have been dealing with non-stop injuries to begin the season and it got worse on their road trip. Mat Barzal suffered an upper-body injury and returned to Long Island to get further evaluation. On Saturday, the team announced they’ve placed him on the LTIR and said he’ll miss 4-6 weeks. Adam […]

The New York Islanders play the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night but will do so without their star forward. Mathew Barzal has an upper-body injury that will keep him out of the game. According to the team’s official social media account, he has returned to Long Island to undergo testing from team doctors. “Isles Injury […]

While the New Jersey Devils dismantled the Vancouver Canucks by a 6-0 score in Wednesday’s game, they were playing without forward Curtis Lazar – and they’ll have to get used to life without him for the foreseeable future. The Devils announced on Thursday afternoon on their official X account that he had undergone successful surgery […]

The San Jose Sharks were the NHL’s worst club in the 2023-24 season, and they were rewarded by winning the Draft Lottery with the opportunity to select Boston College phenom forward Macklin Celebrini with the first overall selection. And while they made their pick of Celebrini, he was injured in San Jose’s first game of […]

The Montreal Canadiens were embarrassed by the visiting Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night at Bell Centre in Montreal, dropping an 8-2 decision to the visiting Seattle Kraken who built up a 4-0 lead by the time the first period was barely halfway through. The Kraken got goals from Mike Matheson, Ryker Evans, Jaden Schwartz, and […]

The Colorado Avalanche faced another significant injury setback on Wednesday, adding to their growing list of absences, which already includes Artturi Lehkonen and Miles Wood, both on Injured Reserve. The Avalanche announced that Ross Colton will be sidelined for six to eight weeks after suffering a broken foot; he’ll be placed on Injured Reserve. The […]