NHL Injury Articles - Page 16

The Seattle Kraken have not gotten off to the finest of starts this season and they now find themselves down one of their top forwards for the foreseeable future. Andre Burakovsky suffered an upper-body injury on Saturday against the New York Rangers and subsequently required surgery. He’ll be out for six to eight weeks according […]

The Edmonton Oilers entered the 2023-24 season with serious Stanley Cup aspirations, but through five games, those aspirations have looked foolish. The Oilers have struggled right out of the game, as they have posted a 1-3-1 record through their first five contests, which is far worse than what was expected of them. Making matters even […]

Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski did not hold back about his thoughts on Philadelphia Flyers forward Garnet Hathaway when he spoke about the collision between the two players that resulted in a quad injury and a two-game absence for Werenski thus far. Werenski said during a recent appearance on 97.1 The Fan’s Rothman & […]

Fresh off a surprising playoff berth last season the Seattle Kraken are struggling to start the new campaign. Zero wins and one point in three games has put the Kraken on the metaphorical back foot for the season. They suffer an even bigger setback with the news that Brandon Tanev will miss at least four […]

The Minnesota Wild scored six goals in their first two games en route to a 1-1 record. They’ll be without one of their best players for a couple of weeks though as forward Matt Boldy will miss some time with an upper-body injury, according to Michael Russo. Boldy recorded a point in each of the […]

Don’t expect to see Montreal Canadiens center Kirby Dach on the ice for several games, with Eric Engels of Sportsnet reporting that Dach suffered an injury that will keep him out long-term. “Kirby Dach has a significant injury. He’s out long-term. Still being diagnosed, more coming in the next few hours or days–according to Habs,” […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets lost their home opener on Thursday night, and they also lost one of the team’s most important players after defenseman Zach Werenski left the game with a quad contusion in the second period. The 26-year-old was hit knee-on-knee by Philadelphia Flyers forward Garnet Hathaway at 14:22 of the middle frame; he […]

The Chicago Blackhawks are off to a 0-2 start and to make matters worse, they will be without a key player for the time being. Veteran Taylor Hall left Wednesday’s loss to the Boston Bruins early with an upper body and head coach Luke Richardson said he’ll be week-to-week moving forward, as reported by the […]

The Anaheim Ducks are heading into the 2023-24 season with a lot of hope, thanks in large part to adding an extremely promising prospect in Leo Carlsson with the second overall pick of the 2023 NHL Draft. However, those hopes were quickly dashed on Saturday when it was announced that Carlsson picked up an injury […]

The latest injury update for Jake Guentzel is a positive one. Jake Guentzel participated in practice with the Pittsburgh Penguins Friday, doing so for the first time since he had ankle surgery on Aug. 4. Guentzel is set to travel with the Penguins to Halifax, Nova Scotia ahead of their preseason game “He’s progressing. We’re […]

Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy reportedly underwent successful back surgery and is expected to make a complete recovery and miss about two months, according to the team’s announcement. With the NHL season around the corner, Andrei Vasilevskiy will be missing some time to start the regular season. Luckily, it does not seem to be […]

Veteran NHL winger Patrick Kane released a video of him working out through his agency CAA as he continues to rehab from a hip resurfacing procedure that he had done on June 1. Patrick Kane is a free agent after a long stint with the Chicago Blackhawks and getting traded to the New York Rangers […]

The Florida Panthers begin training camp shortly and it appears they will be without two key players until December at the very least. Aaron Ekblad and Brandon Montour are still nursing injuries, two key pieces in the team’s improbable run to the Stanley Cup. Via Tim Reynolds: “Panthers are still bracing for Aaron Ekblad and […]

The Colorado Avalanche navigated through a full season without their captain Gabriel Landeskog last year. After helping the Avalanche to its third Stanley Cup in June 2022, Landeskog has not seen the ice and instead underwent a pair of surgeries to fix a nagging knee injury. Landeskog is expected to miss the entire 2023-24 regular […]