NHL Injury Articles - Page 17

Pavel Francouz has proved that he is worthy of his fairly high contract valuation. He won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 2022, which helps out any team’s goalie corps in their hopes of notching a title in the NHL. But, teams might be a little more hesitant in giving him a chance […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets are off to a disappointing 4-6-3 start and have played most of their season without star winger Patrik Laine, who sustained a concussion on October 20th against the Calgary Flames. However, it appears he’s ready to return to the fold for a big matchup with the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins picked up a 2-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night, but they didn’t escape from the game totally unscathed it seems. Late in the second period, Tristan Jarry had his head inadvertently run into by Adam Henrique, and he was quickly pulled from the game before sitting out the entire […]

It’s been a long road to recovery for Washington Capitals forward Max Pacioretty, who has dealt with two Achilles tears since the summer of 2022 and hasn’t played an NHL game since Jan. 19. The Capitals signed the 34-year-old as a free agent from the Carolina Hurricanes in free agency, but he has yet to […]

New York Rangers head coach Peter Laviolette gave an injury update on defenseman Adam Fox that will give fans hope that his absence will not be for too long ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings. “I don’t think (multiple months) is what we’re talking about,” Peter Laviolette said, via Vince Mercogliano of […]

Don Waddell and the Carolina Hurricanes are not having the ideal start to their season. They sit third in the Metropolitan division but those hopes may slowly start to wither down as the season goes by. The biggest blow to their Stanley Cup chances started with the sidelining of a veteran goaltender. Frederik Andersen would […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning have been playing this season without star netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy, who had back surgery before the campaign began. However, it appears he’s not far off returning to the fold for the Bolts. Head coach Jon Cooper gave a very promising update on his rehab when speaking on Monday. Via Chris Johnston: […]

Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom has decided to take some time away from the game and organization while he deals with the effects of his hip surgery that he received last year. “Given my ongoing injury situation, I decided to take some time and step away from the game,” Nicklas Backstrom said in the Capitals’ […]

Connor McDavid — arguably the best player in the NHL — was at risk of missing one of the most important games of the season. The center has missed the Edmonton Oilers’ last two games because of an upper-body injury. McDavid suffered the injury in the third period of a 3-2 overtime loss to the […]

The Carolina Hurricanes haven’t had the start to the 2023-24 season that they were hoping for, as they have a 4-4-0 record through their first eight games of the campaign. Maybe the impending return of star winger Andrei Svechnikov will be able to help Carolina get going, and it looks like they aren’t going to […]

The Carolina Hurricanes have three wins in their first seven games and now are likely to be without defenseman Brett Pesce for the foreseeable future after the veteran sustained a lower-body injury. After missing the last two games, Pesce received his diagnosis, one that is apparently not good according to Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour. “Bad […]

Gabriel Landeskog’s return to the NHL ice remains cloudy, but the Colorado Avalanche captain is doing his best to make sure his hockey career is not over. After missing the entire 2022-23 season, Landeskog opted to have knee cartilage transplant surgery, the likes of which no NHL player has ever come back from. Expected to […]

The Montreal Canadiens have started the season off 3-1-1- and defeated the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night, 3-1. David Savard made highlight play after highlight play, blocking five shots and registering the assist as he did everything in the victory. Unfortunately, the bad news came in for the Canadiens as Savard will now be out […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets have made a major decision on Patrik Laine amid the star forward’s upper-body injury. The team announced on Monday that they have put Laine on the injured reserve, which means that he will not see action for at least seven days. However, Columbus also said that the IR designation of Laine […]

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 […]