NHL Injury Articles - Page 4

The Boston Bruins lost defenseman Charlie McAvoy during their matchup against the Montreal Canadiens Saturday night after he was struck in the face by a puck. The incident occurred at 11:01 of the second period during a Canadiens power play when Montreal defenseman Noah Dobson fired a one-timer from the blue line. The shot appeared […]

The Dallas Stars will not have blue liner Thomas Harley for some time due to an injury. Just recently signed to an eight-year contract with the Stars, Harley will not be able to help his team on the ice for now, as he now puts his focus on getting back to top form. “Stars defenseman […]

The Los Angeles Kings have lost one of their most important players to injury early in Saturday night’s game on the road against the Ottawa Senators, with veteran defenseman Drew Doughty done for the rest of the evening after getting hurt in the second period. Doughty exited the ice after trying to block a shot […]

The New Jersey Devils will be without their leading scorer after Jack Hughes sustained a hand injury in an off-ice incident late Thursday, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. The 24-year-old slipped and cut his hand during a team dinner, per Friedman, with several sources describing the occurrence to him as a “fluke accident.” The team […]

The Montreal Canadiens lost to the Dallas Stars 7-0 on Thursday, moving them to 10-5-2 on the season. Despite a great overall record, Montreal has just one win in five games against 2025 playoff teams, which is a concerning trend to start the season. The Canadiens followed that up with tough injury news on forward […]

The Colorado Avalanche are the top team in the National Hockey League and looking to capture more than just the President’s Trophy in 2025-26 — but they’ll have to manage without a key piece of the forward core for the foreseeable future. Valeri Nichushkin, who was injured during Tuesday night’s 4-1 victory over the Pacific […]

The Florida Panthers are struggling to start the season, sitting at 8-7-1, outside of the playoff picture. Two key injuries have hampered the two-time defending champions. Captain Aleksander Barkov is likely out for the season after a training camp injury. But Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk will start skating amid his adductor injury and sports hernia, […]

Vancouver Canucks star defenseman Quinn Hughes had an injury scare during the second period of Tuesday night’s game against the Winnipeg Jets at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. Hughes appeared hurt after battling for the puck near the boards with Jets star Mark Scheifele. Hughes grabbed his shoulder before leaving the ice and heading to the […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are not off to an ideal start to the post-Mitch Marner era. A winnable game against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday turned into a coronation for David Pastrnak, who scored the 400th goal of his career. The Maple Leafs also got tough injury updates on Auston Matthews and Anthony Stolarz during […]

The Washington Capitals are coming off another loss, this time to the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-2. The Caps may be celebrating Alex Ovechkin’s 900th goal, but they are also mourning the results of the season so far. They just received more bad news, as Pierre-Luc Dubois will be out for 3-4 months. The Capitals announced on […]

The Detroit Red Wings got some positive news prior to their Friday night home game against the New York Rangers. Veteran winger Patrick Kane will be back in the lineup for the first time in 10 games after suffering an upper-body injury. While the Red Wings have gotten off to a solid start this season […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins are coming off a 4-3 loss on the road to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Regardless, the Penguins are off to a hot start to the 2025-26 season. The team is dealing with a rash of injuries, though, and have made some corresponding roster moves. The Penguins announced on X, formerly Twitter, that […]

The Buffalo Sabres are off to a decent start to the 2025-26 season, as they look to break their playoff drought. Despite having young, talented players, they have not made the playoffs since 2011. The Sabres have been without one of those young players, center Josh Norris, since opening night with an upper-body injury. Buffalo […]

The Boston Bruins are on a three-game winning streak, as Morgan Geekie has continued to impress. Still, Geekie will be without his linemate for the foreseeable future. Elias Lindholm is week-to-week with a lower-body injury. Marco Sturm said the top-line center is now week-to-week after getting results from an MRI, according to Joe Haggerty of […]

As the Toronto Maple Leafs continue preparations to face Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday evening at Scotiabank Arena, they’ll be getting a critical component of their lineup back on the ice thanks to the return of William Nylander. Nylander has missed three of the last four games after he continued to feel […]

The Washington Capitals have dropped four straight games, and got more bad news on Monday. Pierre-Luc Dubois has already missed time with an injury, and it looks like he will be missing more time this year. Dubois will be out for an extended period of time, according to Coach Spencer Carbery, as reported by Tarik […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs won their game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night. However, it ended on a somber note when defenseman Chris Tanev had to leave the ice on a stretcher after a collision with Matvei Michkov. It was a scary moment for the Leafs and Tanev, as he had just returned after […]

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 6-2 on Thursday to end a two-game losing streak. New York was without one of their top forwards, as Mathew Barzal was scratched for being late to the morning skate. Carolina took advantage, taking an early 3-0 lead and never looking back. But Hurricanes forward Seth Jarvis […]

The Edmonton Oilers have had to begin the 2025-26 NHL season without Zach Hyman, who suffered a dislocated right wrist during Edmonton’s Western Conference Final matchup this spring against the Dallas Stars on May 27. Not only was he unavailable for their second consecutive loss in the Stanley Cup Final to the Florida Panthers, but […]

The Buffalo Sabres are coming off a 4-3 overtime loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night. In the game, Michael Kesselring made his debut with the Sabres after missing the start of the season with an injury. The team will now have another player returning from injury as Jordan Greenway is expected to […]

The St. Louis Blues are having a rough journey in the 2025-26 NHL regular season, and injuries are adding to the team’s headaches. The Blues, who are already without star center Robert Thomas, will also have to continue with their season sans key forward Jake Neighbours in the next several weeks. St. Louis announced on […]

The New Jersey Devils are off to the best start in the NHL. They have an 8-1-0 record and an eight-game winning streak. While things have been going well, New Jersey has been dealt its fair share of injuries. Goalie Jacob Markstrom was out, and now a key piece of the defense will miss time. […]

The New York Rangers have the worst record in the Metropolitan Division, ten games into the season. There are plenty of reasons for the sluggish start, including the injuries that have hampered their forward core. Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan gave a mixed bag of injury updates on forwards Matt Rempe and Vincent Trocheck. “Matt […]

The Buffalo Sabres are taking on the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night. Detroit scored the first goal of the contest, but veteran Jason Zucker brought his team level in the second period. The second period ended in a deadlock. And unfortunately, Zucker was not on the bench to begin the third period. Now we […]

The Ottawa Senators lost their captain Brady Tkachuk to an unfortunate injury. He underwent thumb surgery after suffering the injury back on October 13. Tkachuk is expected to be out for the next six to eight weeks. It’s certainly not the start to the season he or the Senators expected when the puck dropped earlier […]

The Edmonton Oilers are now 2-3-1 on the season after a 4-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. After three straight losses, the Oilers are in a slight bit of a free-fall. The team will continue their road trip on Tuesday night, now without forward Kasperi Kapenen. “Right now, it’s looking [like] up to six […]

Vancouver Canucks forward Filip Chytil has become the latest victim of notorious Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson, and he’s since been placed on Injured Reserve. Chytil was hurt during Sunday evening’s game at Capital One Arena after he was leveled by Wilson in the neutral zone just a moment after he released the puck for […]

The Vegas Golden Knights remain undefeated in regulation play, sitting at 4-0-2. This makes the Golden Knights one of the top teams in the NHL. Still, they will once again be without their captain, as Mark Stone is considered week-to-week, and will not embark on the road trip with the team. “It’s an unfortunate loss. […]

The Minnesota Wild spent the offseason trying to retain key pieces of their roster. One of those was Marco Rossi, who got a three-year extension from the Wild. As the team prepares to face the New York Rangers, they will be without Rossi. According to Peter Bauch of The Athletic, per head coach John Hynes, both […]

Jonathan Marchessault suffered an unfortunate setback to his comeback season bid with the Nashville Predators after suffering a lower-body injury that will keep him out day-to-day. The Preds’ forward had a good start to the season with two goals and two assists in his first five games, but Elliotte Friedman reported before their game against […]

The Detroit Red Wings will be without veteran winger Patrick Kane and star forward Lucas Raymond for their Sunday matinee match-up with the Edmonton Oilers. Kane left Friday’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning after crashing hard into the boards late in the third period. Red Wings coach Todd McLellan told the media that Kane […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning are looking to win their second game of the young NHL season. They are preparing to take on a Detroit Red Wings team with three straight wins under its belt. Unfortunately, they will not have superstar forward Nikita Kucherov on the ice once the puck drops Friday night. Kucherov was ruled […]

The Los Angeles Kings are starting an important season in franchise history. With Ken Holland taking over in the front office, they revamped their blue line in an effort to beat the Edmonton Oilers in the playoffs. Then, their long-time captain announced that this would be his final season. But Anze Kopitar is now week-to-week […]

The Los Angeles Kings were considerably shorthanded when the Pittsburgh Penguins came to down for a Thursday evening matchup at Crypto.com Arena. The fact that team captain Anze Kopitar wasn’t available because of a lower-body injury was more insult to injury amidst what ultimately proved to be a 4-2 Kings loss to the Penguins. With […]

The Buffalo Sabres are still searching for their first win of the 2025-26 season. It’s been a bit of a rough stretch for Buffalo so far. But they are trying to close out a win on Wednesday night against the Ottawa Senators. Unfortunately, they will be without a key depth forward for the remainder of […]

The New Jersey Devils are already facing some adversity in the early goings of the 2025-26 NHL season, and it’s been confirmed that they’ll be without one of the key members of the roster in goaltender Jacob Markstrom for the foreseeable future. Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe made the unfortunate announcement following practice on Wednesday […]

The Florida Panthers are coming off their first loss of the year, dropping a 5-2 final to the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday to move 3-1-0 on the year. The squad was without Dmitry Kulikov as he was injured in an earlier game with the Flyers, which the Panthers won 2-1 last Thursday night. Now, the […]

After starting the 2025-26 season off with a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning last Thursday, the Ottawa Senators have stumbled a bit. Two straight losses, including a 4-1 defeat to the Nashville Predators in their home opener, have the Senators in an early-season lull. The home opener loss certainly stung, but Ottawa also […]

The Washington Capitals are 2-1-0 on the year, and prepare to face the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night. It is a fixture with two of the top 11 teams in the NHL Power Rankings. Still, the Caps will be without one of their forwards, as Pierre-Luc Dubois has been ruled out with an injury. […]