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Injured

15

Cap on IR/LTIR

$60.70M

LTIR Relief

$0

Days Missed

671

Returning Soon

Sean Monahan

Sean Monahan

C · DTD · Illness

$5.50M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Misses practice Wednesday”

Elvis Merzlikins

Elvis Merzlikins

G · DTD · Illness

$5.40M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Questionable to return”

Mason Marchment

Mason Marchment

LW · DTD · Lower Body

$4.50M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Deemed day-to-day”

Injury Report

PlayerStatus▲InjuryCap HitDaysReturn
Erik GudbransonD
DTDUpper Body$4.00M6Game-time call Tuesday
Kirill MarchenkoRW
DTDLower Body$3.85M32Dealing with lower-body issue
Mason MarchmentLW
DTDLower Body$4.50M16Deemed day-to-day
Elvis MerzlikinsG
DTDIllness$5.40M61Questionable to return
Sean MonahanC
DTDIllness$5.50M32Misses practice Wednesday
Charlie CoyleC
OUTUndisclosed$5.25M16Won't play Saturday
Dante FabbroD
OUTLower Body — Not Specified$4.13M15Not playing Saturday
Boone JennerC
OUTLower Body$3.75M19Dealing with lower-body injury
Isac LundestromC
OUTLower Body$1.30M83Unavailable Monday
Denton MateychukD
OUTUpper Body$887K62Might be cleared later this week
Damon SeversonD
OUTIllness$6.25M68Not playing Tuesday
Zach WerenskiD
OUTIllness — Not Specified$9.58M17Out again Thursday
Miles WoodLW
OUTLeg$2.50M81Set to miss time
Mathieu OlivierRW
IRUpper Body$3.00M90Making progress in recovery
Brendan SmithD
IRLower Leg$800K73Undergoes surgery

Upcoming Opponent Injuries

SEAvs. SEA(Sat, Mar 21)

No notable injuries

NYI@ NYI(Sun, Mar 22)

Sorokin (OUT), Varlamov (IR)

PHI@ PHI(Tue, Mar 24)

Ersson (OUT), Vladar (IR)

MTL@ MTL(Thu, Mar 26)

No notable injuries