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Injured

17

Cap on IR/LTIR

$69.66M

LTIR Relief

$10.29M

Days Missed

547

Returning Soon

Sam Bennett

Sam Bennett

C · DTD · Upper Body

$8.00M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Won't return Monday”

Gustav Forsling

Gustav Forsling

D · DTD · Undisclosed

$5.75M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Hurt in Tampa Bay”

Anton Lundell

Anton Lundell

C · DTD · Illness

$5.00M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Dealing with illness”

Injury Report

PlayerStatus▲InjuryCap HitDaysReturn
Sam BennettC
DTDUpper Body$8.00M14Won't return Monday
Gustav ForslingD
DTDUndisclosed$5.75M63Hurt in Tampa Bay
Anton LundellC
DTDIllness$5.00M2Dealing with illness
Niko MikkolaD
DTDUndisclosed$2.50M28Suffers injury against San Jose
Daniil TarasovG
DTDLower Body$1.05M11Sustains injury Thursday
Sandis VilmanisLW
DTDUpper Body$855K12Hurt in Wednesday's contest
Tobias BjornfotD
OUTUndisclosed$775K12Doubtful for Thursday
Aaron EkbladD
OUTUndisclosed — Not Specified$6.10M11Ruled out for Thursday's game
Seth JonesD
OUTUpper Body$9.50M42Deemed week-to-week
Eetu LuostarinenC
OUTLower Body — Not Specified$3.00M73Returns to practice Friday
Brad MarchandLW
OUTUndisclosed$5.25M11Won't play Thursday
Evan RodriguesC
OUTIllness$3.00M11Unavailable Thursday
Mackie SamoskevichRW
OUTLower Body$775K55Unavailable Tuesday
Carter VerhaegheC
OUTUndisclosed$7.00M76Not playing Tuesday
Jonah GadjovichLW
IRUpper Body — Surgery$775K42Out through Olympic break
Cole SchwindtRW
IRArm — Fracture$825K42Sheds non-contact jersey
Matthew TkachukLW
IRGroin$9.50M42Set to travel with team

Upcoming Opponent Injuries

TORvs. TOR(Thu, Feb 26)

Stolarz (IR), Woll (IR)

BUFvs. BUF(Fri, Feb 27)

Ellis (IR), Luukkonen (IR), Lyon (IR)

NYI@ NYI(Sun, Mar 1)

Sorokin (OUT)

NJD@ NJD(Tue, Mar 3)

No notable injuries