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Injured

15

Cap on IR/LTIR

$42.14M

LTIR Relief

$0

Days Missed

662

Returning Soon

Mats Zuccarello

Mats Zuccarello

RW · DTD · Undisclosed

$4.13M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Exits Monday's game in Seattle”

David Jiricek

David Jiricek

D · DTD · Lower Body

$918K cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Dealing with lower-body injury”

Injury Report

PlayerStatus▲InjuryCap HitDaysReturn
David JiricekD
DTDLower Body — Not Specified$918K64Dealing with lower-body injury
Mats ZuccarelloRW
DTDUndisclosed$4.13M70Exits Monday's game in Seattle
Joel Eriksson EkC
OUTLower Body$5.25M32Not playing Thursday
Marcus FolignoLW
OUTIllness$4.00M12Won't play Wednesday
Ryan HartmanRW
OUTLower Body$4.00M90Deemed week-to-week
Daemon HuntD
OUTUpper Body$775K14Takes shot up high Monday
Marcus JohanssonC
OUTLower Body$800K30Not on road trip
Nico SturmC
OUTIllness$2.00M16Out of lineup Saturday
Jesper WallstedtG
OUTIllness$2.20M12Didn't travel with team
Danila YurovRW
OUTUndisclosed$950K74Remains out against Flames
Zach BogosianD
IRUndisclosed$1.25M23Remains unavailable
Jonas BrodinD
IRLower Body$6.00M21Expected to miss 6-8 weeks
Vinnie HinostrozaRW
IRLower Body$775K62Upgraded to day-to-day
Jacob MiddletonD
IRUpper Body$4.35M62Resuming skating Wednesday
Vladimir TarasenkoRW
IRLower Body$4.75M80Has resumed skating

Upcoming Opponent Injuries

COL@ COL(Thu, Feb 26)

Wedgewood (DTD)

UTA@ UTA(Fri, Feb 27)

Vejmelka (OUT)

STLvs. STL(Sun, Mar 1)

No notable injuries

TBLvs. TBL(Tue, Mar 3)

Vasilevskiy (IR)