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Injured

11

Cap on IR/LTIR

$43.89M

LTIR Relief

$13.43M

Days Missed

428

Returning Soon

Alexander Romanov

Alexander Romanov

D · IR · Shoulder

$6.25M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Could return in playoffs”

Matthew Schaefer

Matthew Schaefer

D · DTD · Illness

$975K cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Game-time call Tuesday”

Injury Report

PlayerStatus▲InjuryCap HitDaysReturn
Matthew SchaeferD
DTDIllness$975K75Game-time call Tuesday
Casey CizikasC
OUTIllness — Not Specified$2.50M51Won't play Thursday
Simon HolmstromRW
OUTIllness$3.63M54Not available in Philadelphia
Bo HorvatC
OUTLower Body$8.50M64Unlikely to join team on road trip
Ryan PulockD
OUTUpper Body$6.15M17Unavailable Wednesday
Calum RitchieC
OUTLower Body$918K49Out until after Olympic break
Maxim ShabanovRW
OUTLower Body — Not Specified$975K2Unavailable Thursday
Ilya SorokinG
OUTUndisclosed — Not Specified$8.25M89Won't play Tuesday
Alexander RomanovD
IRShoulder — Surgery$6.25M9Could return in playoffs
Semyon VarlamovG
IRKnee$2.75M9Not playing this season
Pierre EngvallLW
LTIRAnkle — Surgery$3.00M9Officially out for season

Upcoming Opponent Injuries

MTL@ MTL(Sat, Mar 21)

No notable injuries

CBJvs. CBJ(Sun, Mar 22)

Merzlikins (DTD)

CHIvs. CHI(Tue, Mar 24)

Knight (OUT), Soderblom (OUT)

DALvs. DAL(Thu, Mar 26)

No notable injuries