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Injured

18

Cap on IR/LTIR

$72.89M

LTIR Relief

$4.21M

Days Missed

725

Returning Soon

Erik Cernak

Erik Cernak

D · DTD · Upper Body

$5.20M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Hurt in Saturday's game”

Gage Goncalves

Gage Goncalves

C · DTD · Undisclosed

$1.20M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Sustains undisclosed injury”

Darren Raddysh

Darren Raddysh

D · DTD · Personal

$975K cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Skipping practice Monday”

Injury Report

PlayerStatus▲InjuryCap HitDaysReturn
Erik CernakD
DTDUpper Body$5.20M21Hurt in Saturday's game
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD
DTDUndisclosed$775K21Exits Saturday's game
Gage GoncalvesC
DTDUndisclosed$1.20M21Sustains undisclosed injury
Dominic JamesC
DTDUndisclosed$910K64Nears return
Darren RaddyshD
DTDPersonal$975K75Skipping practice Monday
Anthony CirelliC
OUTUndisclosed$6.25M11Unavailable for Olympics
Maxwell CrozierD
OUTIllness$775K21Not in lineup Saturday
Curtis DouglasC
OUTUndisclosed$775K68Won't play Monday
Brandon HagelLW
OUTUpper Body$6.50M56Unavailable Saturday
Nikita KucherovRW
OUTIllness$9.50M58Won't play Thursday
Nick PaulLW
OUTUndisclosed$3.15M11Won't play until after Olympics
Scott SabourinRW
OUTUndisclosed$775K48Ruled out for remainder of game
Victor HedmanD
IRElbow$8.00M14Probable for Sunday
Pontus HolmbergC
IRUndisclosed — Not Specified$1.55M82Will remain sidelined Monday
Emil LillebergD
IRUndisclosed$800K61Set for extended absence
Ryan McDonaghD
IRLower Body$6.75M23Won't play this weekend
Andrei VasilevskiyG
IRUndisclosed$9.50M61Still not ready to play
Brayden PointC
LTIRLower Body$9.50M9Ruled out for Olympics

Upcoming Opponent Injuries

TORvs. TOR(Wed, Feb 25)

Stolarz (IR), Woll (IR)

CAR@ CAR(Thu, Feb 26)

Kochetkov (IR)

BUFvs. BUF(Sat, Feb 28)

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

MIN@ MIN(Tue, Mar 3)

Wallstedt (OUT)