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Injured

17

Cap on IR/LTIR

$54.01M

LTIR Relief

$0

Days Missed

769

Returning Soon

Joshua Norris

Joshua Norris

C · IR · Ribs

$7.95M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Not yet ready to return”

Jason Zucker

Jason Zucker

LW · IR · Lower Body

$4.75M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Targeting post-Christmas return”

Mattias Samuelsson

Mattias Samuelsson

D · DTD · Concussion

$4.29M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Enters concussion protocol”

Injury Report

PlayerStatus▲InjuryCap HitDaysReturn
Peyton KrebsC
DTDIllness — Not Specified$1.45M69Dealing with illness
Mattias SamuelssonD
DTDConcussion$4.29M88Enters concussion protocol
Zach BensonC
OUTUpper Body$950K1Set to miss road trip
Jacob BrysonD
OUTUpper Body$900K33Set for absence
Rasmus DahlinD
OUTPersonal$11.00M59Unavailable Saturday
Joshua DunneC
OUTUndisclosed$775K41Set to miss 4-6 weeks
Jordan GreenwayC
OUTAbdomen$4.00M1No timeline for return
Michael KesselringD
OUTAnkle$1.40M35Not playing Tuesday
Tyson KozakC
OUTUpper Body$775K52Unavailable Saturday
Conor TimminsD
OUTLeg — Fracture$2.20M68Suffers broken leg
Alex TuchRW
OUTUndisclosed$4.75M75Not playing Thursday
Justin DanforthRW
IRLower Body$1.80M29Could return following break
Colten EllisG
IRConcussion$775K69To be reevaluated Friday
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG
IRLower Body$4.75M21Will miss Olympics
Alex LyonG
IRLower Body$1.50M37Practices Sunday
Joshua NorrisC
IRRibs$7.95M22Not yet ready to return
Jason ZuckerLW
IRLower Body$4.75M69Targeting post-Christmas return

Upcoming Opponent Injuries

NJD@ NJD(Wed, Feb 25)

No notable injuries

FLA@ FLA(Fri, Feb 27)

Tarasov (DTD)

TBL@ TBL(Sat, Feb 28)

Vasilevskiy (IR)

VGKvs. VGK(Tue, Mar 3)

Hart (IR), Hill (IR)