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Injured

10

Cap on IR/LTIR

$44.67M

LTIR Relief

$13.43M

Days Missed

451

Returning Soon

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$975K50Game-time call Tuesday
Casey CizikasC
OUTIllness — Not Specified$2.50M26Won't play Thursday
Jonathan DrouinLW
OUTIllness$4.00M24Under the weather
Simon HolmstromRW
OUTIllness$3.63M29Not available in Philadelphia
Bo HorvatC
OUTLower Body$8.50M39Unlikely to join team on road trip
Jean-Gabriel PageauC
OUTUpper Body$5.00M79Remains day-to-day
Kyle PalmieriRW
OUTKnee — Surgery$4.75M87Out 6-8 months following surgery
Ryan PulockD
OUTUpper Body$6.15M29Won't play Monday
Calum RitchieC
OUTLower Body$918K24Out until after Olympic break
Ilya SorokinG
OUTUndisclosed — Not Specified$8.25M64Won't play Tuesday

Upcoming Opponent Injuries

MTL@ MTL(Thu, Feb 26)

Montembeault (OUT)

CBJ@ CBJ(Sat, Feb 28)

Merzlikins (DTD)

FLAvs. FLA(Sun, Mar 1)

Tarasov (DTD)

ANA@ ANA(Wed, Mar 4)

Clara (DTD), Dostal (IR), Mrazek (IR)