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Injured

17

Cap on IR/LTIR

$71.33M

LTIR Relief

$4.21M

Days Missed

752

Returning Soon

Victor Hedman

Victor Hedman

D · DTD · Lower Body

$8.00M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Sustains lower-body injury”

Erik Cernak

Erik Cernak

D · DTD · Upper Body

$5.20M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Hurt in Saturday's game”

Nick Paul

Nick Paul

LW · OUT · Undisclosed

$3.15M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“No timeline for return”

Injury Report

PlayerStatus▲InjuryCap HitDaysReturn
Erik CernakD
DTDUpper Body$5.20M31Hurt in Saturday's game
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD
DTDUndisclosed$775K31Exits Saturday's game
Gage GoncalvesC
DTDUndisclosed$1.20M31Sustains undisclosed injury
Victor HedmanD
DTDLower Body$8.00M6Sustains lower-body injury
Dominic JamesC
DTDUndisclosed$910K74Nears return
Darren RaddyshD
DTDPersonal$975K85Skipping practice Monday
Anthony CirelliC
OUTUndisclosed$6.25M21Unavailable for Olympics
Maxwell CrozierD
OUTAbdomen — Surgery$775K6Set to miss extended time
Curtis DouglasC
OUTUndisclosed$775K78Won't play Monday
Brandon HagelLW
OUTUpper Body$6.50M66Unavailable Saturday
Nikita KucherovRW
OUTIllness$9.50M68Won't play Thursday
Nick PaulLW
OUTUndisclosed$3.15M3No timeline for return
Scott SabourinRW
OUTUndisclosed$775K58Ruled out for remainder of game
Emil LillebergD
IRUndisclosed$800K71Set for extended absence
Ryan McDonaghD
IRLower Body$6.75M33Won't play this weekend
Andrei VasilevskiyG
IRUndisclosed$9.50M71Still not ready to play
Brayden PointC
LTIRLower Body$9.50M19Ruled out for Olympics

Upcoming Opponent Injuries

TORvs. TOR(Wed, Feb 25)

Woll (DTD), Stolarz (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)