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Injured

15

Cap on IR/LTIR

$64.78M

LTIR Relief

$0

Days Missed

560

Returning Soon

Jakob Chychrun

Jakob Chychrun

D · DTD · Undisclosed

$9.00M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Questionable for Saturday”

John Carlson

John Carlson

D · DTD · Lower Body

$8.00M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Deemed day-to-day”

Tom Wilson

Tom Wilson

RW · IR · Lower Body

$6.50M cap hit

✓Eligible to return

“Not ready to return”

Injury Report

PlayerStatus▲InjuryCap HitDaysReturn
John CarlsonD
DTDLower Body$8.00M2Deemed day-to-day
Jakob ChychrunD
DTDUndisclosed$9.00M32Questionable for Saturday
Nic DowdC
DTDUpper Body$3.00M90Game-time call versus Jets
Martin FehervaryD
OUTPersonal$2.67M24Unavailable Saturday
Hendrix LapierreC
OUTIllness$850K68Late scratch Thursday
Sonny MilanoLW
OUTPersonal — Not Specified$1.90M19Won't play Thursday
Matt RoyD
OUTLower Body$5.75M26Not playing Thursday
Rasmus SandinD
OUTLower Body$4.60M28Unavailable Tuesday
Justin SourdifRW
OUTUpper Body$825K39Unavailable for Saturday
Logan ThompsonG
OUTUpper Body — Not Specified$5.85M22Still sidelined Monday
Pierre-Luc DuboisC
IRAbdomen — Surgery$8.50M52Resumes skating
Ryan LeonardC
IRShoulder$950K66Considered day-to-day
Charlie LindgrenG
IRLower Body$3.00M7Practices, feels good to go
Aliaksei ProtasC
IRLower Body$3.38M47Could return Friday
Tom WilsonRW
IRLower Body$6.50M38Not ready to return

Upcoming Opponent Injuries

PHIvs. PHI(Wed, Feb 25)

Ersson (OUT), Vladar (IR)

VGKvs. VGK(Fri, Feb 27)

Hart (IR), Hill (IR)

MTL@ MTL(Sat, Feb 28)

Montembeault (OUT)

UTAvs. UTA(Tue, Mar 3)

Vejmelka (OUT)