NHL Injuries
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.J. Greer | LW | 11 Nov | Injured Reserve | 2 Nov: Greer (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Monday. |
| Troy Terry | RW | 8 Nov | Injured Reserve | 31 Oct: Although Terry's (hip) return doesn't appear to be imminent, he is getting close to playing, Derek Lee of The Hockey News reports Saturday. |
| Ian Moore | D | 8 Nov | Injured Reserve | 16 Oct: Head coach Joel Quenneville said Friday that Moore (lower body) is still "a ways from skating," Patrick Present of The Hockey News reports. |
| Ryan Poehling | C | 25 Nov | Injured Reserve | 13 Oct: Poehling (knee) is expected to miss 6-8 weeks with an MCL sprain. |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Poitras | C | 8 Nov | Day-To-Day | |
| James Hagens | C | 8 Nov | Day-To-Day |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konsta Helenius | C | 17 Nov | Out | 2 Nov: Helenius (upper body) is week-to-week, according to Matthew Fairburn of The Athletic on Monday. |
| Justin Danforth | RW | 8 Nov | Injured Reserve | 29 Oct: Danforth (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, per the NHL media site. |
| Alex Lyon | G | 22 Nov | Injured Reserve | 15 Oct: Lyon (upper body) had a setback in his recovery and is without a timeline to return, the team announced Thursday. |
| Matt Grzelcyk | D | 8 Nov | Injured Reserve | 13 Oct: Grzelcyk (lower body) suffered a "flare-up" and could be out for at least "a few days," head coach Lindy Ruff told Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News on Tuesday. |
| Jack Rathbone | D | 8 Nov | Injured Reserve | 28 Sep: ir-nr |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brennan Othmann | LW | 6 Nov | Day-To-Day | |
| Connor Zary | C | 28 Nov | Out | |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | LW | 28 Nov | Injured Reserve | 24 Oct: Huberdeau (hip) skated with his teammates Saturday, but he isn't close to returning, Pat Steinberg of QR Calgary 770 AM reports. |
| Samuel Honzek | LW | 15 Nov | Injured Reserve |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Nikishin | D | 7 Nov | Day-To-Day | |
| Jordan Staal | C | 3 Dec | Injured Reserve |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | D | 7 Nov | Injured Reserve | 3 Nov: Byram (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Tuesday. |
| Patrick Kane | RW | 12 Nov | Out | 3 Nov: Head coach Jeff Blashill said after Monday's 5-2 loss to the Avalanche that Kane has an upper-body injury and will miss at least the next couple of games, Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times reports. |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Manson | D | 27 Dec | Out | 30 Oct: Manson (ankle) is expected to miss the next eight weeks, Corey Masisak of The Denver Post reports Friday. |
| Zachary L'Heureux | LW | 7 Nov | Injured Reserve | 23 Oct: ir-lt |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Steel | C | 7 Nov | Day-To-Day | |
| Miro Heiskanen | D | 7 Nov | Day-To-Day | |
| Kyle Capobianco | D | 27 Nov | Injured Reserve | |
| Oskar Back | C | 14 Nov | Injured Reserve | 24 Oct: Back was placed on long-term injured reserve on Saturday. |
| Matt Duchene | C | 12 Jan | Injured Reserve | 12 Oct: Duchene will be out for approximately three months after undergoing surgery to repair a core injury, the team announced Monday. |
| Luke Krys | D | 28 Nov | Injured Reserve | 29 Sep: ir-nr |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Gibson | G | 7 Nov | Day-To-Day | |
| Marco Kasper | C | 7 Nov | Injured Reserve | 5 Nov: Head coach Todd McLellan said Thursday that he expects Kasper (upper body) to return at some point during the Red Wings' upcoming four-game road trip, Max Bultman of The Athletic reports. |
| Mason Appleton | C | 7 Nov | Injured Reserve | 5 Nov: Head coach Todd McLellan stated that Appleton (undisclosed) is expected to return to the lineup during the Red Wings' upcoming four-game road trip, per Max Bultman of The Athletic. |
| Albert Johansson | D | 18 Nov | Injured Reserve | 5 Nov: Head coach Todd McLellan stated Thursday that Johansson (undisclosed) is expected to be sidelined through the team's upcoming four-game road trip, per Max Bultman of The Athletic. |
| Dylan Larkin | C | 14 Nov | Injured Reserve | 31 Oct: ir-nr |
| Simon Edvinsson | D | 28 Nov | Injured Reserve | 14 Oct: Edvinsson (contract dispute) is on the Red Wings' injured, non-roster list, per the NHL media site Wednesday. |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan Jarry | G | 7 Nov | Day-To-Day | |
| Isaac Howard | LW | 17 Nov | Injured Reserve | |
| Zach Hyman | LW | 7 Nov | Injured Reserve | |
| Devon Levi | G | 9 Nov | Injured Reserve | 24 Oct: Levi (undisclosed) is expected to miss a few weeks, per Jason Gregor of Sports 1440 Edmonton. |
| Alec Regula | D | 21 Nov | Injured Reserve | 1 Oct: Regula (undisclosed) was designated for long-term injured reserve Thursday. |
| Matt Savoie | C | 24 Nov | Injured Reserve | 1 Oct: Savoie (lower body) was shifted to long-term injured reserve Thursday. |
| Frederik Andersen | G | 30 Dec | Injured Reserve | 29 Sep: Andersen (knee) isn't expected back until "maybe" December, head coach Mike Babcock told NHL.com on Tuesday. |
| Mattias Janmark | C | 28 Nov | Injured Reserve | 29 Sep: Janmark (undisclosed) does not have a timetable for his return from injury. |
| Atro Leppanen | D | 28 Nov | Injured Reserve | 29 Sep: ir-nr |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Marchand | LW | 21 Nov | Injured Reserve | 29 Oct: Marchand (leg) has started skating and is tentatively three weeks away from returning, per George Richards. |
| Aleksander Barkov | C | 27 Nov | Injured Reserve | 29 Oct: Barkov (lower body) resumed skating Wednesday, George Richards of Florida Hockey Now reports. |
| Jonah Gadjovich | LW | 28 Nov | Injured Reserve | 17 Sep: Gadjovich (upper body) is out indefinitely, the team announced Thursday. |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mats Zuccarello | RW | 10 Nov | Injured Reserve | 29 Oct: Zuccarello (upper body) is regarded as week-to-week, Zach Dooley of the Kings' official site reports Thursday. |
| Kevin Fiala | LW | 7 Nov | Injured Reserve | 29 Oct: Head coach Peter Laviolette said Thursday that Fiala (lower leg) remains on a week-to-week timeline, Zach Dooley of the Kings' official site reports. |
| Alex Turcotte | C | 7 Nov | Injured Reserve | |
| Jakub Dvorak | D | 28 Nov | Injured Reserve | 24 Sep: ir-nr |
| Jan Jenik | C | 7 Nov | Injured Reserve | 24 Sep: Jenik (undisclosed) was placed on non-roster injured reserve by Los Angeles on Thursday, per Zach Dooley of LA Kings Insider. |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filip Gustavsson | G | 19 Nov | Injured Reserve | 5 Nov: Gustavsson (hip) will travel with the Wild during the team's upcoming three-game road trip, per Joe Smith of The Athletic. |
| Marcus Foligno | LW | 12 Nov | Injured Reserve | 5 Nov: Foligno (upper body) will travel with the Wild during the team's upcoming three-game road trip, per Joe Smith of The Athletic. |
| Nick Foligno | LW | 12 Nov | Injured Reserve | 5 Nov: Foligno (upper body) will travel with the Wild during the team's upcoming three-game road trip, per Joe Smith of The Athletic. |
| Jared Spurgeon | D | 10 Nov | Injured Reserve | 5 Nov: Spurgeon (lower body) is expected to travel with the team for its upcoming three-game road trip starting Tuesday against Montreal, Joe Smith of The Athletic reports. |
| Brock Faber | D | 10 Nov | Injured Reserve | 5 Nov: Faber (skull) skated with his teammates for the first time Thursday, Joe Smith of The Athletic reports. |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Demidov | RW | 14 Nov | Injured Reserve | 4 Nov: Demidov (foot) skated Tuesday and could resume training with the team next week, Patrick Friolet of RDS reports. |
| Mike Matheson | D | 14 Nov | Out | 31 Oct: Matheson (lower body) is expected to miss two weeks, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports Saturday. |
| Sam Montembeault | G | 7 Nov | Injured Reserve | 31 Oct: Montembeault (lower body) is considered day-to-day, according to Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports on Saturday. |
| Bryce Pickford | D | 30 Nov | Injured Reserve | 29 Sep: ir-nr |
| Lucas Condotta | LW | 30 Nov | Injured Reserve | 29 Sep: ir-nr |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Marchessault | RW | 7 Nov | Day-To-Day |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seamus Casey | D | 21 Nov | Injured Reserve | 2 Oct: Casey will be out of action for 6-8 weeks after undergoing a knee procedure, Kristy Flannery of The Hockey News reports Friday. |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathew Barzal | C | 7 Nov | Injured Reserve | 4 Nov: Barzal (knee) practiced Wednesday, but he wore a no-contact jersey, and there's still no timetable for his return, per Stefen Rosner of NHL.com. |
| Ryan Pulock | D | 28 Nov | Out | |
| Matias Maccelli | LW | 17 Nov | Injured Reserve | 26 Oct: Maccelli (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Monday. |
| Calum Ritchie | C | 1 Dec | Injured Reserve | |
| Alexander Romanov | D | 8 Apr | Injured Reserve |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Durzi | D | 9 Nov | Injured Reserve | 5 Nov: Durzi (undisclosed) was put on injured reserve Thursday, per Mollie Walker of the New York Post. |
| Joonas Korpisalo | G | 9 Nov | Injured Reserve | 4 Nov: Korpisalo (foot) was reassigned to AHL Hartford on Wednesday for a conditioning stint, Mollie Walker of the New York Post. |
| Igor Shesterkin | G | 15 Sep | Injured Reserve | 11 Oct: Shesterkin will require surgery and a lengthy rehab process to address his season-ending right knee injury, Vince Z. Mercogliano of The Athletic reports Sunday. |
| Joe Veleno | C | 3 Jan | Injured Reserve | 10 Oct: Veleno (lower body) was placed on long-term injured reserve Saturday, Vince Z. Mercogliano of The Athletic reports. |
| Aidan Thompson | C | 13 Nov | Injured Reserve | 29 Sep: ir-nr |
| Adam Sykora | LW | 25 Jan | Injured Reserve |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridly Greig | C | 7 Nov | Day-To-Day | |
| Andre Burakovsky | LW | 27 Nov | Injured Reserve | |
| Warren Foegele | LW | 25 Nov | Injured Reserve | 31 Oct: Foegele (knee) will miss 3-4 weeks, Jackson Starr of the Senators' official site reports Saturday. |
| Linus Ullmark | G | 7 Nov | Injured Reserve | 22 Oct: Ullmark (lower body) is expected to miss the next 1-2 weeks, Claire Hanna of TSN reports Thursday. |
| William Eklund | LW | 5 Jan | Injured Reserve | 15 Oct: Eklund had surgery to repair a torn ankle tendon and will be out 10-12 weeks, Bruce Garrioch of Postmedia reports Thursday. |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 11 Nov | Injured Reserve | 27 Oct: Ristolainen (hand) was placed on injured reserve, retroactive to Oct. 24, on Tuesday. |
| Nikita Grebenkin | RW | 13 Feb | Injured Reserve | 10 Oct: Grebenkin (back) underwent successful surgery and is expected to miss at least four months. |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Soderblom | LW | 14 Nov | Injured Reserve | 2 Nov: Soderblom (upper body) is week-to-week, per Penguins PR on Monday. |
| Bryan Rust | RW | 5 Dec | Injured Reserve | 22 Oct: Rust (lower body) will be re-evaluated in six weeks, Michelle Crechiolo of the Penguins' official site reports Thursday. |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 8 Nov | Injured Reserve | |
| Ryan Graves | D | 28 Nov | Injured Reserve | 27 Sep: Graves (lower body) is out indefinitely and was placed on injured reserve Sunday. |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Chernyshov | LW | 14 Nov | Injured Reserve | |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | 7 Nov | Injured Reserve | |
| Quentin Musty | LW | 1 Dec | Injured Reserve | 28 Sep: Musty (upper body) was put on non-roster injured reserve Monday, according to Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News. |
| Kyle Keyser | G | 1 Dec | Injured Reserve | 28 Sep: Keyser (upper body) was placed on non-roster injured reserve by the Sharks on Monday, Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News reports. |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Douglas | C | 12 Nov | Injured Reserve | |
| Jared McCann | LW | 2 Jan | Injured Reserve | 25 Oct: McCann (lower body) will be out for approximately 10 weeks, the team announced Sunday. |
| Jacob Melanson | RW | 1 Dec | Injured Reserve | 10 Oct: Melanson's upper-body injury was diagnosed Saturday as an anterior mediastinum hematoma with vascular pseudo aneurysm. He will continue to be evaluated and is out indefinitely. |
| Ryan Lindgren | D | 19 Nov | Injured Reserve | 8 Oct: Lindgren (upper body) was placed on injured reserve by the Kraken on Thursday and is expected to miss four to six weeks. |
| Jake O'Brien | C | 12 Nov | Injured Reserve | 1 Oct: O'Brien (lower body) was placed on non-roster injured reserve Wednesday. |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Mailloux | D | 25 Nov | Injured Reserve | 2 Nov: The Blues assigned Mailloux (hand) to AHL Springfield for a conditioning assignment Monday. |
| Torey Krug | D | 1 Jul | Injured Reserve | 13 Oct: Krug (ankle) was placed on long-term injured reserve by the Blues on Monday, per PuckPedia. |
| Dillon Dube | C | 4 Dec | Injured Reserve | |
| Tyler Tucker | D | 12 Nov | Injured Reserve | 30 Sep: Tucker had arthroscopic knee surgery and will be re-assessed in six weeks, the team announced Wednesday. |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yanni Gourde | C | 7 Nov | Injured Reserve | 4 Nov: Gourde (hip) will miss Thursday's game against Chicago, but he might be available at some point during the upcoming four-game road trip, per Benjamin Pierce of the Lightning's official site. |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Tavares | C | 7 Nov | Injured Reserve | |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | 17 Nov | Injured Reserve | |
| Miles Wood | LW | 7 Nov | Injured Reserve | 29 Oct: Wood (undisclosed) was transferred to long-term injured reserve Wednesday, David Alter of The Hockey News reports. |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | 12 Nov | Injured Reserve | 23 Oct: Blankenburg (undisclosed) was placed on injured reserve by the Maple Leafs on Friday, David Alter of The Hockey News reports. |
| Marshall Rifai | D | 8 Nov | Injured Reserve | |
| Max Domi | C | 30 Jan | Injured Reserve | 30 Sep: Domi (back) was transferred from the non-roster list to long-term injured reserve Wednesday, per PuckPedia. |
| Cade Webber | D | 27 Nov | Injured Reserve | 29 Sep: ir-nr |
| Elvis Merzlikins | G | 30 Mar | Injured Reserve | 29 Sep: Merzlikins is expected to miss 4-6 months to begin the 2026-27 regular season while recovering from a shoulder injury, per Luke Fox of Sportsnet. |
| William Villeneuve | D | 5 Dec | Injured Reserve | 29 Sep: ir-nr |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kailer Yamamoto | RW | 7 Nov | Day-To-Day | |
| Nate Schmidt | D | 7 Nov | Day-To-Day | |
| John Marino | D | 14 Nov | Injured Reserve | |
| Maveric Lamoureux | D | 12 Feb | Injured Reserve |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Willander | D | 7 Nov | Day-To-Day | |
| Filip Chytil | C | 9 Nov | Injured Reserve | 3 Nov: Chytil (upper body) won't travel with the Canucks during their upcoming two-game road trip, per Jeff Paterson of CanucksArmy.com. |
| Akil Thomas | C | 9 Nov | Injured Reserve | 29 Sep: ir-nr |
| Mackenzie MacEachern | LW | 7 Nov | Injured Reserve | 29 Sep: ir-nr |
| Thatcher Demko | G | 21 Dec | Injured Reserve | 28 Sep: Co-president of hockey operations Henrik Sedin said Monday that he hopes Demko (hip) will be ready to return before Christmas, Kevin Woodley of NHL.com reports. |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Wotherspoon | D | 8 Nov | Injured Reserve |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Desharnais | D | 5 Dec | Injured Reserve | |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | 26 Dec | Injured Reserve | 12 Oct: Sandin (knee) was placed on long-term injured reserve Monday. |
| Patrick Thomas | C | 14 Nov | Injured Reserve | 29 Sep: ir-nr |
| NAME | POS | EST. RETURN DATE | STATUS | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haydn Fleury | D | 8 Nov | Day-To-Day | |
| Josh Morrissey | D | 8 Nov | Injured Reserve | 4 Nov: Morrissey (wrist) won't play Thursday versus Vancouver, but he hasn't been ruled out for Sunday against Tampa Bay, per Danielle Bain of TSN. |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | C | 28 Nov | Injured Reserve | |
| Nick Bjugstad | C | 11 Mar | Injured Reserve | 23 Oct: Bjugstad (pectoral), Dawson Mercer, Nico Daws, Alexander Command and a pair of draft picks were traded to the Jets from the Devils on Friday in exchange for Connor Hellebuyck. |