NHL Injuries

IR-LT | Head

Chytil (head) will travel to Washington with the team in hopes of playing Friday in Game 3, per Peter Baugh of The Athletic.

Expected Return: Apr 28, 2024
DAY-TO-DAY | Lower Body

Hakanpaa (lower body) is expected to miss Game 2 versus Vegas on Wednesday, according to Brian Rea of Bally Sports Southwest.

Expected Return: Apr 27, 2024
OUT | Knee

McTavish is dealing with a sprained MCL in his knee, but he won't required offseason surgery, Derek Lee of The Sporting Tribune reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
DAY-TO-DAY | Lower Body

Johansson (lower body) won't dress for Tuesday's Game 2 versus the Florida Panthers, Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Expected Return: Apr 27, 2024
OUT | Lower Body

Mintyukov's lower-body injury is a bone bruise that kept him out of the last eight contests of 2023-24, Derek Lee of The Sporting Tribune reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR-LT | Undisclosed

Forbort (undisclosed) likely won't be an option for Game 3 against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday, per Conor Ryan of The Boston Globe.

Expected Return: Apr 27, 2024
OUT | Upper Body

Brazeau (upper body) will not be available until after the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, Conor Ryan of The Boston Globe reports Monday.

Expected Return: May 5, 2024
OUT | Groin

Couture (groin) is feeling better and hopes to resume skating in July, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Shoulder

Norris (shoulder) will be ready for the start of training camp in September, Claire Hanna of TSN reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Knee

Nieto (knee) sustained an undisclosed injury while rehabbing from his knee surgery. The center could find himself heading back under the knife ahead of the 2024-25 campaign, Seth Rorabaugh of Tribune-Review Sports reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Hip

Spurgeon (hip) said Friday that he is feeling very good and is confident he will be ready to play next season, according to Michael Russo of The Athletic.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Undisclosed

Hanley (undisclosed) isn't available Thursday versus San Jose, per Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Concussion

Graves (concussion) was unable to be medically cleared before the end of the 2023-24 season.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Lower Body

Acciari clarified Thursday that he suffered a glute injury but would have been ready for the postseason after avoiding surgery, Andrew Destin of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Concussion

Johnson (concussion) won't play in the Chicago Blackhawks' season finale Thursday versus the Los Angeles Kings, Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Triceps

Ristolainen underwent surgery for a ruptured triceps tendon, the team announced Thursday. He is expected to be fine for the start of training camp.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Shoulder

Samuelsson (shoulder) has been cleared to resume skating, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports Thursday.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Lower Body

Hayton (lower body) won't play in Wednesday's season finale versus the Edmonton Oilers.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Upper Body

Boqvist (upper body) won't play in Tuesday's season finale against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Upper Body

Chinakhov (upper body) won't play Tuesday against the Carolina Hurricanes, Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets' official site reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Upper Body

Rasmussen (upper body) has yet to resume skating ahead of Monday's matchup with Montreal, Ansar Khan of MLive.com reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Lower Body

Barabanov (lower body) will miss San Jose's last two games of the season, Max Miller of The Hockey News reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR-LT | Hip

Murray (hip) was reassigned to AHL Toronto on a LTI conditioning loan Saturday.

Expected Return: May 7, 2024
OUT | Laceration

Fantilli (laceration) will miss the rest of the 2023-24 campaign, per Aaron Portzline of The Athletic.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR-LT | Leg

Sergachev (leg) won't be available for the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Chris Krenn of the Tampa Bay Lightning's official site reports.

Expected Return: May 15, 2024
OUT | Abdomen

Foligno (abdomen) underwent core muscle surgery Tuesday and will miss the remainder of the season.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Personal

Bear entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program on Wednesday, Sammi Silber of The Hockey News reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Knee

Sundqvist is being evaluated for a lower-body injury Wednesday and will miss Thursday's game against the Calgary Flames.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Back

McGinn underwent disc surgery on his back and will be sidelined for four months.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR-LT | Lower Body

Mayfield (lower body) underwent season-ending surgery, the team announced Tuesday.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Lower Body

Emberson (lower body) is not expected to play again this season after head coach David Quinn told reporters Monday, "Probably not with where we're at, but you never know. Stranger things have happened," per Max Miller of The Hockey News.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Hip

Vladar will miss the rest of the season as he will have hip surgery next week, Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR | Hip

Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar said Sunday that O'Connor (hip) will undergo season-ending surgery, Ryan Boulding of NHL.com reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Lower Body

Vanecek (lower body) and a seventh-round pick were traded to San Jose from New Jersey in exchange for Kaapo Kahkonen on Friday, per Jeff Marek of Sportsnet.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Pectoral

Hamilton (pectoral) is in danger of missing the rest of the regular season with general manager Tom Fitzgerald telling reporters Tuesday, "It's long-term with Dougie. Will he play by the end of the season? Right now I don't know," per Amanda Stein of the New Jersey Devils' official site.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Shoulder

Johnson will undergo surgery for a torn labrum and miss the rest of the 2023-24 season, Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets' official site reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Shoulder

Zhilkin underwent shoulder surgery this week and is out for the remainder of the season.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Shoulder

Poitras underwent surgery on his right shoulder Wednesday and will miss the remainder of the season.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024

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When a player is injured, his team can either retain him on their active roster, counting towards the 23-man active roster limit, or place him on the Injured Reserve List (IR).

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Injured Reserve List (IR)

If a team opts to put their player on the Injured Reserve List, the following requirements must to be met:

  • First, a team may place a player on the Injured Reserve List if the said player has been injured, incapacitated, or ill and will not be able to perform his duties as a hockey player after having passed the team’s preliminary physical examination for that season.
  • Second, a player with an injury that prevents him from playing for at least seven days from the date the injury was incurred can be placed on the team’s Injured Reserve List. Once a player is placed on the IR list, the team may replace said player on its NHL roster with a player from the minors.
  • Third, a player who has been placed on the Injured Reserve List will not be eligible to compete in NHL games for a period of no less than seven days.

Players on the Injured Reserve List may attend team meetings and meals, travel with the team, and join their practice sessions.

Long-Term Injured Reserve (LTIR)

If a player has an injury that will prevent him from playing for at least 10 NHL games and 24 days in the NHL season, the team may place him on Long-Term Injured Reserve (LTIR), which can be used to exceed the salary cap.

Once a player is put on LTIR, the player’s cap hit stays on the team’s cap payroll. The club will not be given additional cap-space savings to be saved for use in the future. However, LTIR offers relief in case the club's averaged salary, or payroll, starts to go over the upper limit. How much relief the club will get is computed based on the date the player is put on LTIR.

Three equations can be used to decide how much LTIR relief will be given. The first, or basic equation, is used during the season and the off-season, while the second is the training-camp equation, which is used on the last day of the off-season in order to prepare for the first day of the following season. The third equation is used if the player is already on LTIR.

Once a player is cleared to play again, the team activates the player.

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