Chytil (head) will travel to Washington with the team in hopes of playing Saturday for Game 3, per Peter Baugh of The Athletic.
Hakanpaa (lower body) is expected to miss Game 2 versus Vegas on Wednesday, according to Brian Rea of Bally Sports Southwest.
Mason McTavish | McTavish is dealing with a sprained MCL in his knee, but he won't required offseason surgery, Derek Lee of The Sporting Tribune reports.
Jonas Johansson | Johansson (lower body) won't dress for Tuesday's Game 2 versus the Florida Panthers, Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Pavel Mintyukov | 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.
Derek Forbort | 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.
Justin Brazeau | 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.
Logan Couture | Couture (groin) is feeling better and hopes to resume skating in July, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports.
Josh Norris | Norris (shoulder) will be ready for the start of training camp in September, Claire Hanna of TSN reports.
Matt Nieto | 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.
Jared Spurgeon | 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.
Joel Hanley | Hanley (undisclosed) isn't available Thursday versus San Jose, per Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan.
Ryan Graves | Graves (concussion) was unable to be medically cleared before the end of the 2023-24 season.
Noel Acciari | 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.
Reese Johnson | 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.
Rasmus Ristolainen | Ristolainen underwent surgery for a ruptured triceps tendon, the team announced Thursday. He is expected to be fine for the start of training camp.
Mattias Samuelsson | Samuelsson (shoulder) has been cleared to resume skating, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports Thursday.
Barrett Hayton | Hayton (lower body) won't play in Wednesday's season finale versus the Edmonton Oilers.
Kaiden Guhle | Guhle sustained a head injury April 4 versus the Tampa Bay Lightning that cost him the last seven games of the season, but he hasn't been ruled out from joining Team Canada at the IIHF World Championship in May, Arpon Basu of The Athletic reports.
Adam Boqvist | Boqvist (upper body) won't play in Tuesday's season finale against the Carolina Hurricanes.
Yegor Chinakhov | Chinakhov (upper body) won't play Tuesday against the Carolina Hurricanes, Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets' official site reports.
Michael Rasmussen | Rasmussen (upper body) has yet to resume skating ahead of Monday's matchup with Montreal, Ansar Khan of MLive.com reports.
Alexander Barabanov | Barabanov (lower body) will miss San Jose's last two games of the season, Max Miller of The Hockey News reports.
Matt Murray | Murray (hip) was reassigned to AHL Toronto on a LTI conditioning loan Saturday.
Travis Hamonic | Hamonic (lower body) is not expected to be in the lineup against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.
Adam Fantilli | Fantilli (laceration) will miss the rest of the 2023-24 campaign, per Aaron Portzline of The Athletic.
Mikhail Sergachev | 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.
Marcus Foligno | Foligno (abdomen) underwent core muscle surgery Tuesday and will miss the remainder of the season.
Ethan Bear | Bear entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program on Wednesday, Sammi Silber of The Hockey News reports.
Oskar Sundqvist | Sundqvist is being evaluated for a lower-body injury Wednesday and will miss Thursday's game against the Calgary Flames.
Brock McGinn | McGinn underwent disc surgery on his back and will be sidelined for four months.
Scott Mayfield | Mayfield (lower body) underwent season-ending surgery, the team announced Tuesday.
Ty Emberson | 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.
Dan Vladar | Vladar will miss the rest of the season as he will have hip surgery next week, Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan reports.
Logan O'Connor | Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar said Sunday that O'Connor (hip) will undergo season-ending surgery, Ryan Boulding of NHL.com reports.
Vitek Vanecek | 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.
Dougie Hamilton | 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.
Kent Johnson | 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.
Danny Zhilkin | Zhilkin underwent shoulder surgery this week and is out for the remainder of the season.
Matthew Poitras | Poitras underwent surgery on his right shoulder Wednesday and will miss the remainder of the season.
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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).
If a team opts to put their player on the Injured Reserve List, the following requirements must to be met:
Players on the Injured Reserve List may attend team meetings and meals, travel with the team, and join their practice sessions.
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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