NHL Recent Player News |
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| 10/3/2022 | Cam Talbot, Ott, G | |
| Talbot is expected to miss five-to-seven weeks with an upper-body injury. Analysis: The Senators initially called Talbot day to day with what they hoped was a minor injury. Instead he's now expected to miss at least the first month of the NHL season. With Talbot sidelined, Anton Forsberg will get a bulk of the starts between the pipes for the Senators after going 22-7-4 with a 2.82 GAA and .917 save percentage for Ottawa last season. |
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| 9/28/2022 | John Tavares, Tor, C | |
| Tavares (strained oblique) has resumed skating. Analysis: Tavares is expected to miss Toronto's first six games at a minimum. The injury may give a fantasy boost to Alex Kerfoot, as he could he elevated into a top-six role to start the season. |
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| 9/26/2022 | Brock Boeser, Van, RW | |
| Boeser has undergone hand surgery and is expected to miss the first two weeks of the season. Analysis: Boeser had 23 goals and 23 assists in 71 games in 2021-22 for his fifth straight season with at least 45 points. |
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| 9/26/2022 | Nicklas Backstrom, Was, C | |
| Backstrom is not expected to make his 2022-23 season debut until at least January following offseason hip surgery. Analysis: Backstrom was limited to 47 games last season and set career lows with six goals, 25 assists and 31 points. |
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| 9/26/2022 | Mike Smith, Edm, G | |
| Smith (undisclosed) is expected to miss the 2022-23 season. Analysis: Jack Campbell and Stuart Skinner will likely be the Oilers' top goalies. |
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| 9/25/2022 | Tom Wilson, Was, RW | |
| Wilson (torn ACL) is expected to miss the first two months of the season. Analysis: Wilson is progressing well from the surgery he underwent in May to fix a torn ACL and remains on target for an early December return. |
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| 9/25/2022 | Sean Couturier, Phi, C | |
| Couturier (back) is expected to miss the first two months of the season. Analysis: Couturier appeared in just 29 games last season before undergoing back surgery last December and was hopeful to be healthy for the start of the 2022-23 season before injuring himself in preparation for training camp. |
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| 9/25/2022 | Anthony Duclair, Fla, RW | |
| Duclair (torn Achilles) is expected to miss the first few months of the season. Analysis: Duclair underwent surgery on his Achilles in June and is reportedly not close to returning after notching a career-high 58 points in 2021-22 with 31 goals and 27 assists. |
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| 9/25/2022 | Gabriel Landeskog, Col, LW | |
| Landeskog (lower-body injury) is expected to miss at least the first week of the season. Analysis: Landeskog is working out but not yet resumed skating in preparation for the 2022-23 season after tallying 30 goals and 29 assists in 51 regular-season games and another 11 goals and 11 assists during Colorado's run to the Stanley Cup. Artturi Lehkonen is skating in place of Landeskog on the Avs' top line with Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen. |
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| 9/25/2022 | Max Pacioretty, Car, LW | |
| Pacioretty (Achilles) is expected to be sidelined until mid-February. Analysis: Pacioretty joined Carolina in the offseason after notching 19 goals and 18 assists in just 39 games for Vegas last season, but now likely won't see the ice until more than three months into the 2022-23 season. |
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| 9/25/2022 | Charlie McAvoy, Bos, D | |
| McAvoy (shoulder) is expected to be sidelined until early December. Analysis: McAvoy underwent shoulder surgery in June after leading all Boston blue liners with a career-high 56 points in 2021-22, notching 10 goals and 46 assists. |
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| 9/25/2022 | Brad Marchand, Bos, LW | |
| Marchand is starting the season on injured reserve after undergoing double hip surgery in late May. Analysis: Marchand is expected to be out until at least early December. He led the Bruins last season with 80 points (32 goals, 38 assists) in 70 games and added a team-best 11 points in Boston's opening-round playoff loss to Carolina in seven games. |
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| 9/25/2022 | Carey Price, Mon, G | |
| Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes said news about Price's knee is ''discouraging'' and that the star goaltender may not play this season. Analysis: Hughes said it was unlikely that Price would be able to return without first undergoing surgery, and that rehab alone likely wouldn't be enough. After helping the Canadiens reach the Stanley Cup final in 2021, Price suffered numerous setbacks in returning to the game. He underwent knee surgery last summer and sought help from the NHLPA/NHL player assistance program in October for substance abuse. |
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