NHL Injuries: Hurricanes, Blackhawks, Oilers, Blue Jackets, Stars, Wild, Rangers, and more
Corey Long: A healthy Carolina Hurricanes scratched Jaccob Slavin as they didn’t want him to play back-to-back games coming off a lower back injury.
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on Hurricanes Seth Jarvis: “Yes. So one of the big news lines, obviously, is Seth Jarvis tonight. And the good news is that everyone here seems to be optimistic, but there won’t be a firm statement until he sees the doctor. This is the last game of the Carolina trip. They are in Tampa tonight, but this does not seem to be the hope that he will leave home. The Olympics. The Hurricanes, by the way, are angry that there was no penalty in that game.”
Sportsnet: Friedman on the Chicago Blackhawks: “Right now, Frank Nazar, he’s out for four weeks, Jeff Blashill said the post game and he got hit by the puck here, there’s no way out of that. Nazar, an amazing young player, broke his recent scoring slump, and that was bad to see him out.”
Frank Nazar takes the puck in the face and heads to the locker room pic.twitter.com/d9ttxYDDI9
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 20, 2025
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Sportsnet: Friedman on Edmonton Oilers goaltender Tristan Jarry: “The Oilers were in Minnesota today. They lost in the wild. They’re going home. They’re going to play Vegas tomorrow night, and at that time, we should get more clarity on Tristan Jarry, who gave up a win the other night. And you know, obviously everybody here is really worried. They probably don’t know much about him yet.”
Tristan Jarry left the game for the Oilers due to injury. Calvin Pickard is now in net. pic.twitter.com/Y6nguZuzXs
– Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 19, 2025
Dan Arritt: Columbus Blues Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski needed help getting off the ice late in the third after blocking the puck. He was limping after the game and nothing new.
Forward Miles Wood missed last night’s game with an undisclosed injury.
The NHL: Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin had surgery Tuesday to repair a torn ACL and will be re-evaluated after the Olympics.
Jesse Pierce: The Minnesota Wild got a bunch of reinforcements back from injuries last night – Mats Zuccarello, Marcus Johansson (missed two games, lower body) and Vinnie Hinostroza (13 games, lower body), Jacob Middleton (five games, upper body) and Jonas Brodin (four games, lower body).
Sean Farrell: Montreal Canadiens forward Jake Evans left last night’s game in the first half with a lower back injury and will not travel with the team to Pittsburgh for tonight’s game.
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Robby Stanley: Nashville Predators forward Jonathan Marchessault missed last night’s game with a lower back injury.
Dan Rosen: New York Rangers forward JT Miller left last night’s game in the third period after hitting Nick Seeler in the right shoulder. Coach Mike Sullivan said he was being evaluated after the game.
Sportsnet: Friedman on the Ottawa Senators: “So Rocky Kleven of the Ottawa Senators, he got hurt , and he won’t play . Did I call him Rocky Kleven? Tyler Kleven. What do I do? So he won’t play , and he injured his ankle. They wait like that would be a big loss. A player, but for now, he’s a ck’s ‘. what will this be.”
Philadelphia Flyers: Goalie Dan Vladar (top) and forward Christian Dvorak (bottom) missed yesterday’s game and are day-to-day.
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Sportsnet: Friedman on two Vegas Golden Knights players: “For people who aren’t familiar, they’ve got a couple of important Olympians, Shea Theodore, Jack Eichel, there’s no concern that one of them will be affected by the Olympics.”
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