NHL Injuries

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Team Pos Status Injury
Anaheim Ducks
11/13/09 Ryan Carter C Injured Reserve Injury: Bruised foot
Carter is expected to miss an additional four weeks after a second X-ray revealed a fracture in his right foot, the team announced Saturday.
Expected Return: 12/29/09
Atlanta Thrashers
10/05/09 Boris Valabik D Injured Reserve Injury: High right ankle sprain
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that Valabik has practiced for the first time since ankle surgery Oct. 7.
Expected Return: 11/27/09
10/01/09 Noah Welch D Injured Reserve Injury: Right knee
Welch was placed on the IR with a shoulder injury.
Expected Return: 01/07/10
09/14/09 Kari Lehtonen G Injured Reserve Injury: Back surgery
Lehtonen is expected to miss six to eight weeks after having a second surgery on his back.
Expected Return: 12/26/09
Boston Bruins
10/01/09 Levi Nelson C Injured Reserve Injury: Undisclosed injury
Nelson suffered a broken collarbone at a rookie tournament early in September.
Expected Return: 12/02/09
Carolina Hurricanes
11/08/09 Cam Ward G Injured Reserve Injury: Leg laceration
Ward was put on the long-term injured list by the Hurricanes on Thursday.
Expected Return: 12/16/09
11/02/09 Eric Staal C Injured Reserve Injury: Upper-body injury
Staal was placed on the injury list by Carolina on Thursday after missing the team's past seven games, but he could potentially return sometime next week.
Expected Return: 11/27/09
09/22/09 Michael Ryan LW Injured Reserve Injury: Concussion
Ryan has not played this season due to a concussion.
Expected Return: 12/05/09
09/14/09 Casey Borer D Injured Reserve Injury: Broken neck
Borer is expected to undergo a second surgery on a broken neck soon.
Expected Return: 12/25/09
Chicago Blackhawks
11/06/09 Dave Bolland C Injured Reserve Injury: Back surgery
Bolland had surgery to repair a herniated disk in his back Tuesday and will be out for three to four months.
Expected Return: 03/02/10
09/22/09 Adam Burish RW Injured Reserve Injury: Torn right ACL
Burish will be out for six months following surgery on his right knee.
Expected Return: 03/23/10
09/14/09 Marian Hossa RW Injured Reserve Injury: Right shoulder surgery
The Blackhawks say Hossa will undergo surgery Friday on his right shoulder to repair a small tear in his rotator cuff.
Expected Return: 11/27/09
Colorado Avalanche
11/15/09 Matt Hendricks C Injured Reserve Injury: Groin
The Avalanche placed forward Matt Hendricks on the injured reserve list retroactive to Nov. 14 with a groin injury.
Expected Return: 12/02/09
10/09/09 Ruslan Salei D Injured Reserve Injury: Back
The Avalanche have placed Salei on the injured list because of a sore back.
Expected Return: 11/30/09
Columbus Blue Jackets
11/20/09 Derek Dorsett RW Injured Reserve Injury: Concussion
The Blue Jackets have placed Dorsett on injured reserve retroactive to Thursday.
Expected Return: 12/01/09
10/22/09 Andrew Murray C Injured Reserve Injury: Torn muscle, shoulder
The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed Murray on injured reserve with a shoulder injury. General Manager Scott Howson announced the move, retroactive to Oct. 20, on Tuesday. Murray is expected to miss at least four weeks.
Expected Return: 11/28/09
09/29/09 Fredrik Modin LW Injured Reserve Injury: Sprained right MCL
The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed forward Fredrik Modin on injured reserve due to a sprained right MCL.
Expected Return: 11/28/09
Dallas Stars
11/12/09 Fabian Brunnstrom LW Injured Reserve Injury: Shoulder
The Stars have placed Brunnstrom on the injured list with a shoulder injury Thursday.
Expected Return: 11/27/09
Detroit Red Wings
11/22/09 Niklas Kronwall D Injured Reserve Injury: Sprained left MCL
The banged-up Red Wings have lost Kronwall for at least a month with a sprained ligament in his left knee. Kronwall had a leg-on-leg, open-ice collision with Montreal enforcer Georges Laraque on Saturday.
Expected Return: 12/23/09
11/07/09 Jason Williams RW Injured Reserve Injury: Fractured right fibula
Williams could miss two months after fracturing his right fibula in a 5-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.
Expected Return: 01/07/10
10/30/09 Valtteri Filppula C Injured Reserve Injury: Broken right wrist
Filppula is out for 6 to 8 weeks with a broken right wrist suffered in Thursday's 6-5 shootout loss at Edmonton.
Expected Return: 12/26/09
10/09/09 Johan Franzen RW Injured Reserve Injury: Torn left ACL
Franzen is out for at least four months with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. The club announced the injury Friday.
Expected Return: 02/11/10
09/14/09 Andreas Lilja D Injured Reserve Injury: Concussion
Lilja made a second visit this weekend to Dr. Don Grant, a new-age chiropractor from Vancouver who has helped several players with similar post-concussion ailments. The defenseman was referred to Grant by teammate Brad May.
Expected Return: 11/28/09
Edmonton Oilers
11/12/09 Denis Grebeshkov D Injured Reserve Injury: Knee
Grebeshkov will miss at least a month with a torn MCL in his left knee, NHL.com reported.
Expected Return: 12/15/09
09/30/09 Marc Pouliot C Injured Reserve Injury: Sports hernia surgery
Pouliot is expected to start the season injured reserve due to an inflamed pubic bone and is not expected to return until the middle of December at the earliest, according to the Edmonton Sun.
Expected Return: 12/17/09
Florida Panthers
11/21/09 Cory Stillman LW Injured Reserve Injury: Left knee
Stillman will be out for "some time" after sustaining a left knee injury in Friday's overtime win over Detroit, the Miami Herald reports.
Expected Return: 12/02/09
10/25/09 David Booth LW Injured Reserve Injury: Concussion
Booth hasn't played since suffering a concussion when he absorbed a hard hit to the head by Philadelphia center Mike Richards a month ago, and coach Peter DeBoer suggested that he probably shouldn't expect to play anytime soon.
Expected Return: 12/07/09
09/26/09 Nick Tarnasky LW Injured Reserve Injury: Broken orbital bone
Tarnasky remains out while he is recovering from surgery for a broken orbital bone.
Expected Return: 12/02/09
Los Angeles Kings
11/17/09 Ryan Smyth LW Injured Reserve Injury: Upper-body injury
Smyth could be out of the Los Angeles Kings' lineup for a month because of an upper body injury. The Kings aren't disclosing the nature of Smyth's injury. He didn't return after the second period of a game at Florida on Monday.
Expected Return: 12/12/09
Montreal Canadiens
11/21/09 Scott Gomez C Day-to-Day Injury: Lower-body injury
The Canadiens lost Gomez to a lower-body injury in Friday's victory over Washington.
Expected Return: 11/28/09
11/13/09 Brian Gionta RW Injured Reserve Injury: Broken bone in left foot
Gionta will be out of action indefinitely with a broken bone in his left foot.
Expected Return: 12/01/09
10/31/09 Matt D'Agostini RW Injured Reserve Injury: Concussion
D'Agostini, checked in the head in Chicago on Oct. 30, and is out indefinitely.
Expected Return: 11/28/09
10/02/09 Andrei Markov D Injured Reserve Injury: Lacerated tendon, ankle
Markov will be out for at least four months after slicing a tendon in his ankle.
Expected Return: 02/02/10
09/21/09 Olivier Fortier C Injured Reserve Injury: Shoulder
Fortier will miss four months after undergoing shoulder surgery.
Expected Return: 02/02/10
Georges Laraque RW Injury:
The NHL suspended Laraque five games for a hit on Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall.
Expected Return: 12/04/09
New Jersey Devils
11/21/09 Dainius Zubrus C Injured Reserve Injury: Fractured right patella
Zubrus is out for New Jersey with a fractured right patella.
Expected Return: 01/05/10
New York Islanders
11/07/09 Radek Martinek D Injured Reserve Injury: Torn right ACL
Martinek is out for the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee on Friday night in the third period of a 2-1 loss at New Jersey.
Expected Return: 10/02/10
11/07/09 Doug Weight C Injured Reserve Injury: Upper-body injury
Weight has suffered an undisclosed upper-body injury.
Expected Return: 12/16/09
09/29/09 Jeremy Reich LW Injured Reserve Injury: Broken wrist
Reich suffered a broken wrist in a preseason fight, Newsday reported. He's expected to miss at least two months.
Expected Return: 12/03/09
09/14/09 Rick DiPietro G Injured Reserve Injury: Knee surgery
DiPietro is out indefinitely with a knee injury.
Expected Return: 12/29/09
11/08/09 Brandon Dubinsky C Injured Reserve Injury: Broken right hand
Dubinsky is out four to six weeks with a hand injury.
Expected Return: 01/04/10
Ottawa Senators
11/22/09 Pascal Leclaire G Day-to-Day Injury: Fractured cheekbone
Leclaire will be sidelined about a month with a broken cheekbone. The team said Tuesday that he suffered the injury while sitting on the bench during the 4-3 overtime win Monday against Washington.
Expected Return: 12/23/09
11/21/09 Shean Donovan RW Injured Reserve Injury: Right knee
Donovan missed the Nov. 21 game against Buffalo with a knee injury.
Expected Return: 01/07/10
Philadelphia Flyers
11/22/09 Blair Betts C Injured Reserve Injury: Dislocated right shoulder
Betts returned to the locker room late in the first period with a dislocated right shoulder in Saturday's 3-1 loss to Phoenix.
Expected Return: 01/01/10
11/21/09 Darroll Powe C Injured Reserve Injury: Strained shoulder
Powe has not played since Nov. 20 because of a strained left shoulder.
Expected Return: 11/27/09
11/17/09 Arron Asham RW Injured Reserve Injury: Strained left oblique muscle
Asham left the Flyers' 3-2 win over New Jersey on Monday in the second period with a left oblique strain and is expected to miss 10 to 14 days.
Expected Return: 11/27/09
11/08/09 Ole-Kristian Tollefsen D Day-to-Day Injury: Mild concussion
Tollefsen has not played since Nov. 7 after slamming into the boards in the third period of a win against St. Louis but should return soon.
Expected Return: 12/03/09
10/26/09 Simon Gagne LW Injured Reserve Injury: Sports hernias surgery, right groin
Gagne will have hernia and abdominal surgery Tuesday and will miss six to eight weeks, general manger Paul Holmgren said.
Expected Return: 12/17/09
09/14/09 Mike Rathje D Injured Reserve Injury: Back
Rathje remains on the long-term injury list for the Flyers.
Expected Return: 01/01/10
Phoenix Coyotes
11/05/09 Zbynek Michalek D Injured Reserve Injury: Lower-body injury
Michalek , who has missed eight games, skated in full equipment for the first time Sunday since his lower-body injury.
Expected Return: 12/07/09
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