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VANCOUVER — Red-hot Vancouver Canucks winger Mikael Samuelsson will be sidelined two to three weeks with a shoulder injury.
Samuelsson was injured during the third period of Tuesday’s 5-2 loss to the New York Islanders and underwent an MRI on Wednesday. The Canucks recalled Michael Grabner from the AHL’s Manitoba Moose to take his place.
The 33-year-old Samuelsson had Continue reading ‘Canucks lose 30-goal Samuelsson to injury’
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DETROIT — Detroit right winger Tomas Holmstrom left the Red Wings’ game against Ottawa on Saturday night because of a left knee injury, leaving him questionable to play for Sweden in the Olympics.
Holmstrom missed 13 games in January because of a knee injury and returned for three games before sitting out Tuesday night in St. Louis. He returned Thursday night against San Jose, then left in the first period Continue reading ‘Holmstrom leaves game with knee injury’
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DENVER — Colorado Avalanche forward Milan Hejduk will be out the next two to four weeks after undergoing an arthroscopic procedure on his knee.
Hejduk has already missed six games this season because of the injury, including Saturday’s 3-1 win over the New Jersey Devils.
During Sunday’s practice, T.J. Galiardi and Brandon Yip played the wings on a line centred by Matt Duchene, the spot usually held Continue reading ‘Avs’ Hejduk out 2-4 weeks with knee injury’
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Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Mike Komisarek will miss the next two games with an upper body injury.
Head coach Ron Wilson made the announcement after the morning skate on Tuesday. There is no indication as to when Komisarek suffered the injury, the U.S. defenceman did log 20-plus minutes in the loss to Calgary on Saturday night. Komisarek was placed on the injured reserve in November with a quadricep Continue reading ‘Komisarek out two games with upper body injury’
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OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators will wait until after the two-day Christmas break to provide an update on the severity of captain Daniel Alfredsson’s shoulder injury.
He injured his left shoulder in the first period of an 8-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night.
Alfredsson met with a team doctor when he returned to Ottawa on Thursday. Head coach Cory Clouston will provide more details after Continue reading ‘Alfie sees doctor, news on injury Saturday’
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One day after scoring his second goal in as many games against the Buffalo Sabres, Viktor Stalberg missed the Maple Leafs practice on Tuesday with an upper body injury.
Toronto coach Ron Wilson listed Stalberg as day-to-day and will not make the road trip to Long Island. The native of Gothenburg, Sweden left Monday night’s game in the second period after colliding with Sabres forward Adam Mair. Stalberg Continue reading ‘Leafs’ Stalberg day-to-day with upper body injury’
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LOS ANGELES — Just when the Los Angeles Kings had grown to love Ryan Smyth’s contributions to their top line, they lost the gritty winger for what could be a month.
Smyth is expected to be out of the Kings’ lineup for a few weeks because of an upper-body injury, the club disclosed Wednesday. It’s the first big dose of adversity for Los Angeles, which has the Western Conference’s third best record early Continue reading ‘Rib injury may sideline Kings’ Smyth a month’
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VANCOUVER — One Vancouver Canuck recovering from shoulder surgery could be in the lineup this weekend but another has had a major setback.
Coach Alain Vigneault said Friday that veteran winger Pavol Demitra required a second round of arthroscopic surgery to repair rotator cuff damage and is out indefinitely.
However, newcomer Mathieu Schneider, who also had a torn rotator cuff, could play Sunday against Continue reading ‘Demitra suffers shoulder injury setback’
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DALLAS — The Dallas Stars have placed centre Steve Ott on injured reserve with a rib cage muscle injury.
The move Friday came five days after Ott injured an oblique muscle against Vancouver. He has one assist and nine penalty minutes in four games this year.
Ott will miss his second game Friday night against Boston.
To replace Ott, Dallas recalled centre Aaron Gagnon from the Texas Stars Continue reading ‘Stars put Ott on IR with rib cage injury’
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Wild centre Mikko Koivu will miss at least a week with a knee injury and could miss the rest of the regular season.
Koivu was hurt in Sunday’s victory over Edmonton.
Assistant general manager Tom Lynn says Koivu had an MRI and saw team doctors on Monday and will be out at least seven days. Lynn also said Koivu could miss all 10 games through Minnesota’s regular-season finale on April 11.
