MONTREAL — Montreal Canadiens defenceman Andrei Markov will be out three weeks and fellow blue-liner Mathieu Schneider is out for the season, a Quebec television station reported Monday.
A Canadiens spokesman said the team will comment after Montreal’s game Monday against the Ottawa Senators.
Both Markov and Schneider were injured in Montreal’s 6-2 win Saturday night in Toronto.
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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.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres all-star Thomas Vanek will be sidelined three to four weeks after having surgery Sunday to repair a fractured jaw.
Vanek, whose 32 goals ranks third in the league, was hurt in the first period Saturday night in Ottawa after being struck in the face by a slapshot by Senators defenceman Anton Volchenkov.
The Austrian native clutched his bloodied mouth and immediately skated off the ice and into Continue reading ‘Sabres lose leading scorer Vanek’
COLUMBUS, Ohio. — Goalie Pascal Leclaire of the Columbus Blue Jackets will undergo ankle surgery and is expected to be sidelined 10-to-12 weeks, the NHL club announced Tuesday.
Leclaire’s operation is scheduled for Friday.
Leclaire, 26, has appeared in 12 games this season, posting a 4-6-1 record with a 3.83 goals-against average and .867 save percentage. He last suited up for a game Dec. 18 at Dallas.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets claimed goaltender Wade Dubielewicz off waivers from the New York Islanders on Saturday and assigned goaltender Dan LaCosta to the club’s American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse.
Dubielewicz will back up rookie star Steve Mason while Pascal Leclaire’s status remains uncertain. Leclaire has an ankle injury that may require season-ending surgery.
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ARLINGTON, Va. — Washington Capitals forward Chris Clark will be sidelined at least three weeks with a stress fracture in his forearm, the latest injury setback for a team that had to recall four players from the minors for Wednesday night’s game against the Atlanta Thrashers.
Defencemen Karl Alzner and Sami Lepisto and forwards Chris Bourque and Graham Mink were recalled from Hershey of the AHL by the Capitals, who were missing Continue reading ‘Caps lose F Clark for three weeks’
TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Mike Smith missed Sunday’s game with New Jersey because of an undisclosed lower-body injury.
Olaf Kolzig replaced Smith, who is listed as day to day.
The Lightning recalled goalie Karri Ramo from Norfolk of the AHL to serve as Kolzig’s backup. Tampa Bay also brought up defenceman Jamie Heward from Norfolk.
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OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have lost the services of forwards Mike Fisher and Chris Neil as the slumping club tries to get out of its tailspin.
The Senators, winless in five games and having fallen to last place in the Eastern Conference, announced Wednesday that Fisher could miss the next couple of weeks after straining ligaments in his right knee.
The centre was injured when he tweaked his knee in a shootout Continue reading ‘Senators lose Fisher, Neil to injury’
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks could be without forward Pavol Demitra for a month with a rib injury.
Demitra has a fractured cartilage in his eighth rib and will be gone for three to four weeks, Alain Vigneault, coach of the NHL team, said Thursday.
Demitra, signed as a free agent over the summer, had an MRI done Wednesday and will see a specialist Friday.
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