Corey Long: The Carolina Hurricanes healthy scratched Jaccob Slavin as they didn’t want him playing in back-to-back games coming off his lower-body injury.
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on Hurricanes Seth Jarvis: “Yes. So one of the big story lines, obviously, with Seth Jarvis night. And the good news is that everyone here seems to be hopeful, but there will be no firm statement until he sees the doctor. This is the last game of Carolina’s road trip. They’re in Tampa night. They’ll go home, but it seems to be hopeful that this will not be anything that knocks him out for the Olympics. The Hurricanes, by the way, are furious that there was no penalty called on that play.”
Sportsnet: Friedman on the Chicago Blackhawks: “Meanwhile, Frank Nazar, he is out four weeks, Jeff Blashill said post game and he got hit with the puck here, no chance to get out of the way of that. Nazar, tremendous young player, broke a recent scoring slump, and that was bad to see that he is out.”
Frank Nazar takes a puck to the face and goes straight to the dressing 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 to the wild who are red hot. They are going home. They play Vegas tomorrow night, and at that time, we should get more clarity on Tristan Jarry, who left the win the other night. And you know, obviously everybody here is really concerned. They just got him, but we don’t know probably more until .”
Tristan Jarry has left the game for the Oilers with an 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 a shot. He was limping after the game and there was no update.
Forward Miles Wood missed last night’s game with an undisclosed injury.
NHL: Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin had surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn ACL and they’ll re-evaluate him him after the Olympics.
Jessi Pierce: The Minnesota Wild got plenty of reinforcements back from injury 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 period with a lower-body injury and won’t be travelling with the team to Pittsburgh for today’s game.
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Robby Stanley: Nashville Predators forward Jonathan Marchessault missed last night’s game with a lower-body injury.
Dan Rosen: New York Rangers forward J.T. Miller left last night’s game in the third period after taking a hit from Nick Seeler to the right shoulder. Coach Mike Sullivan only said that he was being evaluated after the game.
Sportsnet: Friedman on the Ottawa Senators: “So Rocky Kleven of the of the Ottawa Senators, got hurt , and he won’t play . Did I call him Rocky Kleven? Tyler Kleven. What am I doing? So he will not play , and he suffered an ankle injury. They’re waiting like that would be a big loss. He’s, he’s a heck of a player, but still no determination at this time as to what this is going to be.”
Philadelphia Flyers: Goaltender Dan Vladar (upper-body) and forward Christian Dvorak (lower-body) missed yesterday’s game and are day-to-day.
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Sportsnet: Friedman on two Vegas Golden Knights players: “Just for people who aren’t familiar, they got a couple key Olympians out, Shea Theodore, Jack Eichel, no concern about either of them being affected for the Olympics.”
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