On the Ottawa Senators …
TSN: Defenseman Erik Karlsson missed last night’s game with a lower-body injury.
On the Detroit Red Wings …
Ansar Khan: Coach Jeff Blashill said that Andreas Athanasiou is day-to-day still from the lingering issues from the cross-check he received in OT in the Carolina game.
On the Philadelphia Flyers …
Dave Isaac: Goaltender Michal Neuvirth has an upper-body injury.
On the Boston Bruins …
Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: Bruins defenseman Torey Krug left the arena last night on crutches and a with a big brace on his right knee. Krug left in the first period and the Bruins are only calling it a lower-body injury.
On the Anaheim Ducks …
Eric Stephens of the OC Register: The Ducks will be without defenseman Cam Fowler for the next two to six weeks according to GM Bob Murray. Fowler took a knee-on-knee hit by Flames defenseman Mark Giordano on Tuesday.
“It could come around really quickly and it could not come around quickly,” Murray said. “We’ll know much more by the time the playoffs start. I’m not avoiding anything. It’s just the way this injury is.”
Fowler had ligament knee sprains in 2013-14 and 2015-16.
Giordano didn’t receive a penalty on the play, nor did he have a hearing with the Department of Player Safety. Murray was not impressed.
“If that’s the standard, that’s the standard. I have no use.” Instead, Murray took aim at the Flames’ captain, making a likely reference to a 2011 knee-on-knee hit on then-Ducks forward Bobby Ryan.
“The big thing in hockey today is concussions,” Murray continued. “But I still, as an old player, have no use for knee-on-knee hits. Especially if I think they’re somewhat intentional.
“I hear how Gio’s a good guy and he’s this and he’s that. The media in Toronto saying ‘Well, he’s a good guy.’ He’s done this before. I have no respect for people who go after knees. I’m sorry, but knees, they wreck your careers real quick. I don’t like it. I know I’ve said too much but I don’t care.”
