Injury Report: NHL injuries today, IR and day-to-day returns
Complete injury tracking with IR status, injury details, and return timelines. Source: ESPN. Checked every 15 minutes. Each player links to his player page and to Who Benefits, which shows who absorbs his ice time and power-play spot.
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Current Injuries
| Player | Team | Position | Status | Injury Details | Start Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who benefits → | ANA | LW | Day-To-Day | Upper Body day-to-day | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | ANA | C | Injured Reserve | Lower Body Poehling (knee) is expected to miss 6-8 weeks with an MCL sprain. | Oct 13 |
| Who benefits → | ANA | RW | Injured Reserve | Hip Terry (hip) was moved from the non-roster list to long-term injured reserve Wednesday, Zach Cavanagh of The Sporting Tribune reports. | Sep 30 |
| Who benefits → | ANA | D | Injured Reserve | Lower Body ir | Sep 28 |
| Who benefits → | BUF | D | Day-To-Day | Upper Body day-to-day | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | BUF | D | Injured Reserve | Lower Body Grzelcyk (lower body) suffered a "flare-up" and could be out for at least "a few days," head coach Lindy Ruff told Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News on Tuesday. | Oct 13 |
| Who benefits → | BUF | LW | Injured Reserve | Abdomen Zucker (abdomen) participated in Tuesday's morning skate but is still a few weeks away from returning to game action, Matthew Fairburn of The Athletic reports. | Oct 6 |
| BUF | G | Injured Reserve | Upper Body Lyon (upper body) was spotted practicing at Tuesday's optional morning skate, per Matthew Fairburn of The Athletic. | Oct 6 | |
| Who benefits → | BUF | D | Injured Reserve | Lower Body Timmins (lower body) doesn't have a timeline for his return yet, according to Heather Engel of NHL.com on Tuesday. | Sep 29 |
Topias Leinonen | BUF | G | Injured Reserve | Lower Body Leinonen (lower body) was placed on the injured non-roster list Monday. | Sep 28 |
Jack Rathbone | BUF | D | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed ir-nr | Sep 28 |
| Who benefits → | CGY | LW | Out | Lower Body The Flames announced Monday that Honzek is considered week-to-week due to a lower-body injury. | Oct 12 |
| Who benefits → | CGY | LW | Injured Reserve | Hip Huberdeau (hip) was placed on injured reserve Monday, per Pat Steinberg of QR Calgary 770 AM. | Sep 28 |
| Who benefits → | CAR | D | Injured Reserve | Contract Dispute Nikishin (contract dispute) is on the Hurricanes' injured, non-roster list, per the NHL media site Wednesday. | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | CAR | LW | Out | Upper Body out | Oct 13 |
| Who benefits → | CAR | C | Out | Calf out | Oct 13 |
| Who benefits → | CAR | C | Injured Reserve | Shoulder Jarvis (shoulder) was placed on the injured non-roster list Sunday. | Sep 27 |
| Who benefits → | CHI | LW | Injured Reserve | Lower Body ir | Oct 7 |
| Who benefits → | COL | LW | Day-To-Day | Upper Body day-to-day | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | COL | D | Day-To-Day | Personal day-to-day | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | COL | RW | Injured Reserve | Lower Body O'Connor (lower body) will not play Thursday in Calgary following the sudden passing of his father, Myles. | Oct 8 |
| Who benefits → | COL | C | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed Merkulov (undisclosed) was put on non-roster injured reserve Monday. | Sep 28 |
| Who benefits → | DAL | C | Out | Illness Johnston (illness) is hoping to be available for Saturday's matchup with Chicago, Lia Assimakopoulos of The Dallas Morning News reports. | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | DAL | C | Injured Reserve | Abdomen Duchene will be out for approximately three months after undergoing surgery to repair a core injury, the team announced Monday. | Oct 12 |
Luke Krys | DAL | D | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed ir-nr | Sep 29 |
| Who benefits → | DAL | C | Injured Reserve | Upper Body ir-nr | Sep 29 |
| Who benefits → | DET | D | Injured Reserve | Contract Dispute Edvinsson (contract dispute) is on the Red Wings' injured, non-roster list, per the NHL media site Wednesday. | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | DET | LW | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed Compher (undisclosed) will not be available versus the Devils on Tuesday, Ansar Khan of MLive.com reports. | Oct 13 |
| Who benefits → | DET | C | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed ir | Oct 6 |
| Who benefits → | DET | C | Injured Reserve | Upper Body Kasper (upper body) has been given a week-to-week timetable for return. | Oct 6 |
| Who benefits → | EDM | D | Day-To-Day | Upper Body day-to-day | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | EDM | LW | Day-To-Day | Undisclosed day-to-day | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | EDM | C | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed ir | Oct 7 |
| Who benefits → | EDM | D | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed Regula (undisclosed) was designated for long-term injured reserve Thursday. | Oct 1 |
| Who benefits → | EDM | C | Injured Reserve | Lower Body The Oilers placed Nugent-Hopkins (lower body) on injured reserve Thursday. | Oct 1 |
| Who benefits → | EDM | C | Injured Reserve | Lower Body Savoie (lower body) was shifted to long-term injured reserve Thursday. | Oct 1 |
| EDM | G | Injured Reserve | Knee Andersen (knee) isn't expected back until "maybe" December, head coach Mike Babcock told NHL.com on Tuesday. | Sep 29 | |
| Who benefits → | EDM | C | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed Janmark (undisclosed) does not have a timetable for his return from injury. | Sep 29 |
James Stefan | EDM | RW | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed ir-nr | Sep 29 |
Atro Leppanen | EDM | D | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed ir-nr | Sep 29 |
| FLA | G | Day-To-Day | Undisclosed day-to-day | Oct 14 | |
| Who benefits → | FLA | D | Day-To-Day | Undisclosed day-to-day | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | FLA | LW | Injured Reserve | Leg ir | Oct 12 |
| Who benefits → | FLA | C | Injured Reserve | Lower Body Barkov (lower body) will be out for approximately 6-8 weeks, Jameson Olive of the Panthers' official site reports Tuesday. | Oct 6 |
| Who benefits → | FLA | LW | Injured Reserve | Upper Body Gadjovich (upper body) is out indefinitely, the team announced Thursday. | Sep 17 |
| Who benefits → | LAK | C | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed ir | Oct 10 |
| Who benefits → | LAK | RW | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed ir | Oct 10 |
Jakub Dvorak | LAK | D | Injured Reserve | Upper Body ir-nr | Sep 24 |
Jan Jenik | LAK | C | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed Jenik (undisclosed) was placed on non-roster injured reserve by Los Angeles on Thursday, per Zach Dooley of LA Kings Insider. | Sep 24 |
| Who benefits → | LAK | LW | Injured Reserve | Lower Leg Fiala (lower leg fracture) is at least three weeks away from being ready to play, Zach Dooley of the Kings' official site reports Thursday. | Sep 17 |
| Who benefits → | MIN | D | Day-To-Day | Upper Body day-to-day | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | MIN | C | Injured Reserve | Upper Body Sturm (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Tuesday. | Oct 13 |
| Who benefits → | MIN | LW | Injured Reserve | Lower Body ir | Oct 12 |
| MIN | G | Injured Reserve | Hip Gustavsson (hip) was placed on long-term injured reserve Friday. | Oct 9 | |
| Who benefits → | MIN | LW | Injured Reserve | Upper Body ir | Oct 9 |
| Who benefits → | MIN | D | Injured Reserve | Skull Faber underwent a procedure to repair his fractured skull and is without a timetable to return, per Michael Russo of The Athletic. | Sep 29 |
| Who benefits → | MTL | D | Out | Lower Body out | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | MTL | LW | Day-To-Day | Undisclosed day-to-day | Oct 14 |
| MTL | G | Injured Reserve | Lower Body ir | Oct 10 | |
| Who benefits → | MTL | C | Injured Reserve | Lower Body ir | Oct 10 |
| Who benefits → | MTL | RW | Injured Reserve | Lower Body Demidov (lower body) was placed on injured reserve by the Canadiens on Tuesday, per the NHL media site. | Oct 6 |
Bryce Pickford | MTL | D | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed ir-nr | Sep 29 |
Lucas Condotta | MTL | LW | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed ir-nr | Sep 29 |
| Who benefits → | NSH | C | Day-To-Day | Upper Body day-to-day | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | NJD | RW | Day-To-Day | Illness day-to-day | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | NJD | RW | Injured Reserve | Lower Body ir | Oct 12 |
| Who benefits → | NJD | C | Injured Reserve | Pectoral Bjugstad (pectoral) was transferred to long-term injured reserve Friday, per PuckPedia. | Oct 9 |
| Who benefits → | NJD | D | Injured Reserve | Knee Casey will be out of action for 6-8 weeks after undergoing a knee procedure, Kristy Flannery of The Hockey News reports Friday. | Oct 2 |
| Who benefits → | NYI | C | Injured Reserve | Knee Barzal (knee) has been skating on his own, but there is no timeline for his return, according to Andrew Gross of Newsday on Monday. | Oct 12 |
| Who benefits → | NYI | D | Out | Knee out | Oct 7 |
| NYR | G | Injured Reserve | Knee Shesterkin will require surgery and a lengthy rehab process to address his season-ending right knee injury, Vince Z. Mercogliano of The Athletic reports Sunday. | Oct 11 | |
| Who benefits → | NYR | C | Injured Reserve | Lower Body Veleno (lower body) was placed on long-term injured reserve Saturday, Vince Z. Mercogliano of The Athletic reports. | Oct 10 |
| NYR | G | Injured Reserve | Lower Body Korpisalo (lower body) will miss at least four more weeks, per Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet on Saturday. | Oct 10 | |
Aidan Thompson | NYR | C | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed ir-nr | Sep 29 |
| Who benefits → | NYR | LW | Injured Reserve | Lower Body ir | Sep 28 |
| Who benefits → | OTT | D | Day-To-Day | Lower Body day-to-day | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | OTT | C | Day-To-Day | Strain day-to-day | Oct 13 |
| Who benefits → | OTT | D | Out | Upper Body Matinpalo (upper body) won't play against St. Louis on Tuesday, and there is no timeline for his return, Bruce Garrioch of Postmedia reports. | Oct 13 |
| Who benefits → | OTT | D | Injured Reserve | Knee Zub (knee) is slated to remain sidelined against the Blues on Tuesday, per Mike Morreale of NHL.com. | Oct 12 |
| Who benefits → | OTT | D | Injured Reserve | Illness ir | Oct 11 |
| Who benefits → | OTT | LW | Injured Reserve | Ankle Eklund (ankle) was moved to injured reserve Saturday, according to Claire Hanna of TSN. | Oct 10 |
| Who benefits → | OTT | LW | Injured Reserve | Upper Body MacDermid (upper body) was moved to the injured non-roster list Monday. | Sep 28 |
| Who benefits → | PHI | D | Out | Upper Body out | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | PHI | D | Injured Reserve | Upper Body Ristolainen (upper body) won't travel with the Flyers ahead of Thursday's game against the Red Wings but is closing in on a return, Charlie O'Connor of PHLY Sports reports. | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | PHI | RW | Injured Reserve | Lower Body Konecny (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Sunday, according to the NHL media site. | Oct 11 |
| Who benefits → | PHI | RW | Injured Reserve | Back Grebenkin (back) underwent successful surgery and is expected to miss at least four months. | Oct 10 |
| Who benefits → | PIT | D | Injured Reserve | Lower Body ir | Oct 12 |
| Who benefits → | PIT | RW | Injured Reserve | Lower Body Brazeau (lower body) was placed on injured reserve by the Penguins on Sunday. | Sep 27 |
| Who benefits → | PIT | D | Injured Reserve | Knee Graves (lower body) is out indefinitely and was placed on injured reserve Sunday. | Sep 27 |
| Who benefits → | SJS | D | Day-To-Day | Undisclosed Nurse was unable to finish Tuesday's game versus the Bruins after getting injured in a fight, and there was no update on his status after the contest, Max Miller of NHL.com reports. | Oct 14 |
Quentin Musty | SJS | LW | Injured Reserve | Upper Body Musty (upper body) was put on non-roster injured reserve Monday, according to Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News. | Sep 28 |
Cam Lund | SJS | C | Injured Reserve | Upper Body Lund (upper body) was placed on non-roster injured reserve by the Sharks on Monday, Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News reports. | Sep 28 |
Kyle Keyser | SJS | G | Injured Reserve | Upper Body Keyser (upper body) was placed on non-roster injured reserve by the Sharks on Monday, Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News reports. | Sep 28 |
| Who benefits → | SEA | RW | Injured Reserve | Chest Melanson's upper-body injury was diagnosed Saturday as an anterior mediastinum hematoma with vascular pseudo aneurysm. He will continue to be evaluated and is out indefinitely. | Oct 10 |
| Who benefits → | SEA | D | Injured Reserve | Upper Body Lindgren (upper body) was placed on injured reserve by the Kraken on Thursday and is expected to miss four to six weeks. | Oct 8 |
Jake O'Brien | SEA | C | Injured Reserve | Lower Body O'Brien (lower body) was placed on non-roster injured reserve Wednesday. | Sep 30 |
Torey Krug | STL | D | Injured Reserve | Ankle Krug (ankle) was placed on long-term injured reserve by the Blues on Monday, per PuckPedia. | Oct 12 |
| Who benefits → | STL | C | Injured Reserve | Neck ir | Oct 10 |
| Who benefits → | STL | RW | Injured Reserve | Upper Body ir | Oct 5 |
| Who benefits → | STL | D | Injured Reserve | Knee Tucker had arthroscopic knee surgery and will be re-assessed in six weeks, the team announced Wednesday. | Sep 30 |
Felix Trudeau | STL | LW | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed ir-nr | Sep 29 |
| Who benefits → | STL | D | Injured Reserve | Hand ir | Sep 28 |
| TBL | G | Day-To-Day | Undisclosed day-to-day | Oct 14 | |
| Who benefits → | TBL | C | Injured Reserve | Hip Gourde (hip) was placed on the injured non-roster list Monday. | Sep 28 |
| Who benefits → | TOR | D | Injured Reserve | Upper Body ir | Oct 11 |
| Who benefits → | TOR | C | Injured Reserve | Abdomen Joshua (abdomen) has been moved from the non-roster list to long-term injured reserve, PuckPedia reports Wednesday. | Sep 30 |
| Who benefits → | TOR | C | Injured Reserve | Back Domi (back) was transferred from the non-roster list to long-term injured reserve Wednesday, per PuckPedia. | Sep 30 |
Cade Webber | TOR | D | Injured Reserve | Elbow ir-nr | Sep 29 |
| TOR | G | Injured Reserve | Shoulder Merzlikins is expected to miss 4-6 months to begin the 2026-27 regular season while recovering from a shoulder injury, per Luke Fox of Sportsnet. | Sep 29 | |
| Who benefits → | TOR | D | Injured Reserve | Knee ir-nr | Sep 29 |
| Who benefits → | UTA | LW | Out | Upper Body Carcone is week-to-week due to his upper-body injury, the team announced Saturday. | Oct 10 |
| Who benefits → | UTA | D | Injured Reserve | Shoulder ir | Sep 28 |
Jack Thompson | VAN | D | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed ir-nr | Sep 29 |
Akil Thomas | VAN | C | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed ir-nr | Sep 29 |
| Who benefits → | VAN | LW | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed ir-nr | Sep 29 |
| VAN | G | Injured Reserve | Hip Co-president of hockey operations Henrik Sedin said Monday that he hopes Demko (hip) will be ready to return before Christmas, Kevin Woodley of NHL.com reports. | Sep 28 | |
| Who benefits → | VAN | C | Injured Reserve | Shoulder ir | Sep 25 |
| Who benefits → | VGK | D | Out | Upper Body out | Oct 12 |
Lukas Cormier | VGK | D | Injured Reserve | Undisclosed ir | Sep 29 |
| Who benefits → | WSH | LW | Day-To-Day | Illness day-to-day | Oct 14 |
| Who benefits → | WSH | D | Injured Reserve | Knee Sandin (knee) was placed on long-term injured reserve Monday. | Oct 12 |
| Who benefits → | WSH | D | Injured Reserve | Lower Body ir | Oct 12 |
Patrick Thomas | WSH | C | Injured Reserve | Upper Body ir-nr | Sep 29 |
| Who benefits → | WPG | D | Day-To-Day | Wrist day-to-day | Oct 14 |
| WPG | G | Injured Reserve | Suspension ir-nr | Oct 2 | |
Garrett Brown | WPG | C | Injured Reserve | Lower Body ir-nr | Sep 29 |
| Who benefits → | WPG | RW | Injured Reserve | Lower Body ir-nr | Sep 29 |
| Who benefits → | WPG | D | Injured Reserve | Shoulder ir-nr | Sep 29 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How often is injury information updated?
We check ESPN’s injury feed every 15 minutes. Individual reports may be older; check the player’s latest update before making a roster decision.
What do the injury statuses mean?
IR means the player is on injured reserve and cannot play. Day-to-Day means the player could return soon. Out means the player is not playing but not on IR.