2026-27 NHL injuries
NHL Injury Report
Every player with an injury status, estimated returns, and what changed since the day before. From ESPN injury reports via sportsdataverse.
SeasonOpens Tue, Sep 29tomorrow
Games this week39Sep 28–Oct 4
Players out56plus 44 day-to-day
Last check4:25 AM ETSep 28 · checked hourly
01 // Status changesChecked Sep 27, 10:27 PM ET
43 changes from the Sep 26 report to the Sep 27 report.
- A.J. Greer ANA LW Out → DTD
- Drew Helleson ANA D Out → DTD
- Pavel Mintyukov ANA D New DTD
- Matthew Poitras BOS C Out → DTD
- Alex Lyon BUF G Out → DTD
- Jiri Kulich BUF C Off the list was Out
- Olen Zellweger BUF D Out → DTD
- Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF G New DTD
- Damon Severson CBJ D New DTD
- Cameron Hughes DAL C Out → DTD
- Colin Blackwell DAL C Out → DTD
- Jake Oettinger DAL G Out → DTD
- Matt Duchene DAL C Out → DTD
- Dylan Larkin DET C Out → DTD
- Jacob Bernard-Docker DET D Out → DTD
- Alec Regula EDM D Out → IR
- Frederik Andersen EDM G New IR
- Jason Dickinson EDM C Out → IR
- Matt Savoie EDM C New IR
- Brady Tkachuk FLA LW Out → DTD
- Joel Edmundson LAK D New DTD
- Mats Zuccarello LAK RW Off the list was DTD
- Johnathan Kovacevic NJD D New DTD
- Mathew Barzal NYI C Out → DTD
- Vincent Iorio NYR D Out → DTD
- Jake Sanderson OTT D Out → DTD
- Kurtis MacDermid OTT LW Out → DTD
- Warren Foegele OTT LW Out → DTD
- Dan Vladar PHI G Out → DTD
- Denver Barkey PHI C Out → DTD
- Andrei Kuzmenko PIT LW Out → DTD
- Ben Kindel PIT C Out → IR
- Blake Lizotte PIT C Out → IR
- Bryan Rust PIT RW New DTD
- Justin Brazeau PIT RW Out → IR
- Ryan Graves PIT D Out → IR
- Tristan Broz PIT C New DTD
- Mackie Samoskevich SEA RW New DTD
- Logan Mailloux STL D New DTD
- Dakota Joshua TOR C Out → DTD
- Michael Carcone UTA LW Off the list was DTD
- Alex Ovechkin WSH LW Out → DTD
- Patrick Thomas WSH C Out → DTD
02 // Injury report100 players · report of Sep 27
| Ian Moore | ANA | D | Out | Lower body | Oct 16 |
| Troy Terry | ANA | RW | Out | Hip, surgery | Nov 21 |
| A.J. Greer | ANA | LW | DTD | Upper body | Oct 2 |
| Drew Helleson | ANA | D | DTD | Lower body | Oct 2 |
| Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | D | DTD | Illness | Oct 2 |
| Charlie McAvoy | BOS | D | Suspended | Suspension | Oct 13 |
| Matthew Poitras | BOS | C | DTD | Lower body | Sep 29 |
| Jason Zucker | BUF | LW | Out | Abdomen, surgery | Oct 15 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | BUF | D | Out | Lower body | Oct 3 |
| Alex Lyon | BUF | G | DTD | Upper body | Oct 1 |
| Olen Zellweger | BUF | D | DTD | Concussion | Oct 1 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | BUF | G | DTD | Lower body | Oct 1 |
| Alexander Nikishin | CAR | D | Out | Contract dispute | Sep 29 |
| Seth Jarvis | CAR | C | Out | Shoulder, surgery | Oct 24 |
| Elvis Merzlikins | CBJ | G | IR | Shoulder, surgery | Nov 30 |
| Damon Severson | CBJ | D | DTD | Shoulder, surgery | Oct 1 |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | CGY | LW | IR | Hip, surgery | Oct 10 |
| Henry Mews | CGY | D | Out | Left knee | Oct 2 |
| Connor Bedard | CHI | C | Out | Shoulder | Nov 7 |
| Trent Miner | COL | G | Out | Undisclosed | Sep 30 |
| Jaxon Fuder | DAL | C | Out | Undisclosed | Oct 5 |
| Tristan Bertucci | DAL | D | Out | Undisclosed | Oct 5 |
| Cameron Hughes | DAL | C | DTD | Upper body | Oct 2 |
| Colin Blackwell | DAL | C | DTD | Lower body | Oct 2 |
| Jake Oettinger | DAL | G | DTD | Lower body | Oct 2 |
| Matt Duchene | DAL | C | DTD | Undisclosed | Oct 2 |
| Carter Bear | DET | LW | Out | Upper body | Oct 6 |
| Dylan Larkin | DET | C | DTD | Upper body | Oct 2 |
| Jacob Bernard-Docker | DET | D | DTD | Upper body | Oct 2 |
| Alec Regula | EDM | D | IR | Undisclosed | Oct 3 |
| Frederik Andersen | EDM | G | IR | Undisclosed | Oct 20 |
| Jason Dickinson | EDM | C | IR | Foot | Oct 17 |
| Matt Savoie | EDM | C | IR | Undisclosed | Oct 20 |
| Mattias Janmark | EDM | C | IR | Undisclosed, surgery | Oct 3 |
| Brad Marchand | FLA | LW | IR | Lower body | Nov 2 |
| Jonah Gadjovich | FLA | LW | IR | Upper body, surgery | Oct 17 |
| Brady Tkachuk | FLA | LW | DTD | Undisclosed | Sep 29 |
| Jakub Dvorak | LAK | D | IR | Upper body | Oct 6 |
| Jan Jenik | LAK | C | IR | Undisclosed | Oct 6 |
| Kevin Fiala | LAK | LW | IR | Left lower leg, surgery | Oct 3 |
| Otto Salin | LAK | D | Out | Undisclosed | Sep 30 |
| Corey Perry | LAK | RW | DTD | Personal | Sep 30 |
| Joel Edmundson | LAK | D | DTD | Undisclosed | Sep 30 |
| Filip Gustavsson | MIN | G | Out | Hip, surgery | Nov 1 |
| Brock Faber | MIN | D | DTD | Upper body | Oct 1 |
| Kaiden Guhle | MTL | D | Out | Groin, surgery | Oct 23 |
| Ivan Demidov | MTL | RW | DTD | Foot | Sep 29 |
| Nick Bjugstad | NJD | C | Out | Left pectoral, surgery | Jan 19 |
| Seamus Casey | NJD | D | Out | Knee | Oct 1 |
| Johnathan Kovacevic | NJD | D | DTD | Right knee | Oct 1 |
| Mathew Barzal | NYI | C | DTD | Knee | Sep 30 |
| Adam Sykora | NYR | LW | Out | Lower body | Jan 25 |
| Aidan Thompson | NYR | C | Out | Undisclosed | Oct 1 |
| Vincent Iorio | NYR | D | DTD | Lower body | Sep 29 |
| Artem Zub | OTT | D | Out | Knee | Oct 10 |
| Jake Sanderson | OTT | D | DTD | Undisclosed | Oct 3 |
| Jorian Donovan | OTT | D | DTD | Undisclosed | Oct 3 |
| Kurtis MacDermid | OTT | LW | DTD | Upper body | Oct 3 |
| Shane Pinto | OTT | C | DTD | Undisclosed | Oct 3 |
| Warren Foegele | OTT | LW | DTD | Undisclosed | Oct 3 |
| Dan Vladar | PHI | G | DTD | Upper body | Sep 30 |
| Denver Barkey | PHI | C | DTD | Lower body | Sep 30 |
| Helge Grans | PHI | D | DTD | Lower body | Sep 30 |
| Ben Kindel | PIT | C | IR | Lower body | Oct 7 |
| Blake Lizotte | PIT | C | IR | Upper body | Oct 5 |
| Gabriel D'Aigle | PIT | G | IR | Undisclosed | Oct 29 |
| Justin Brazeau | PIT | RW | IR | Lower body | Oct 7 |
| Melvin Fernström | PIT | RW | IR | Undisclosed | Oct 13 |
| Oliver Okuliar | PIT | LW | IR | Lower body | Oct 13 |
| Ryan Graves | PIT | D | IR | Lower body | Oct 24 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | PIT | LW | DTD | Personal | Sep 30 |
| Bryan Rust | PIT | RW | DTD | Upper body | Sep 30 |
| Tristan Broz | PIT | C | DTD | Lower body | Sep 30 |
| Jake O'Brien | SEA | C | DTD | Lower body | Oct 1 |
| Mackie Samoskevich | SEA | RW | DTD | Upper body | Oct 1 |
| Cam Lund | SJS | C | Out | Upper body | Oct 19 |
| Kyle Keyser | SJS | G | Out | Upper body | Dec 1 |
| Quentin Musty | SJS | LW | Out | Upper body | Dec 1 |
| Adam Gaudette | SJS | RW | DTD | Upper body | Oct 1 |
| Alex Barre-Boulet | SJS | C | DTD | Undisclosed | Oct 1 |
| Patrick Giles | SJS | RW | DTD | Upper body | Oct 1 |
| Tyler Tucker | STL | D | Out | Knee | Oct 6 |
| Logan Mailloux | STL | D | DTD | Upper body | Oct 2 |
| Dominic James | TBL | C | Out | Hand | Oct 13 |
| Yanni Gourde | TBL | C | Out | Hip, surgery | Dec 2 |
| Max Domi | TOR | C | Out | Back, surgery | Nov 7 |
| William Villeneuve | TOR | D | Out | Knee, surgery | Oct 31 |
| Dakota Joshua | TOR | C | DTD | Abdomen | Sep 29 |
| Nick Paul | TOR | LW | DTD | Undisclosed | Sep 29 |
| Maveric Lamoureux | UTA | D | Out | Upper body | Oct 1 |
| Filip Chytil | VAN | C | IR | Shoulder | Oct 8 |
| Thatcher Demko | VAN | G | IR | Hip, surgery | Oct 10 |
| Mackenzie MacEachern | VAN | LW | Out | Undisclosed | Oct 4 |
| Lukas Cormier | VGK | D | Out | Undisclosed | Sep 29 |
| Raphael Lavoie | VGK | C | DTD | Undisclosed | Sep 29 |
| Connor Hellebuyck | WPG | G | Suspended | Suspension | Oct 17 |
| Elias Salomonsson | WPG | D | Out | Shoulder, surgery | Oct 15 |
| Garrett Brown | WPG | C | Out | Lower body | Oct 2 |
| Alex Ovechkin | WSH | LW | DTD | Lower body | Oct 2 |
| Patrick Thomas | WSH | C | DTD | Upper body | Oct 3 |