NHL Game Highlights: Key Injuries Affect Player Lineups

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00:00We do have the Winnipeg Jets rolling hot out of the break.

00:04They were hot going into it.

00:06Hopefully, they can roll hot coming out of it.

00:08It will be Conor Hellebuyck versus Jordan Bingington

00:11with the St. Louis Blues.

00:13So we will see if we will see either of them in that.

00:15Right now, it's Joel Hoffer expected

00:17for the St. Louis Blues.

00:19As for the Winnipeg Jets, they are listing Conor Hellebuyck

00:23as the expected goaltender.

00:24I would think they would give him the night off,

00:26but we will see.

00:28Talking about the players that were

00:30playing in the four nations, there's so many players

00:32up and down the board that we did see.

00:35And a lot of these teams, multiple players as well.

00:38The Washington Capitals being the only team

00:40other than the San Jose Sharks that

00:42didn't have any players represented

00:44in the four nations.

00:45So you've got to look for the Capitals

00:47to come out nice and strong as we go into the later

00:51part of the season.

00:53But I also want to note the playmakers that you really

00:55have to watch that might not be hitting the ice.

00:59Now, we know Matthew Kachok only played just under seven minutes

01:03in the final game yesterday for Team USA.

01:06He was so impactful for that team

01:09in the first game versus Canada, but he did sustain an injury.

01:12We didn't see him in the next game versus Sweden.

01:15And now, his likelihood of playing

01:17for Florida over the next couple of games is in jeopardy.

01:20We're unsure what that injury is.

01:23Brady Kachok saying that if his brother did

01:25miss that overtime period against Canada,

01:29like we saw him do, it must be serious out there.

01:31And of course, Brady Kachok, not a doctor.

01:33But you've got to wonder the status of Matthew Kachok

01:36and what we're going to find out.

01:38When we look at Shea Theodore of the Vegas Golden Knights,

01:41he did take a broken wrist in the four nations phase off.

01:44So defensively, we're going to have

01:46question marks around Vegas and what

01:48we're going to see with the pairings out there for Vegas.

01:51We'll face the Vancouver Canucks tomorrow.

01:53We know it can be such a potent offense,

01:55especially on the road, for the Vancouver Canucks.

01:58And then Charlie McAvoy here of the Boston Bruins,

02:02he sustained an injury in the very first game out.

02:06And now, he did play 20 minutes in that first matchup

02:09on Saturday versus Team Canada.

02:11The defenseman here for Boston then out

02:14and facing an infection in his AC joint.

02:17So how long he's going to be out for Boston

02:20is going to be a huge question mark.

02:22Now, the Boston Bruins will face the Anaheim Ducks.

02:25And we know Brad Mahachan coming out for Boston

02:28should be rolling with that high after getting

02:31the win with Team Canada.

02:33So lots of players that we can look at going into Saturday's

02:38game, how they're going to perform.

02:40Overall, the Canadian players will

02:43have celebrated last night.

02:44We know that celebration will roll into today.

02:47They've got to hit the ice on Saturday.

02:49So there might be a couple of positions, a couple of players

02:52that we do want to fade for their likelihood of maybe

02:55getting those shots on goal.

02:57But I do think, overall, you've got

02:59to look at the Florida Panthers, what's

03:02going to happen without Matthew Kachuk on the board,

03:05the Vegas Golden Knights without Shea Theodore,

03:08and then the Boston Bruins without Charlie McAvoy.

03:10That's going to be huge defensively for those teams.

03:13But like I said, we've got 14 games that we're going to see.

03:18The first game, the puck will drop at 1230 Eastern tomorrow

03:22between the Minnesota Wild and the Detroit Red Wings.

03:25We'll then get into the matchup at 1 PM

03:27Eastern between the Edmonton Oilers

03:29and the Philadelphia Flyers.

03:30This is one of the higher totals of the day between these two.

03:33We have a total coming in at 6 and 1 half.

03:37Now we know Conor McDavid should be lighting things up again.

03:41Will he need a couple of moments to get back acclimated

03:45with his team out there after playing

03:47with the likelihoods of Sidney Crosby and Nathan McKinnon?

03:50And what are we going to see out of Leon Drysaddle?

03:52Leon Drysaddle right now, the front runner for the Hart Award.

03:56But it's easy for him to be shadowed out here

03:59by the superstar Conor McDavid.

04:01So I do think Leon Drysaddle, another player

04:04that you want to watch coming out of this,

04:07he's got to feel pretty rough, I guess,

04:11I would say, not being included in the Four Nations.

04:15There are so many players out there,

04:16you guys, that really did deserve

04:18to be in these lineups.

04:20And I think Leon Drysaddle is one of them.

04:22So I'm going to be circling him tomorrow

04:24versus the Philadelphia Flyers.

04:26I think he's a great player to look at for his any time

04:29goals on the board.

04:31And then we have the matchup between the Washington

04:33Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins,

04:35Alex Ovechkin versus Sidney Crosby.

04:38Alex Ovechkin, of course, not part of the Four Nations.

04:41The Russian player out here versus Sidney Crosby.

04:44These two have had some fantastic meetings

04:47over the years.

04:49I believe it's 72 meetings in their careers together.

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