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NHL Game Highlights: Key Injuries Affect Player Lineups
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2/21/2025
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00:00
We do have the Winnipeg Jets rolling hot out of the break.
00:04
They were hot going into it.
00:06
Hopefully, they can roll hot coming out of it.
00:08
It will be Conor Hellebuyck versus Jordan Bingington
00:11
with the St. Louis Blues.
00:13
So we will see if we will see either of them in that.
00:15
Right now, it's Joel Hoffer expected
00:17
for the St. Louis Blues.
00:19
As for the Winnipeg Jets, they are listing Conor Hellebuyck
00:23
as the expected goaltender.
00:24
I would think they would give him the night off,
00:26
but we will see.
00:28
Talking about the players that were
00:30
playing in the four nations, there's so many players
00:32
up and down the board that we did see.
00:35
And a lot of these teams, multiple players as well.
00:38
The Washington Capitals being the only team
00:40
other than the San Jose Sharks that
00:42
didn't have any players represented
00:44
in the four nations.
00:45
So you've got to look for the Capitals
00:47
to come out nice and strong as we go into the later
00:51
part of the season.
00:53
But I also want to note the playmakers that you really
00:55
have to watch that might not be hitting the ice.
00:59
Now, we know Matthew Kachok only played just under seven minutes
01:03
in the final game yesterday for Team USA.
01:06
He was so impactful for that team
01:09
in the first game versus Canada, but he did sustain an injury.
01:12
We didn't see him in the next game versus Sweden.
01:15
And now, his likelihood of playing
01:17
for Florida over the next couple of games is in jeopardy.
01:20
We're unsure what that injury is.
01:23
Brady Kachok saying that if his brother did
01:25
miss that overtime period against Canada,
01:29
like we saw him do, it must be serious out there.
01:31
And of course, Brady Kachok, not a doctor.
01:33
But you've got to wonder the status of Matthew Kachok
01:36
and what we're going to find out.
01:38
When we look at Shea Theodore of the Vegas Golden Knights,
01:41
he did take a broken wrist in the four nations phase off.
01:44
So defensively, we're going to have
01:46
question marks around Vegas and what
01:48
we're going to see with the pairings out there for Vegas.
01:51
We'll face the Vancouver Canucks tomorrow.
01:53
We know it can be such a potent offense,
01:55
especially on the road, for the Vancouver Canucks.
01:58
And then Charlie McAvoy here of the Boston Bruins,
02:02
he sustained an injury in the very first game out.
02:06
And now, he did play 20 minutes in that first matchup
02:09
on Saturday versus Team Canada.
02:11
The defenseman here for Boston then out
02:14
and facing an infection in his AC joint.
02:17
So how long he's going to be out for Boston
02:20
is going to be a huge question mark.
02:22
Now, the Boston Bruins will face the Anaheim Ducks.
02:25
And we know Brad Mahachan coming out for Boston
02:28
should be rolling with that high after getting
02:31
the win with Team Canada.
02:33
So lots of players that we can look at going into Saturday's
02:38
game, how they're going to perform.
02:40
Overall, the Canadian players will
02:43
have celebrated last night.
02:44
We know that celebration will roll into today.
02:47
They've got to hit the ice on Saturday.
02:49
So there might be a couple of positions, a couple of players
02:52
that we do want to fade for their likelihood of maybe
02:55
getting those shots on goal.
02:57
But I do think, overall, you've got
02:59
to look at the Florida Panthers, what's
03:02
going to happen without Matthew Kachuk on the board,
03:05
the Vegas Golden Knights without Shea Theodore,
03:08
and then the Boston Bruins without Charlie McAvoy.
03:10
That's going to be huge defensively for those teams.
03:13
But like I said, we've got 14 games that we're going to see.
03:18
The first game, the puck will drop at 1230 Eastern tomorrow
03:22
between the Minnesota Wild and the Detroit Red Wings.
03:25
We'll then get into the matchup at 1 PM
03:27
Eastern between the Edmonton Oilers
03:29
and the Philadelphia Flyers.
03:30
This is one of the higher totals of the day between these two.
03:33
We have a total coming in at 6 and 1 half.
03:37
Now we know Conor McDavid should be lighting things up again.
03:41
Will he need a couple of moments to get back acclimated
03:45
with his team out there after playing
03:47
with the likelihoods of Sidney Crosby and Nathan McKinnon?
03:50
And what are we going to see out of Leon Drysaddle?
03:52
Leon Drysaddle right now, the front runner for the Hart Award.
03:56
But it's easy for him to be shadowed out here
03:59
by the superstar Conor McDavid.
04:01
So I do think Leon Drysaddle, another player
04:04
that you want to watch coming out of this,
04:07
he's got to feel pretty rough, I guess,
04:11
I would say, not being included in the Four Nations.
04:15
There are so many players out there,
04:16
you guys, that really did deserve
04:18
to be in these lineups.
04:20
And I think Leon Drysaddle is one of them.
04:22
So I'm going to be circling him tomorrow
04:24
versus the Philadelphia Flyers.
04:26
I think he's a great player to look at for his any time
04:29
goals on the board.
04:31
And then we have the matchup between the Washington
04:33
Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins,
04:35
Alex Ovechkin versus Sidney Crosby.
04:38
Alex Ovechkin, of course, not part of the Four Nations.
04:41
The Russian player out here versus Sidney Crosby.
04:44
These two have had some fantastic meetings
04:47
over the years.
04:49
I believe it's 72 meetings in their careers together.
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