NHL Buzz: Carlson on IR, at least two games for Capitals

Washington Capitals

John Carlson, TJ Oshie and Beck Malenstyn were placed on injured reserve by the Capitals on Wednesday.

Carlson, a defenseman, has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury and will not play the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; BSDET, NBCSWA, ESPN+, SN NOW) or the Arizona Coyotes. He has six points (two goals, four assists) in nine games this season.

Oshie, a forward, is out indefinitely with a lower body injury and has missed the last two games. He has five points (two goals, three assists) in nine games.

Malenstyn, also a forward, suffered an upper-body injury on Tuesday that blocked a shot in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.

Washington recalled forward Garret Pilon and Sonny Milano and defender Luke Johannsen by Hershey of the American Hockey League. Pilon has five points (one goal, four assists) in seven AHL games, Milano has three points (two goals, one assist) and Johansen has one goal in six games.

Minnesota Wild

The Wild will field 11 forwards and seven defenders when they host the Seattle Kraken on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; BSN, BSWI, ROOT-NW, ESPN+, SN NOW).

Minnesota is without a forward Brandon Duhaime, Markus Foligno, Ryan Hartman and Jordan Greenwayeach due to an upper body injury.

Duhaime left the team in the second half of a 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday. Coach Dean Evason remained unclear on details of the injury or a recovery timeline.

“I’m not 100 percent, I didn’t even know it happened,” Evason said. “The trainers came to me and said he was looked at and next they came back and said he was out. They’re still looking at when it happened.”

Greenway attended Wednesday’s optional practice but will not play. Evason said Foligno, Hartman and Duhaime will miss at least the next two games, but it’s possible to join the Wild on a three-game road trip beginning Nov. 8 in Los Angeles.

“[Greenway] will surely come and then maybe [any of the other three]’ Evason said. “You have four days (between games) and in those four days we’re going to take those two full days off so it’s going to be a nice time for us to rest.”

Greenway has missed the last six games, Foligno has missed two games and Hartman has missed one. -Jessi Pierce

Boston Bruins

goalie Keith Kinkaid was recalled from Providence on Wednesday, a day later, from the American Hockey League Jeremy Swayman suffered a lower body injury.

Swayman replaced Linus Ullmark at 11:36 a.m. of the second period in a 6-5 overtime win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday before injuring himself Patrice Bergeron fell into it at 5:42 of the third period. Swayman is 2-1-0 in four games (three starts) this season with an average of 3.45 goals against and a 0.878 percent save.

Kinkaid played a game in the NHL last season with the New York Rangers.

Charlie McAvoy trained in a regular jersey on Tuesday and is ahead of schedule on his return from offseason surgery on his left shoulder.

The defender underwent surgery on June 3 and is expected to take six months to recover.

“We have our internal schedule,” said Bruins coach Jim Montgomery on Tuesday. “I’m confident it will be before November 24 to be honest but he needs to tick the boxes as we continue to move forward. He is ahead of December 1st [return]but he is just beginning his development.

McAvoy was with the Bruins for their three-game road trip that began Tuesday but did not play.

“Just being out there to keep training with the guys and getting skates before the game, I think we’ve gotten to that touch point where being on the ice with the guys is more important to me than it is just being here alone,” McAvoy said.

David Krejciwho sustained an upper-body injury on Oct. 27 against the Detroit Red Wings is also on the trip, but the forward didn’t play against the Penguins and is likely to be out against the Rangers on Thursday (7:30 p.m. ET; ESPN+). , HULU, TVAS), Montgomery said. – Joe Pohoryles

Chicago Blackhawks

Alex Stlock suffered a concussion on Wednesday, a day after he was knocked out in the first half of a 3-1 loss to the New York Islanders.

“Today [Stalock is] much better, that’s encouraging,” said Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson. “I think he was really shaken. I didn’t know if his head hit the post or the ice, but I didn’t look too closely. Sometimes there’s a lot of skull stuff with neck injuries, so hopefully it’s something like that and it’s not a big hit to the head. Today it’s a good sign for us that we’re feeling a lot better, so we’re just taking it from day to day and letting the doctors do their assessment.

Stalock went into play 2:56 up after colliding with Islanders Casey Cizikaswas issued a five-minute major penalty Wednesday for goalie interference and game misconduct and fined $5,000.

Arvid Soderblomwho finished Tuesday’s game and made 28 saves, will face the Los Angeles Kings Thursday (8:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCH, BSW, ESPN+, SN NOW) at the United Center.

The Blackhawks signed goaltender Dylan Wells to a two-way, one-year contract on Wednesday. – Tracey Myers

Pittsburgh penguins

Jeff Carter did not play for the Penguins against the Buffalo Sabers on Wednesday because of a lower body injury.

Carter was also unavailable for a 6-5 overtime loss to the Bruins on Tuesday and is by the day. He has six points (two goals, four assists) in nine games this season.

After Wednesday, the Penguins will play the Kraken at home next Saturday.

said Penguins CEO Ron Hextall Teddy Blueger might return on Saturday. The forward has not played this season due to an upper-body injury.