NHL Injuries
Current player availability synthesized from CBS Sports and RotoWire reports.
| Player | Team | Availability | Injury | Anticipated return | First reported | Last updated | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.J. Greer | ANA | Out | Upper Body | until at least Oct 2 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Drew Helleson | ANA | Out | Lower Body | until at least Oct 2 | Sep 22, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Ian Moore | ANA | Out | Lower Body | until at least Oct 16 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Troy Terry | ANA | Out | Hip | until at least Nov 21 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 19, 2026 | Reported |
| Charlie McAvoy | BOS | Out | Suspension | until at least Oct 13 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 19, 2026 | Reported |
| Matthew Poitras | BOS | Out | Lower Body | until at least Sep 29 | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | Reported |
| Alex Lyon | BUF | Out | Upper Body | until at least Oct 1 | Sep 25, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | Reported |
| Jason Zucker | BUF | Out | Abdomen | until at least Oct 15 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 19, 2026 | Reported |
| Jiri Kulich | BUF | Questionable | Undisclosed | Unknown | Sep 25, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | Reported |
| Mattias Samuelsson | BUF | Out | Lower Body | until at least Oct 8 | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 | Reported |
| Olen Zellweger | BUF | Out | Concussion | until at least Oct 1 | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 | Reported |
| Alexander Nikishin | CAR | Out | Contract Dispute | until at least Sep 26 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Seth Jarvis | CAR | Out | Shoulder | until at least Oct 24 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 19, 2026 | Reported |
| Damon Severson | CBJ | Out | Shoulder | until at least Oct 1 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Dante Fabbro | CBJ | Out | Upper Body | until at least Oct 1 | Sep 22, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 | Reported |
| Elvis Merzlikins | CBJ | Out | Shoulder | until at least Nov 30 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | Reported |
| Isac Lundestrom | CBJ | Out | Achilles | until at least Nov 10 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | Reported |
| Jake Bean | CGY | Out | Undisclosed | until at least Sep 28 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | CGY | Out | Hip | until at least Oct 8 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Connor Bedard | CHI | Out | Shoulder | until at least Nov 7 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 19, 2026 | Reported |
| Cale Makar | COL | Out | Lower Body | until at least Sep 26 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Colin Blackwell | DAL | Out | Lower Body | until at least Oct 2 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Jake Oettinger | DAL | Out | Lower Body | until at least Oct 2 | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | Reported |
| Matt Duchene | DAL | Out | Undisclosed | until at least Oct 2 | Sep 24, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | Reported |
| Dylan Larkin | DET | Out | Upper Body | until at least Oct 2 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Frederik Andersen | EDM | Out | Undisclosed | until at least Oct 20 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 19, 2026 | Reported |
| Matthew Savoie | EDM | Out | Undisclosed | until at least Oct 20 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 19, 2026 | Reported |
| Mattias Janmark | EDM | Out | Undisclosed | until at least Sep 29 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Brad Marchand | FLA | Out | Lower Body | until at least Nov 2 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Brady Tkachuk | FLA | Out | Undisclosed | until at least Sep 29 | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 | Reported |
| Jonah Gadjovich | FLA | Out | Upper Body | until at least Oct 17 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Corey Perry | LAK | Questionable | Personal | Unknown | Sep 21, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | Reported |
| Kevin Fiala | LAK | Out | Lower Leg | until at least Oct 3 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Mats Zuccarello | LAK | Questionable | Shoulder | Unknown | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | Reported |
| Filip Gustavsson | MIN | Out | Hip | until at least Nov 1 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 19, 2026 | Reported |
| Ivan Demidov | MTL | Questionable | Foot | Unknown | Sep 24, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | Reported |
| Kaiden Guhle | MTL | Out | Groin | until at least Oct 23 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 19, 2026 | Reported |
| Johnathan Kovacevic | NJD | Out | Knee | until at least Oct 1 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Nick Bjugstad | NJD | Out | Pectoral | until at least Jan 19 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 19, 2026 | Reported |
| Seamus Casey | NJD | Out | Knee | until at least Oct 1 | Sep 25, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | Reported |
| Mathew Barzal | NYI | Out | Knee | until at least Sep 30 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Adam Sykora | NYR | Out | Lower Body | until at least Jan 25 | Sep 22, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 | Reported |
| Vincent Iorio | NYR | Questionable | Lower Body | Unknown | Sep 22, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | Reported |
| Artem Zub | OTT | Out | Knee | until at least Oct 5 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 | Reported |
| Jake Sanderson | OTT | Out | Undisclosed | until at least Sep 26 | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 | Reported |
| Jordan Spence | OTT | Out | Undisclosed | until at least Sep 26 | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 | Reported |
| Kurtis MacDermid | OTT | Out | Upper Body | until at least Sep 26 | Sep 21, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 | Reported |
| Ridly Greig | OTT | Out | Suspension | until at least Oct 6 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Shane Pinto | OTT | Questionable | Undisclosed | Unknown | Sep 24, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | Reported |
| Warren Foegele | OTT | Out | Undisclosed | until at least Sep 26 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Dan Vladar | PHI | Out | Upper Body | until at least Sep 30 | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | Reported |
| Denver Barkey | PHI | Questionable | Lower Body | Unknown | Sep 22, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | Reported |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | PIT | Out | Personal | until at least Sep 30 | Sep 24, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | Reported |
| Benjamin Kindel | PIT | Out | Lower Body | until at least Oct 3 | Sep 22, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | Reported |
| Blake Lizotte | PIT | Out | Upper Body | until at least Oct 5 | Sep 21, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Justin Brazeau | PIT | Questionable | Lower Body | Unknown | Sep 22, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | Reported |
| Adam Gaudette | SJS | Questionable | Upper Body | Unknown | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | Reported |
| Torey Krug | STL | Out | Ankle | until at least Jul 1 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Tyler Tucker | STL | Questionable | Knee | Unknown | Sep 21, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | Reported |
| Dominic James | TBL | Out | Hand | until at least Oct 13 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 19, 2026 | Reported |
| Yanni Gourde | TBL | Out | Hip | until at least Dec 2 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 19, 2026 | Reported |
| Dakota Joshua | TOR | Out | Abdomen | until at least Sep 29 | Sep 20, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 | Reported |
| Max Domi | TOR | Out | Back | until at least Nov 7 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 19, 2026 | Reported |
| Nick Paul | TOR | Questionable | Undisclosed | Unknown | Sep 24, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | Reported |
| Michael Carcone | UTA | Out | Undisclosed | until at least Oct 1 | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | Reported |
| Derek Forbort | VAN | Out | Hip | until at least Sep 28 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Filip Chytil | VAN | Questionable | Shoulder | Unknown | Sep 25, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | Reported |
| Thatcher Demko | VAN | Out | Hip | until at least Sep 29 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | Reported |
| Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | Out | Hip | until at least Jul 1 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Reported |
| Alex Ovechkin | WSH | Out | Lower Body | until at least Oct 2 | Sep 21, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | Corroborated |
| Rasmus Sandin | WSH | Out | Knee | until at least Dec 26 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 19, 2026 | Reported |