NHL Player News

Faber (upper body) will begin the 2026-27 regular season on injured reserve, per Dylan Loucks of The Hockey News.

Faber suffered the upper body injury during Friday's preseason matchup against the Stars. While he stayed in the game until the end of the second intermission, the issue has been revealed to be serious enough to keep him off the ice for Opening Night. It's a tough loss for the Wild's defensive unit, as Faber had a career year in the 2025-26 season with 15 goals, 51 points, 173 shots on net and 148 blocked shots across 80 regular-season games. His status will be monitored closely until more information about his timetable for return is released. Regardless, he will likely return to a role on the team's top pairing next to Quinn Hughes when healthy.

Andrae, Matthew Knies, Steven Lorentz and a second-round pick were traded to the Blue Jackets from the Maple Leafs on Monday in exchange for Kirill Marchenko, Miles Wood and Elvis Merzlikins (shoulder), Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.

After spending the last three seasons with the Flyers, Andrae signed a two-year, $3.1 million contract with the Maple Leafs in July, but he'll be on the move before ever suiting up for Toronto in a regular-season game. He made a career-high 61 regular-season appearances with Philadelphia last year, recording two goals, 11 assists, 68 hits, 58 blocked shots and 22 PIM while averaging 15:20 of ice time. The 24-year-old will likely serve as depth on Columbus' blue line early in the regular season.

Lamoureux will miss 4-6 months following surgery to repair a dislocated shoulder, the team announced Monday. Additionally, the blueliner was placed on injured reserve.

Lamoureux was a lock for injured reserve given his recovery timeline. Even if healthy, the 22-year-old blueliner faced an uphill battle to secure a spot on the Opening Night roster. Once given the all-clear, Lamoureux should be expected to head down to the minors before being on the shortlist of potential call-ups.

Rathbone was placed on injured reserve by the Sabres on Monday for an undisclosed reason.

The nature of Rathbone's injury isn't yet clear, but he'll be sidelined for the start of the regular season. Across 49 regular-season appearances with AHL Rochester last year, he recorded five goals, 13 assists and 26 PIM.

Grans (lower body) was put on the injured non-roster list Monday.

Grans sustained the injury in Thursday's 2-0 preseason win over Boston. It's unclear when he will be ready to return, but he will likely head to AHL Lehigh Valley once he's healthy.

Samuelsson (lower body) was moved to injured reserve by the Sabres on Monday.

Samuelsson should probably be expected to miss the first two games of the season, though it could still be longer. Even with these early injury concerns, the 26-year-old blueliner should be capable of reproducing the 40-plus points he did in 2025-26.

Timmins was placed on injured reserve by the Sabres for an undisclosed reason Monday.

It's not yet clear what injury Timmins is dealing with, but he'll be forced to miss the start of the regular season after being placed on injured reserve. The 28-year-old defenseman appeared in 39 regular-season games with Buffalo during the 2025-26 campaign and recorded no goals, eight assists, 81 blocked shots, 29 hits and 18 PIM while averaging 18:46 of ice time.

The Red Wings placed Bernard-Docker (upper body) on injured reserve Monday, Ansar Khan of MLive.com reports.

Head coach Todd McLellan announced Friday that Bernard-Docker is considered day-to-day due to an upper-body injury, and the issue will apparently force him to miss the start of the regular season. It's not yet clear when he'll be able to return, but McLellan's remarks last week suggest that the 26-year-old isn't facing a long-term absence to begin the year. Bernard-Docker recorded a goal, four assists, 87 blocked shots, 66 hits and 25 PIM while averaging 14:49 of ice time across 63 regular-season appearances last year.

Guhle (groin) was placed on injured reserve by the Canadiens on Monday.

Guhle underwent minor adductor muscle surgery over the summer and was slated to miss the start of the 2026-27 regular season, so his placement on injured reserve isn't particularly surprising. The Canadiens indicated in mid-September that Guhle was expected to return in 4-5 weeks, so the 24-year-old could be back in action as early as mid-October. Across 39 regular-season appearances last year, Guhle logged two goals, nine assists, 86 hits, 63 blocked shots and 41 PIM while averaging 19:28 of ice time.

Hutton will be released from his professional tryout agreement with Ottawa on Monday, Bruce Garrioch of Postmedia reports.

Hutton compiled six goals, 15 points, 71 shots on net, 55 blocked shots, 28 hits and 19 PIM in 55 appearances for Vegas during the 2025-26 regular season. The window is tighter now, but Hutton still has time to find another team before the 2026-27 campaign begins.