NHL Player News
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Matt Grzelcyk D | CHI
Blackhawks' Matt Grzelcyk: Out for remainder of season
Grzelcyk (upper body) will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 regular season, according to Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times on Tuesday.
Grzelcyk hasn't played since March 22 against Nashville because of the injury. He will conclude the campaign with 12 assists, 68 shots on goal, 54 blocked shots and 28 hits across 69 appearances. The 32-year-old blueliner will be eligible for unrestricted free agency in the summer.
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Artyom Levshunov D | CHI
Blackhawks' Artyom Levshunov: Out for rest of season
Levshunov (hand) will not play again in 2025-26, according to Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times on Tuesday.
Levshunov sustained a fracture in his left hand against the Islanders last week and played through the injury for a few games. The 20-year-old defenseman will now turn his attention to recovering and getting ready for the 2026-27 campaign, but it currently remains to be seen if Levshunov will undergo surgery to address his hand fracture.
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Shea Theodore D | LV
Golden Knights' Shea Theodore: Finds twine Monday
Theodore scored a goal on two shots and posted a plus-2 rating in Monday's 4-2 win over the Canucks.
Theodore has been playing well of late and has points in four of his last six appearances, tallying two goals, two assists, six PIM, seven shots on goal and five blocked shots in that stretch. The 30-year-old blueliner is on the verge of reaching the 10-goal mark for the first time since the 2021-22 season, but with 35 points across 63 appearances in the current campaign, he's far behind the 57-point output he delivered in 2024-25. On that note, this season has been a bit of a disappointment for the star blueliner.
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Jackson LaCombe D | ANA
Ducks' Jackson LaCombe: Supplies two helpers
LaCombe distributed two assists and dished out three hits in Monday's 5-4 overtime loss to the Maple Leafs.
LaCombe picked up a helper on each of the Ducks' last two goals Monday, including a secondary assist on Leo Carlsson's game-tying goal in the third period. With the pair of helpers, LaCombe is up to 44 assists, 53 points, 142 shots on net, 67 hits and 121 blocked shots across 74 games this season. Since the calendar flipped to 2026, the 25-year-old defenseman has stepped up his game with at least a point in 25 of the 33 games he has played. In that span, he has 27 assists, 30 points and 52 shots on goal to go along with his strong category-coverage numbers of 31 hits and 52 blocked shots. The young blueliner has a bright future in Anaheim and should remain involved in all phases of the game, giving him strong fantasy value in most league formats.
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John Carlson D | ANA
Ducks' John Carlson: Pots goal
Carlson scored a goal, fired four shots on net and recorded two blocked shots in Monday's 5-4 overtime loss to Toronto.
Carlson stayed hot Monday with his first goal since returning from a lower-body injury on March 15. Over his last six games, the 36-year-old blueliner has eight assists, nine points, 17 shots on net and 12 blocks. Overall, he has 11 goals, 55 points, 136 shots on net and 98 blocked shots across 63 games this season. The 17-year NHL veteran has cemented his role in Anaheim as the lead defenseman on his new team's power play. Carlson is on pace for his first 60-plus-point regular season since the 2021-22 campaign, making him an excellent fantasy option in all leagues for the remainder of the fantasy playoffs.
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Mason Lohrei D | BOS
Bruins' Mason Lohrei: Not available against Dallas
Lohrei (upper body) isn't an option for Tuesday's home contest versus the Stars, Scott McLaughlin of WEEI reports.
Lohrei will miss his second consecutive game and remains day-to-day at this time. The left-shot defenseman will replace Henri Jokiharju or Andrew Peeke in the lineup once he's deemed healthy enough to suit up.
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Oliver Ekman-Larsson D | TOR
Maple Leafs' Oliver Ekman-Larsson: Helps out twice Monday
Ekman-Larsson registered two assists, put two shots on net and recorded three blocked shots in Monday's 5-4 overtime win over the Ducks.
Ekman-Larsson recorded a secondary helper on each of Toronto's first two goals Monday. Overall, the 34-year-old blueliner has 30 assists, 38 points, 104 shots on net, 82 hits and 66 blocked shots through 72 games this season. Despite his run of assists from earlier in the season drying up over time, he managed to secure his highest number of helpers in a regular season since the 2018-19 campaign. Ekman-Larsson has three assists over his last four games and is a decent waiver-wire pickup in deep fantasy leagues that value category coverage.
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Philip Broberg D | STL
Blues' Philip Broberg: Nets PP goal Monday
Broberg scored a power-play goal in Monday's 5-4 loss to the Sharks.
Broberg has found the back of the net in back-to-back games, and both goals have come with the man advantage. The 24-year-old defenseman has been playing well of late and is quietly riding a five-game point streak, setting a new season-best mark, as his previous longest point streak was four games between March 4 and March 10. One of the team's top blueliners, Broberg has nine points (three goals, six assists) in 14 games since the beginning of March.
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Morgan Rielly D | TOR
Maple Leafs' Morgan Rielly: One of each in OT win
Rielly tallied a goal, recorded an assist, fired two shots on net and had two blocked shots in Monday's 5-4 overtime win over Anaheim.
Rielly roped the game-winning assist towards the back post, where John Tavares buried the puck to give the Maple Leafs the OT victory. Rielly also tallied a goal late in the third period to give Toronto a 4-3 lead with three minutes remaining in regulation. Overall, the 32-year-old blueliner has 10 goals, 25 assists, 133 shots on net, 31 hits and 101 blocked shots across 71 games this season. Monday's performance was Rielly's first multi-point game since Jan. 17. While his offensive contributions have been few and far between in the new calendar year, he still has a shot to match his point total of 41 across 82 regular-season games from a year ago.
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Adam Boqvist D | NYI
Islanders' Adam Boqvist: Two-point effort Monday
Boqvist picked up two assists, one on the power play, in Monday's 8-3 loss to Pittsburgh.
The 25-year-old blueliner helped set up second-period tallies by Anders Lee and Mathew Barzal as the Isles grabbed a 2-0 lead before imploding. It was Boqvist's first multi-point performance in 26 games during a season in which he's struggled just to get into the lineup, and he's still looking for his first goal of 2025-26.