Welcome to another edition of the Fantasy Hockey Injury Report. The injury report is going to keep you up to date on all the important injuries going on around the league, and how that might affect your fantasy hockey team. Make sure to check back regularly for any updates. Let’s take a look at some players that are either ruled out, or that we need to monitor.


Tuukka Rask - Boston Bruins - Lower-body

Tuukka Rask is dealing with a lower-body injury and has not been ruled out for Sunday’s game against Dallas. He was unable to serve as the backup goalie on Friday, but head coach Bruce Cassidy doesn’t expect the injury to keep the veteran goalie out long term. Rask hasn’t been great since joining the team, so maybe a couple of days off will do him some good.


Nathan MacKinnon - Colorado Avalanche - Nose

Nathan MacKinnon suffered a broken nose and a concussion after taking a hit to the head from Taylor Hall in Wednesday’s game. The broken nose is one thing, but the concussion could keep the centerman out of the lineup for a few weeks. He’s been ruled out for the next three games, but no one should expect him to return to the lineup anytime soon. You can’t replace a player like MacKinnon, so fantasy owners will just need to hope that he can return to the lineup sooner rather than later.


Adam Fox - New York Rangers - Upper-body

New York Rangers defenceman Adam Fox suffered an upper-body injury in Friday’s game against Columbus and there is no timetable for his return. The team has placed him on IR, and head coach Gerard Gallant believes that he will be able to return after the All-Star break. We don’t know the exact severity of the injury, but it’s nice to have some sort of timetable. Whether he returns or not is still up in the air, so all we can do now is wait and hope he makes progress in the next couple of weeks.


Jonathan Toews - Chicago Blackhawks - Concussion

Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews has been placed in concussion protocol and is out indefinitely. He was unable to suit up for Friday’s game, and now with him entering protocol, we should expect him to miss a couple of weeks. He’s no longer an offensive juggernaut, but in deeper formats, he was still serviceable thanks to seeing top six minutes and top power play duties. Fantasy owners should be able to find someone to replace him on the waiver wire.


Drake Batherson - Ottawa Senators - Lower-body

Forward Drake Batherson is expected to miss a few months after suffering a high-ankle sprain. He sustained the injury after goaltender Aron Dell decided to unsuspectingly hit him as he was trying to go around the net. Dell was given a three-game suspension, but Batherson gets the short end of the stick here, missing an extended period of time, and possibly, the remainder of the fantasy hockey regular season. This is a tough position for fantasy owners who want to hold onto him in hopes that he can make a return down the road, but if you can't stash him on and are fighting for a playoff spot, it might be best to just drop him and find a decent replacement on the waiver wire. It’s unfortunate to see a player with so much skill miss this much time due to stupidity.