The Chicago Blackhawks are suddenly juggling more than one significant absence up front, and Teuvo Teräväinen is the latest name added to the list.
Teräväinen left last night’s win over the St. Louis Blues with what appeared to be an ankle injury, and the Blackhawks won’t have him when they head to face the New York Islanders.
The exact severity of the injury is still unclear. The play that caused it came when Blues forward Dylan Holloway fell on Teräväinen’s leg.
That leaves Chicago short another middle-six winger at a time when Andrew Mangiapane is already expected to be out for the next few weeks. Along with captain Connor Bedard, the Blackhawks are dealing with multiple key forwards being unavailable for the foreseeable future.
Teräväinen had not been lighting the league on fire since returning to Chicago, especially last season, but he did open the 2026-27 campaign in solid form. In the Blackhawks’ first three games, he picked up two assists while skating on the second line and averaged 12:18 of ice time.
Elsewhere in the West, the Seattle Kraken also came out of last night with an injury concern on the blue line. Defenseman Ryan Lindgren exited with an upper-body injury after taking a hit from behind from Vegas Golden Knights forward Marc Gatcomb just seconds into the game.
Lindgren still logged nearly four minutes in the first period before leaving. He has gone scoreless in four games this season, though he does have a +3 rating.
Vegas has its own issue to monitor after forward Victor Olofsson was boarded by Seattle’s Ben Meyers and needed help getting off the ice. Olofsson has been one of the hottest scorers in the league to start the year, piling up four goals and five points in four games.
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