Nashville Predators place captain Roman Josi on injured reserve with upper body injury
The team made the announcement ahead of Saturday's matchup against the New York Islanders at UBS Arena, along with recalling forward Jake Lucchini and defenseman Spencer Stastney. Additionally, the Predators are holding forward Gustav Nyquist out of the lineup for the purposes of a trade.
Josi was injured by a Sam Bennett hit in the second period of Tuesday's 4-1 loss to the Florida Panthers. On the play, Bennett hit Josi from behind near the boards, causing Josi's head to impact the glass. Though Josi finished playing the period, he did not return for the third period and missed Thursday's 2-1 win over the Jets.
The Predators announced on Thursday that Josi was being evaluated for an upper body injury.
Players on injured reserve are ineligible to play in a game for seven days, according to the NHL's hockey operations guidelines. The earliest Josi could return would be March 6 against the Seattle Kraken.
Josi, 34, has played in 52 games for the Predators this season, scoring nine goals and 29 assists. He played in all 82 games last season, but missed the final 15 games of the 2022-23 season with a concussion. Josi is in the fifth year of an eight-year contract he signed in 2019.
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The Predators now have seven healthy defenseman on the roster: Brady Skjei, Luke Schenn, Andreas Englund, Justin Barron, Nick Blankenburg, Marc Del Gaizo, and Spencer Stastney.
Alex Daugherty is the Predators beat writer for The Tennessean. Contact Alex at jdaugherty@gannett.com. Follow Alex on X, the platform formerly called Twitter, @alexdaugherty1. Also check out our Predators exclusive Instagram page @tennessean_preds.
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