The Red Wings will be without forward Luke Glendening for the remainder of the season as a result of a fracture around his ankle, GM Ken Holland told reporters, including MLive’s Ansar Khan. The 27 year old had played in all but two games for Detroit prior to the injury which was sustained on Monday against the Hurricanes. His production was down this season as he collected just 14 points (3-11-14) while averaging just shy of 13 minutes per game.
Holland noted that no determination had been made yet as to whether or not Glendening will require surgery. He did announce that the team does not plan to call anyone up to take his place as the team already has 12 healthy forwards on the active roster.
Elsewhere in the Atlantic:
- Despite his strong season, there are no planned discussions any time soon between the Panthers and winger Jonathan Marchessault on a contract extension, GM and interim head coach Tom Rowe told George Richards of the Miami Herald. Marchesseault is in his first season with Florida and has been one of their few bright spots this season as he leads the team in goals with 29. The 26 year has another year left on his contract after this one at a very team-friendly cap hit of $750K. Accordingly, no extension can be signed until July 1st.
- Sabres winger Sam Reinhart’s ice time of zero raised some eyebrows last night against Columbus but he wasn’t injured. Instead, head coach Dan Bylsma decided to sit him for the entire game as a result of violating team policy. John Vogl of the Buffalo News reports that the infraction was for missing a team meeting earlier in the day. It’s expected that Reinhart will be back in action for their next game which is Sunday against the Islanders, a game that they will also see defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen return to the lineup after serving his three game suspension.
- Canadiens head coach Claude Julien has yet to decide if he will rest any of his regulars between now and the end of the season to give them some rest before the playoffs, notes Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette. Julien revealed that at times in the past players have been resistant to the idea so he’ll meet with the players to get their input as to whether or not they want a rest. He did note that goaltender Carey Price will get at least one more game off between now and the end of the regular season though.