A significant injury has occurred tonight as Carolina Hurricanes forward Seth Jarvis left tonight’s game after taking a hard spill into the net, as seen in a clip shared by Sportsnet. The incident occurred early into the three-on-three overtime period, as Jarvis drove to the net with the puck, he was tripped by Florida’s Evan Rodrigues, slamming into the left post. No penalty was called, as the Panthers prevailed in the shootout.
After the game, Carolina Head Coach Rod Brind’Amour has told reporters, including Cory Lavalette of North State Journal, that Jarvis is “going to be out for a while”.
Due to a brutal impact in the vulnerable rib area, Jarvis was immediately in serious pain, holding his right side. He was able to skate off the ice, alongside a team trainer, but went down the tunnel immediately.
The 23-year-old has been on pace to shatter his career high of 33 goals, with 19 in 33 games, not yet missing a contest this season. Not only has he become an elite first line winger for Carolina, Jarvis has made a real case to make the Team Canada Olympic roster, which may now be in jeopardy. A sign of Canada’s absurd forward talent however, the young sniper, if healthy, is still a bubble player on the potential roster.
The Hurricanes, currently atop the Metropolitan Division with room to spare, boast a tremendously deep roster built to handle such adversity. However, Jarvis’ impact in the lineup cannot be overstated. Despite showing high output, ranking fifth in the league in goals scored, he is far and away the Canes’ go-to shooter. Combining the team’s second and third leading goal scorers, Sebastian Aho (11) and Jordan Staal/Jackson Blake (9) only ranks one tally above Jarvis.
Somewhat unexpectedly given their firepower, Carolina’s powerplay ranks seventh-worst at 15.5%, and just three of Jarvis’ 19 goals have come on the man-advantage. Thus illustrates his impact at five-on-five.
Exact details on the injury, and subsequent timeline for return, remain unknown but based on Brind’Amour’s comments, the Canes are likely looking to head into the New Year without a major piece. The highly skilled Blake, proving to be a major steal at 109th overall in 2021, figures to be a top-line option for the time being. Two notable newcomers, Nikolaj Ehlers and Logan Stankoven, will also be leaned upon for more production.
With Team Canada’s roster set to be released on New Year’s Eve, a wrinkle might have been thrown into GM Doug Armstrong’s plans. However, Milan or not, Carolina will cross their fingers that Jarvis avoided major injury, and can return sometime in January.
How was there no penalty on that?! Rodrigues took a hack at his skates like he was chopping down a redwood!
@Rollie – It’s the Florida thug squad. They get away with dirty and underhanded tactics, constantly. It’s ridiculous that the league just keeps letting it happen over and over again. I swear that Campbell/Campbell theory has legitimate truth to it.
It’s funny, I was listening to the Florida feed on SiriusXM and they made it out that Jarvis just lost his balance. I went back to hear the Canes feed and it was the worst trip ever! :D
Where is the owner of the Hurricanes or the GM making a statement (along with the lightning) that this is absurd favouritism as every freaking week a player gets an IR injury (Hagel) and nothing is done?
Not sure which was worse—Rodrigues trip or Marchand intentionally whacking the Hurricane goalie’s balls and then scoring a goal when the goalie fell back after the hit.
No penalty on either. NHL refs just look the other way when it’s Florida. Shameful.
Why would the owners of the other NHL franchises do nothing if the refs who work for them are favoring one team over theirs?
Since there was no call , no sense brewing this over and over ,jope Jarvy gets better real soon , get well Jarvy.
The sad truth is that we’re unable to play against brute like this, 37 cost the game yesterday, trow thd puck in their zone stupid.
@Feel the teardrops : in the spirit of the Christmas season I would like to make a suggestion to improve the efficiency of your life. They now have this thing called copy and paste where you can continue to post your same old tired drivel about the champs without the need to take the time to type out the same old tired drivel.