Defenseman Jamie Drysdale suffered a season-ending shoulder injury at Vegas in the opening weeks of the season. Center Isac Lundestrom fractured his finger in Dallas in December, and forward Derek Grant suffered a lower-body injury in the next game of that trip in St. Paul, Minn.
More recently, the Ducks’ best player, All-Star forward Troy Terry, was put on injured reserve, having suffered an upper-body injury in Dallas on Feb. 6. Terry has 42 points in 51 games, six points behind leading scorer Trevor Zegras.
This isn’t a complete list but you get the idea … the road has been one injury-riddled path of potholes for the Ducks.
The theme continued on the road with a 6-1 loss to Tampa Bay on Tuesday. Defenseman John Klingberg (lower-body injury) was a late scratch against the Lightning, and the Ducks’ third-leading scorer Adam Henrique left the game after a second-period collision in the Ducks’ crease and did not return due to a lower-body injury.
There is no timetable yet on Henrique, but Ducks coach Dallas Eakins on Wednesday said that Henrique won’t play against the Washington Capitals on Thursday. Klingberg is 50/50, according to Eakins.
The Ducks, who have lost six consecutive games, had a much-needed recovery day after the most recent run of injuries. Terry is on the trip with the team – having missed seven games – and has been skating. He was listed as “hopeful,” to play against the Capitals, according to Eakins.
In Terry’s absence, the Ducks have gone 1-5-1, with their only points in that stretch coming in an overtime win at Chicago on Feb. 7 and a 4-3 overtime loss at Florida on Monday.
ROOKIE WATCH
Among the Ducks’ dates to circle in these remaining weeks – other than that pivotal March 17 game against fellow minnow Columbus – are two games in Seattle against the Kraken, on March 7 and March 30.
Those will be the final head-to-head games between the league’s top two rookies, Kraken center Matty Beniers and Ducks center…
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