Tampa Bay Lightning center Anthony Cirelli, who was injured in the Stadium Series game, will miss the 2026 Winter Olympics.
He was replaced by Team Canada by Florida Panthers center Sam Bennett, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as 2025 playoff MVP. He is currently day-to-day with an injury.
Cirelli left Sunday’s game after being hit by the Boston Bruins’ Mark Kastelic.
Injured Buffalo Sabres goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was also ruled out for the Olympics. He was replaced by Bruins goalie Joonas Korpisalo.
The USA’s Seth Jones (Florida), Sweden’s Jonas Brodin (Minnesota) and Leo Carlsson (Anaheim) and Philadelphia’s Rodrigo Abols (Latvia) earlier were replaced because of injury.
Here are other NHL Olympians who are currently out with injury, with Olympic status to be determined:
USA: Jack Hughes (New Jersey).
Canada: Brayden Point (Tampa Bay), Brad Marchand (Florida), Logan Thompson (Washington).
Sweden: Gabriel Landeskog (Colorado), Elias Lindholm (Boston).
Czechia: Martin Necas (Colorado), Pavel Zacha (Boston).
Finland: Anton Lundell (Florida).
France: Alexandre Texier (Montreal).
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