NHL injury updates: Latest on Matthew Tkachuk, David Pastrnak, others

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Mike Brehm, USA TODAY · USA TODAY Sports

Wed, Sep 17, 2025 ·

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The Florida Panthers will be without Matthew Tkachuk for at least several months of the regular season as he recovers from offseason surgery.

General manager Bill Zito said on Wednesday, Sept. 17 as training camps opened that Tkachuk would be out until "December-ish."

Tkachuk was originally hurt at the 4 Nations Face-Off and missed the rest of the regular season , then he helped the Panthers win a second consecutive Stanley Cup title . Afterward, it was announced that he had been playing through a torn adductor muscle and a sports hernia. He scored 23 points in 23 playoff games.

The December timeline will allow Tkachuk to be ready for the Olympics. He was among the first six players named for Team USA .

Zito also said forward Tomas Nosek would miss "months" after offseason surgery.

Here's a roundup of injury and other news as NHL training camps open:

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Forward Mitch Marner joined the Golden Knights in a sign-and-trade.

(John E. Sokolowski, Imagn Images)

Forward Nikolaj Ehlers signed with the Hurricanes.

(Stephen R. Sylvanie, Imagn Images)

Mikael Granlund signed with the Ducks.

(Jerome Miron, Imagn Images)

Defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov signed with the Rangers.

(Jayne Kamin-Oncea, Imagn Images)

Forward Pius Suter signed with the Blues.

(Simon Fearn, Imagn Images)

Defenseman Nate Schmidt signed with the Mammoth.

(Sam Navarro, Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)

Forward Jonathan Drouin signed with the Islanders.
(Talia Sprague, Imagn Images)

Corey Perry signed with the Kings.
(Walter Tychnowicz, Imagn Images)

Defenseman Brent Burns signed with the Avalanche.

(David Kirouac, Imagn Images)

Connor Brown signed with the Devils.

(Perry Nelson, Imagn Images)

Forward Evgenii Dadonov signed with the Devils.
(Jerome Miron, Imagn Images)

Forward Christian Dvorak signed with the Flyers.
(David Kirouac, Imagn Images)

Defenseman Ryan Lindgren signed with the Kraken.
(Sergei Belski, Imagn Images)

Forward Tanner Jeannot signed with the Bruins.
(Talia Sprague, Imagn Images)

Forward Gustav Nyquist signed with the Jets.
(Matt Blewett, Imagn Images)

Defenseman Cody Ceci signed with the Kings.
(Jerome Miron, Imagn Images)

Defenseman Brian Dumoulin signed with the Kings.
(John Jones, Imagn Images)

Forward Nico Sturm signed with the Wild.
(Carmen Mandato, Getty Images)

Forward Jeff Skinner signed with the Sharks.

(Neville E. Guard, Imagn Images)

Forward Nathan Bastian signed with the Dallas Stars.
(Steve Roberts, Imagn Images)

Forward Victor Olofsson signed with the Colorado Avalanche.
(Stephen R. Sylvanie, Imagn Images)

Defenseman Travis Hamonic signed with the Red Wings.

(Marc DesRosiers, Imagn Images)

Goaltender Alexandar Georgiev signed with the Buffalo Sabres.
(Neville E. Guard, Imagn Images)

Forward Luke Kunin signed with the Florida Panthers.
(Russell LaBounty, Imagn Images)

Forward Hudson Fasching signed with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
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Defenseman Noah Dobson was traded to the Montreal Canadiens.

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Defenseman Matt Dumba was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
(Sergei Belski, Imagn Images)

Defenseman K'Andre Miller was traded to the Hurricanes.

(Sam Navarro, Imagn Images)

Goalie Arturs Silovs was traded to the Penguins.

(Bob Frid, Imagn Images)

Forwards Miles Wood (28) and Charlie Coyle (10) were traded to the Blue Jackets.
(Jeff Curry, Imagn Images)

Forward Mason Marchment was traded to the Kraken.

(Jerome Miron, Imagn Images)

Forward Viktor Arvidsson was traded to the Bruins.

(Robert Hanashiro, Imagn Images)

Goaltender John Gibson was traded to the Red Wings.

(Simon Fearn, Imagn Images)

Forward Chris Kreider was traded to the Ducks.

(James Guillory, USA TODAY Sports)

Goaltender Connor Ingram was traded to the Oilers.

(Gary A. Vasquez, Imagn Images)

Forward Ryan Reaves was traded to the Sharks for defenseman Heny Thrun.
(Dan Hamilton, Imagn Images)

Forward Evander Kane was traded to the Canucks.

(Stephen R. Sylvanie, Imagn Images)

Forward JJ Peterka was traded to the Mammoth. Michael Kesselring and Josh Doan went to the Sabres in the trade.

(David Kirouac, Imagn Images)

Goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic was traded to the Sharks.
(Nathan Ray Seebeck, Imagn Images)

Forward Trevor Zegras was traded to the Flyers.

(Jerome Miron, Imagn Images)

Goalie Ivan Fedotov was traded to the Blue Jackets.

(Marc DesRosiers, Imagn Images)

David Pastrnak injury update

The Boston Bruins ' top scorer won't skate for the first couple days of training camp, but the team expects him back on the ice early next week.

"His last training block, he got a little tendinitis, and we as a group said load management at this point and time is the best course of action," GM Don Sweeney told reporters .

Mackenzie Blackwood injury update

The Colorado Avalanche No. 1 goalie is week to week as he deals with an offseason injury.

"We're hoping he's ready to go for the start of the season," coach Jared Bednar told reporters . "If not right at the start, maybe the first week or two."

Defenseman Sam Girard is on the ice as he rehabs from a lower body injury. The team hopes he'll be ready for the start of the season.

Forward Logan O'Connor is on the ice after June hip surgery and could be back "November-ish," Bednar said.

Nick Paul injury update

The Tampa Bay Lightning forward had surgery last week for an upper-body injury, GM Julien BriseBois told reporters . He'll be out until the "first part of November."

Connor Ingram update

The Utah Mammoth goalie has been cleared to return from the player assistance program, but he won't take place in the team's training camp.

GM Bill Armstrong said he's happy for Ingram that he has been cleared, but the team will go with Karel Vejmelka and Vitek Vanecek this season.

He told reporters he would place the goalie on waivers at some point to give him a chance to play for another NHL team or in the American Hockey League.

"At the end of the day, he will be playing and that's what we're so excited for," Armstrong said.

Zach Hyman injury update

The Edmonton Oilers star, who missed the Stanley Cup Final after wrist surgery, will miss the first day of camp but said he's "progressing really, really well."

He didn't want to set a target date for his return.

"We have little two-week milestones that we check off and that we hit and right now, we are progressing very well," he said.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NHL injury updates: Matthew Tkachuk, David Pastrnak news

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