Injuries Mount, Teams Adapt Ahead of Weekend Games

0:00On April 1st, Ducks Ford Cutter-Gothier is sidelined with a lower body injury after scoring in their overtime loss to Toronto on Monday. He leads Anaheim with 38 goals and 65 points in 73 games, so they'll miss him big time against San Jose tonight at 9, PM, Eastern, over in Ottawa, Senator's defenseman Carter Yakumchuk left Tuesday's game versus Florida after an illegal check to the head, earning the Panthers Noah. Gregor, a 5-minute major in match penalty. Coach Travis Green has no update yet on the rookie, with one goal and one assist in four games as they host Buffalo Thursday at 7 PM Eastern. Florida's win came at a cost with three defenseman hurt, Aaron Eckblad blocking a shot with his hand. Coach Paul Maris says it doesn't look. Good. Dimitri Kulikov taking a puck to the face and Donovan Sabrina blocking one with his skate. The Panthers are already downkey players like Alexander Barkov and Sam Reinhardt for the season, hosting Boston Thursday at 7 PM Eastern.

1:01Columbus recalled forwards Zach Aston-Rees from the A.H.L. on Emergency Wednesday. He has five points in 26 games this year before they visit. Carolina Thursday at 7 PM Eastern. Meanwhile, Canadian's defenseman Alexander Carrier is out two to four weeks with an upper body injury after their win over Carolina Monday, 22 points in 73 games. These hits are stacking up across the league, forcing coaches to shuffle lines and test step players heading into the weekend matchups. Keep an eye on how these teams adapt on the fly, team coverage, power by AI. This is NHL News today. I'm Corey with the story.