I didn’t do the on-pace number here, so I’d point out that it’s probably understating the projection because the MGL rate isn’t uniform over a typical season (though with the longer Olympic break, that’s not a certainty)

Won’t properly update this until the weekend but 109 players missed their team’s most recent game (around the 19-20 game mark for most), so still line go up… 22/23 is one of the other high water marks around this point, so not way out of line with recent history (and with a non-compressed schedule)

If you ever wondered what day-to-day injury means, it’s quite simply not today and suspect probably not a possibility in two days

8 months on, breaking news this is still not

No comment on the severity or prominence of these but worth a reminder that after a 13-game slate, you’d expect around 10 players on average to miss their team’s next game with injury (just don’t usually get a high profile reporter listing them…)

Full career injury history for Jenner going into this season 195 games missed over 12 seasons

I *think* the last time the Lightning had as many as 7 players miss a game injured/ill - that wasn’t a final regular season game resting situation or a Covid game - was Game 42 of the 16/17 season (Bishop, Boyle, Brown, Callahan, Coburn, Point, Stamkos)

A brief history of Glass-related injuries in the database up to the start of this season

Such a quiet day for injury news out of the usual places makes it as good a time as any to say that there will be no numbers/charts update from me this week, as I *watch the games* and stuff

Yet another bad look for the Devils’ strength and conditioning staff

Karlsson’s been reliable for a week-to-weeker in recent years

Thatcher Demko’s career injury history heading into this season

Not a deep dive at all but stable lineups at any position look to be pretty thin on the ground across the league, given every team has had at least one injury at forward and only three have been clean on defense (DET, LAK, STL)

Injury plots for the three teams with most MGL through 7 November (NJD, VAN, BUF)

$-weighted injuries against points-per-game through 7 November

Net injury chart ($-weighted) through 7 November, i.e. game-by-game injury "gap" between team and opponent BOS +$1.4m TBL +$1.2m CGY +$1.1m CBJ +$1.1m DET +$1.0m --- WPG -$1.0m NJD -$1.0m BUF -$1.4m FLA -$1.4m VGK -$2.4m

NHL injury frequency through each team's first 13 games (and projected to 16 games) compared to the previous 24 seasons

Most/fewest MGL to goalies through 7 November: 15 CHI 14 NYI 11 CAR 10 COL 8 BUF ----- 0 22 teams

"In season" MGL through 7 November (i.e. excluding any absences that started from Game 1) 52 VAN 45 NJD 43 BUF 36 CAR SJS 29 VGK 28 DAL 25 NYR 23 COL 21 EDM MTL 19 BOS NSH PIT WSH 18 SEA STL 17 TOR 16 FLA 15 ANA CBJ 13 MIN NYI 12 UTA 11 DET LAK OTT 10 CHI TBL 8 PHI 6 WPG 2 CGY

"All inclusive" MGL table through 7 November, i.e. counting anyone under contract on LTIR, SOIR etc. Kyle Burroughs now out of the Kings' core numbers as he was sent down when healthy (though very much a bubble case)

Most injured teams currently (last game played) by total full season WAR+ of missing players. Usual exceptions. (1/2) 6.89 VGK 6.22 FLA 5.04 CAR 4.83 PIT 4.74 NSH 4.52 CHI 4.29 BUF 4.10 WPG 3.70 WSH 3.66 EDM 3.44 VAN 3.41 DAL 3.33 SEA 3.30 NJD 2.84 PHI 2.77 UTA

Most injured teams currently (last game played) by total AAV ($m) of missing players. Usual exceptions. (1/2) 24.6 VGK 22.2 FLA 20.6 PIT 17.0 BUF 16.5 NJD 16.0 ANA 14.3 MTL 14.1 WPG 13.6 VAN 13.4 CAR 11.0 UTA 10.8 NSH 10.2 NYI 9.9 SJS 9.8 DAL 9.7 COL

NHL injury summary through 7 November

With Kane back tonight, the Red Wings have what is a rare healthy game league-wide so far this season

Number of players to miss at least a game to injury/illness (through 6 November): 13 BUF 9 NJD PIT VAN 8 SJS 7 TOR 6 CAR CHI DAL MIN VGK WPG 5 ANA COL EDM FLA NSH PHI SEA UTA WSH 4 LAK NYI NYR STL TBL 3 BOS CBJ CGY MTL OTT 2 DET

The first tentative sighting of “all the injuries, it’s the condensed schedule” There have been 216 games through 30 days (13.6 per team), compared to 204 (12.8) over the first 30 days last year (ignoring the two early Prague games) Sceptical that can have much impact in a single month

Getting ahead of any “Penguins lead the league in MGL every year” guff, which is at least a few years out of date even if not intended literally

Three more of these from the Penguins today. Still not something that they have tended to say before now, nor something any other team routinely does.

$-weighted injuries against points-per-game through 31 October Reminder that the spread horizontally at this stage of the season is realistically pretty small

NHL injury stacks by division: Pacific

Net injury chart ($-weighted) through 31 October, i.e. game-by-game injury "gap" between team and opponent BOS +$1.2m CBJ +$1.0m CGY +$0.8m TBL +$0.8m DET +$0.7m --- NJD -$0.8m WPG -$0.8m FLA -$1.1m BUF -$1.2m VGK -$1.9m

Team injury rank and breakdown by position (WAR-weighted) through 31 October

NHL injury frequency through each team's first 10 games (and projected to 13 games) compared to the previous 24 seasons Still running hot - about 25% above average and 70% above last year's contrastingly low rate

Most/fewest MGL to goalies through 31 October: 11 CHI NYI 10 CAR COL 8 BUF ----- 0 23 teams

"In season" MGL through 31 October (i.e. excluding any absences that started from Game 1) 34 VAN 31 NJD 28 BUF 25 VGK 22 CAR SJS 19 DAL 17 COL NYR 16 EDM 15 MTL 13 BOS STL 12 SEA WSH 11 CBJ TOR 10 FLA NYI 9 ANA DET MIN OTT TBL UTA 8 LAK NSH 7 PIT 6 CHI 1 CGY PHI WPG

"All inclusive" MGL table through 31 October, i.e. counting anyone under contract on LTIR, SOIR etc. Juho Lammikko now in the Devils' core numbers as he stayed up when healthy (though strong argument to think only due to other injuries) Kyle Burroughs still in the Kings' core numbers for now

Most injured teams currently (last game played) by total full season WAR+ of missing players. Usual exceptions. (1/2) 9.76 VAN 8.47 VGK 7.28 CAR 6.79 DAL 6.22 FLA 5.03 CHI 4.84 NSH 4.41 WPG 4.33 WSH 4.21 TBL 4.19 TOR 3.82 NJD 3.68 SEA 3.66 EDM 2.77 UTA 2.68 COL

Most injured teams currently (last game played) by total AAV ($m) of missing players. Usual exceptions. (1/2) 33.3 VGK 26.4 VAN 22.9 CAR 22.2 FLA 19.6 TOR 19.0 DAL 16.0 ANA NJD 14.3 MTL 13.7 SEA 12.3 WPG 11.9 STL 11.0 UTA 10.9 PIT 10.5 BUF 10.4 WSH

NHL injury summary through 31 October

Adam Henrique’s career injury history in honour of him getting to 1,000 GP at some point in the past fortnight

Ever closer to “What’s the earliest in a season a team has had 10 players out injured?” territory

Appears the Canucks will be without 8 injured players next game (not counting Brisebois and Woo). "Is that the highest number of any team within the first 12 games of a season in the NHLInjuryViz era (since 00/01)?" I hear you say. 8 has been done 5 times but 9 has been hit once. Details below...

Most (not quite all) interactive charts for 25/26 are now up and running on the site. Updated through 25 October as it stands and usually weekly from now on. Link in bio. Example MGL plot for the Kraken here

Impressive work by the Sabres to have had 11 different players miss at least a game to injury/illness through their first nine games

NHL injury frequency through each team's first 8 games (and projected to 10 games) compared to the previous 24 seasons Running well ahead of average, with only the Covid-affected 20/21 and 21/22 seasons appreciably higher (though 22/23 was also around the same as this year)

Most/fewest MGL to goalies through 25 October: 9 COL 8 BUF CAR CHI NYI ----- 0 24 teams

"In season" MGL through 25 October (i.e. excluding any absences that started from Game 1) Now only the Flames and Flyers unscathed 21 BUF 20 NJD 16 VAN 14 SJS VGK 13 CAR MTL 11 COL NYR 10 EDM SEA 9 BOS CBJ 8 DAL FLA 7 STL UTA WSH 6 DET LAK NYI OTT TBL TOR 5 MIN 4 ANA NSH 3 CHI 1 PIT WPG 0 CGY PHI

"All inclusive" MGL table through 25 October, i.e. counting anyone under contract on LTIR, SOIR etc. Dylan McIlrath now included in the Capitals' main numbers since he wasn't sent down when healthy

Most injured teams currently (last game played) by total full season WAR+ of missing players. Usual exceptions. (1/2) 8.01 VGK 6.64 CAR 6.22 FLA 5.68 NJD 4.90 COL 4.41 WPG 4.39 CHI 3.70 TOR 3.66 EDM 3.56 SEA 3.42 VAN 3.34 TBL 2.93 DAL 2.79 UTA 2.49 BUF 2.40 NYI

Most injured teams currently (last game played) by total AAV ($m) of missing players. Usual exceptions. (1/2) 31.9 VGK 22.9 CAR 21.4 FLA 17.6 BUF 17.5 TOR 16.5 NYI 15.5 ANA 14.7 NJD 14.3 MTL 14.0 COL 13.7 SEA 12.6 VAN 12.3 WPG 11.0 UTA 10.6 DAL 9.1 NSH