In a major setback for the Hurricanes, they have determined that Brett Pesce will be out for the remainder of the series against the New York Islanders after suffering a non-contact injury turning up the ice in game 2.
Here is a video of the injury. You can see that his blade gets caught in the ice, causing some irregular twisting in the knee area, which is likely the cause of the lower body injury.
The immediate concern posted by doctors on social media was that Pesce tore his ACL, which would keep him out of the series and would be an incredibly hard injury to play on for the remainder of the post-season.
We will see how bad the injury is as more details are revealed.
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AVRIL 24 | 60 ANSWERS Carolina Hurricanes' Brett Pesce suffers series-ending injury Do you think Pesce will return from injury for this series? | ||
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Sean Couturier | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Noah Juulsen | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Erik Karlsson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Evgeni Malkin | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nick Seeler | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Trevor Zegras | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Sidney Crosby | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jamie Drysdale | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Porter Martone | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Thomas Novak | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Rickard Rakell | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Bryan Rust | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Noel Acciari | - | - | - | |
| Denver Barkey | - | - | - | |
| Justin Brazeau | - | - | - | |
| Noah Cates | - | - | - | |
| Yegor Chinakhov | - | - | - | |
| Connor Clifton | - | - | - | |
| Connor Dewar | - | - | - | |
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| 2025-2026 NHL STANDINGS | ||||||
| GP | W | L | OL | PTS | ||
| Sabres | 82 | 50 | 23 | 9 | 109 | |
| Lightning | 82 | 50 | 26 | 6 | 106 | |
| Canadiens | 82 | 48 | 24 | 10 | 106 | |
| Bruins | 82 | 45 | 27 | 10 | 100 | |
| Senators | 82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 99 | |
| Red Wings | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 92 | |
| Panthers | 82 | 40 | 38 | 4 | 84 | |
| Maple Leafs | 82 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 78 | |
| GP | W | L | OL | PTS | ||
| Hurricanes | 82 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 113 | |
| Penguins | 82 | 41 | 25 | 16 | 98 | |
| Flyers | 82 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 98 | |
| Capitals | 82 | 43 | 30 | 9 | 95 | |
| Blue Jackets | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 92 | |
| Islanders | 82 | 43 | 34 | 5 | 91 | |
| Devils | 82 | 42 | 37 | 3 | 87 | |
| Rangers | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 77 | |
| GP | W | L | OL | PTS | ||
| Avalanche | 82 | 55 | 16 | 11 | 121 | |
| Stars | 82 | 50 | 20 | 12 | 112 | |
| Wild | 82 | 46 | 24 | 12 | 104 | |
| Mammoth | 82 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 92 | |
| Blues | 82 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 86 | |
| Predators | 82 | 38 | 34 | 10 | 86 | |
| Jets | 82 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 82 | |
| Blackhawks | 82 | 29 | 39 | 14 | 72 | |
| GP | W | L | OL | PTS | ||
| Golden Knights | 82 | 39 | 26 | 17 | 95 | |
| Oilers | 82 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 93 | |
| Ducks | 82 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 92 | |
| Kings | 82 | 35 | 27 | 20 | 90 | |
| Sharks | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 86 | |
| Kraken | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 79 | |
| Flames | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 77 | |
| Canucks | 82 | 25 | 49 | 8 | 58 | |
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