Carolina Hurricanes forward Andrei Svechnikov is unlucky.
After missing the end of the season and the entire series in 2022-2023, the 23-year-old Russian is now back on the sidelines. On Tuesday, head coach Rod Brind'Amour indicated at a press conference that his skater would be out for “quite a while.”
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The forward underwent an MRI scan in Ottawa on Monday as his teammates prepared for Tuesday night's clash against the Senators.
“He’s being kept away,” Brind’Amour said. Probably for a while. It is certain that it will not be so quickly.”
Svechnikov has an upper-body injury and has already missed the Canes' last two games. Last year, a torn anterior cruciate ligament forced him to stop playing hockey.
In 16 games in 2023-2024, the second player selected in the 2018 draft scored one goal and had 10 assists for 11 points.