Brendan Perlini News

Perlini was forced to leave Tuesday's game after being cut on the face by a skate.

Perlini was lucky to avoid serious damage as he escaped with a bruised orbital bone and stitches around his nose. Perlini's eyes were completely unharmed after being cut by Henri Jokiharju's skate. Perlini travelled with the team to New Jersey, where the Red Wings play Thursday.

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The Red Wings have acquired Brendan Perlini from the Blackhawks for Alec Regula.

Perlini only played in one of the Blackhawks' first 10 games this season and voiced his displeasure and was hoping to be traded. The Blackhawks granted his request and send him to a Red Wings team that is devoid of NHL wingers right now. He should get all of the playing time he wants with the Red Wings and should immediately jump into their top-6 if head coach Jeff Blashill elects to get Andreas Athanasiou some help. Perlini is a former first-round pick (No.12 overall in 2014) but has career-highs of just 17 goals and 30 points (2018).

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Perlini (upper-body) will be a game-time decision on Thursday.

Perlini has missed the last six games with an upper-body injury that he suffered in the third game of the season in Vegas. He was removed from IR, which is a positive sign that he will play tonight, but the Coyotes have officially listed him as a game-time decision. He has just one assist in three games and has averaged just 9:15 TOI/GM.

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The Coyotes placed Brendan Perlini (upper-body) on IR.

Perlini left Tuesday’s game in Vegas with an upper-body injury and was moved to IR on Thursday morning. The young power-forward was expected to take on a larger role this season and has recorded one assist, one shot in three contests. With Perlini out, look for Jordan Martinook to take his spot.

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The Coyotes recalled Brendan Perlini from Tucson (AHL).

The Coyotes sent Perlini to the AHL because they had five straight days off, but he is back and should be in the lineup on Friday. Perlini has four goals and one assist in 15 games with the Coyotes and 19 points (14G / 5A) in 17 games with Tucson.

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