Red Wings provide injury updates on Rasmussen, Brandsegg-Nygard
The injury bug continues to pester the Detroit Red Wings.
On Saturday, head coach Todd McLellan announced that forward Michael Rasmussen is expected to be out a week and forward Michael Brandsegg-Nygard is out day-to-day with respective undisclosed injuries.
Todd Mclellan told us in Dallas that Michael Rasmussen is out a week at least and Michael Brandsegg-Nygård is out day-to-day. "We continue to take it on the chin a little bit upfront. But the recalls, the guys that have come in, have actually provided us with some energy."
Red Wings have called up F John Leonard from the minors. Again under emergency conditions, meaning there's a chance they're below 12 forwards going into tonight at Dallas Stars. Larkin & Copp known injuries.
Rasmussen, 26, played in Detroit’s 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. It’s unclear when or how he suffered his current injury. The 6’6″, 220-pound center has six goals and eight assists for 14 points in 61 games for the Red Wings this season.
Initially selected ninth-overall by Detroit in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, the Surrey, B.C. is now in his seventh full-time season with the Red Wings. His career-best campaign came in 2023-24, when he put up 13 goals and 20 assists for 33 points in 75 games.
Rasmussen is in the second season of a four-year, $12.8 million contract.
Brandsegg-Nygard, 20, also played in Detroit’s last game against the Lightning. The cause or nature of his injury is presently unknown. The Oslo, Norway native has seen his first NHL action this season, managing no goals and an assist in 12 games. In 50 games for the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins this season, he’s notched 16 goals and 21 assists for 37 points.
Selected 15th overall by the Red Wings in the 2024 Draft, Brandsegg-Nygard is in his first full season playing in North America.
Detroit’s forward group has been hit hard with injuries over the last week or so. Captain Dylan Larkin and veteran Andrew Copp are both expected to be out two weeks with lower-body injuries.
The Red Wings are in a tight race to grab one of the wild card spots in the Eastern Conference.
Detroit will finish up a three-game road trip against the Dallas Stars on Saturday before kicking off a four-game homestand against the Calgary Flames on Monday.