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Boston Bruins common supervisor Don Sweeney introduced on Tuesday that the group has positioned winger Jake DeBrusk on long-term injured reserve. DeBrusk suffered hand and lower-body accidents within the Bruins’ 2-1 win towards the Pittsburgh Penguins within the 2023 Winter Classic on Monday.
DeBrusk’s restoration time is estimated to be 4 weeks. In coordination with the transfer, Boston recalled ahead Chris Wagner from Providence.
The Bruins star just lately scored each objectives within the Winter Classic, together with the game-winner with simply 2:24 remaining within the contest. It marked the twenty seventh game-winning objective of DeBrusk’s profession, as he grew to become simply the second Bruins participant (David Pastrnak had a hat trick at Lake Tahoe in 2021), to report a number of objectives in an out of doors sport.
DeBrusk presently has 30 factors (16 objectives & 14 assists) in 36 video games for the Bruins this season. Those 16 objectives are second on the group behind solely Pastrnak (25).
The damage comes at an particularly poor time for DeBrusk, as he was having fun with among the finest seasons of his NHL profession. His career-high level whole (43) got here throughout his rookie marketing campaign in 2017-18 and, assuming he is capable of return from the damage within the anticipated time interval, DeBrusk shouldn’t have any drawback setting a brand new career-high.
The Bruins initially chosen DeBrusk with the No. 14 decide within the 2015 NHL Draft. Since becoming a member of the franchise, DeBrusk has tallied 108 objectives and 98 assists in 357 profession NHL video games whereas including 30 factors (18 objectives & 12 assists) in 66 postseason contests.
