While the Flames have dealt with injuries this season, they seem to have been limited to just an unlucky few. Unfortunately, one of those few has been Travis Hamonic, as the Flames confirmed he would not return to the Flames at Capitals game partway through the third period.
During the first period, Hamonic was involved in an awkward collision with Jakub Vrana. He left the game for a time, but returned for one shift later in the first, and played six shifts through the first half of the second period. However, since the 11:34 mark of the second, Hamonic has been noticeably absent from the game, forcing the Flames to play with just five defencemen.