No, this is not an April Fools’ Day joke. Keith Yandle may miss his first game since 2009 this weekend.
The Philadelphia Flyers defenseman missed practice on Thursday due to an illness and will be a game-time decision for Saturday night’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Yandle played in his 965th consecutive game on January 25th to break Doug Jarvis’ NHL ironman streak. He has now played in 989 consecutive games and would pass the 1,000 mark if he played in every game the rest of the season. However, that may not happen.