Let’s start off with the bad news, namely that we have an update on the upper-body injury to Brayden Point. He’s gone from “out indefinitely” to “out 4-6 weeks.” The four-week marker for his injury is Saturday, December 18th, with the six-week marker on New Year’s Day. Meaning there’s a 50/50 chance we get Point back by Christmas, the date directly in between those two.
The timeline for the lower-body injury to Nikita Kucherov was initially 8-10 weeks following his surgery on October 27th, meaning the eight weeks from then would be December 22nd and 10 weeks would be January 5th, 2022.