- Thomas Chabot will probably miss one to two weeks with an upper-body injury
- Travis Green said the Senators captain may have been hurt a game earlier
- Read below for the video of the play and the games Ottawa could be without him
Thomas Chabot is going to be out a while, but not a long one.
Senators head coach Travis Green said Monday that the captain will probably miss one to two weeks with an upper-body injury, Claire Hanna reported. Green said he didn’t want to be quoted on the timeline, so it’s a rough estimate.
Chabot left Saturday’s 3-1 loss to the Flyers in the second period and never came back. Green was asked on Monday when the injury actually happened, and his answer added a wrinkle.
“It might have happened the game before,” Green said. “It happened early; finished the game.”
That would put the injury in Thursday’s shootout win over the Islanders. The play most people pointed to came Saturday, when Trevor Zegras’s skate appeared to land on Chabot’s right wrist or hand in the first period. TSN’s Steve Lloyd noted that Chabot was favoring it in the penalty box right away. Here’s the video:
Chabot played 12:03 over 16 shifts against Philadelphia. He has one goal and three assists through nine games and averages more than 25 minutes a night, roughly three more than any other Ottawa skater. The 29-year-old has only played every game once in his career, in the shortened 2019-20 season.
The Senators are 6-3-0, and Wednesday’s game against the Panthers looks like the first one he’ll sit out. Ottawa hosts San Jose on Thursday, then opens a western swing in Vegas on Oct. 27. A two-week absence would carry him past the start of that trip.
There is some help on the way. Jake Sanderson is expected back Wednesday after missing eight games, so Ottawa gets one defenseman back as it loses another. Here’s our earlier look at how Chabot got hurt.
