A ‘significant‘ cut to the wrist. Sounds scary, right? Where would a significant cut be ranked on a severity scale of 1-10? Maybe a 6? We don’t know, but that’s what Jakob Chychrun, a top D-man for the Washington Capitals, suffered. We aren’t talking about the kind of cut you’d get while working in the kitchen. We’re talking about a cut inflicted by skates. Jakob Chychrun was just playing some good old hockey against the Florida Panthers when the incident happened.
If you’re wondering how, we felt just as incredulous as you are right now when the news broke. You see, Chychrun was playing some great defense moves against the Florida Panthers on March 22 when the incident happened. Chychrun had the puck in the Capitals’ defense zone when he lost his footing and fell on the ice. In a scrum that ensued to gain possession of the puck, Tom Wilson shoved the Panthers’ captain Aleksander Barkov. Barkov fell to the ice, skates up with Chychrun’s wrist in the way. A wound so gnarly, it was a gash of red for Chychrun, who had to exit the game in the first period.
Though, he did come back to the rink at the third period with a rather large bandage wrapped around his arm. Now, NHL insider, Tarik El-Bashir dropped the bomb on X on Chychrun’s status and let’s just say it does not look good. Concerning? Yes. The Capitals’ head coach Spencer Carberry had said “It’s scary stuff when see things that become that close to being really, really dangerous.” And for good reason, it looks like Jakob Chychrun is going to sit this one out for the Capitals’ game against the Winnipeg Jets.
#ALLCAPS Jakob Chychrun did not practice today after suffering a skate cut to his arm/wrist in Saturday’s game. Coach Carbery said he expects the Dman to travel but did acknowledge there’s some concern about his availability for WPG. “It’s scary stuff when see things that become…
— Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) March 24, 2025
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