{"id":103433,"date":"2021-03-13T19:12:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T00:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=103433"},"modified":"2021-03-13T19:25:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T00:25:56","slug":"mark-borowiecki-week-to-week-for-nashville-predators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/03\/13\/mark-borowiecki-week-to-week-for-nashville-predators\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Borowiecki Is Week-to-Week For the Nashville Predators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville Predators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/borowma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Borowiecki<\/a> is considered week-to-week with an upper-body injury. The third-pair defenseman left during the first period of Thursday night&#8217;s game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/hurricanes\/\" target=\"_self\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a>. Nashville&#8217;s Twitter account confirmed his status on Saturday in the lead-up to the Predators game against the Lightning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Preds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Preds<\/a> defenseman Mark Borowiecki will miss tonight&#39;s game and is week-to-week with an upper-body injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NSHvsTBL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NSHvsTBL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PredsNHL\/status\/1370880112980332554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Mark Borowiecki Injury Considered Week-to-Week<\/h2>\n<p>Borowiecki managed less than seven minutes on the ice as Nashville imploded during a 5-1 loss to the Hurricanes. He did not return to the game after the first intermission.<\/p>\n<p>Nashville signed Mark Borowiecki as a free agent in the off-season and paired him alongside former Edmonton Oiler, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bennima01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Benning<\/a>. Together this year, they have been fairly mediocre statistically. While the team has a corsi edge with both players on the ice at five-on-five, they are down in expected-goal percentage (45.02%). The 31-year-old is also guilty of taking rash penalties. His 38 penalty minutes this season have resulted in five goals against the Predators&#8217; struggling penalty kill.<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means Going Forward<\/h2>\n<p>Borowiecki&#8217;s absence adds insult to injury as Nashville&#8217;s depleted roster takes yet another hit. On Thursday night, the Predators had over 35 percent of their cap space on injured reserve. The casualties included their captain, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/josiro01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roman Josi<\/a>, top-pair defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/ellisry01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Ellis<\/a> and playmaker, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/duchema01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Duchene<\/a>, who has the joint-largest cap hit among Preds forwards. As a result, the roster that suited up against Carolina amounted to just $47,088,767 of the Predators cap hit (~58 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Up next for the Predators is a two-game road series against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/lightning\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a>. Unfortunately, the roster on the backend could resemble more of an AHL lineup for the double-header starting on Saturday night. Prospect Frederic Allard will suit up for his NHL debut. A third-round pick in 2016, Allard joins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/carrial01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexandre Carrier<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/davieje01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeremy Davies<\/a> as rookie defensemen to play for the Predators following their glut of injuries. He has 15 goals and 82 points in 188 AHL games.<\/p>\n<p>Nashville (11-15-1) is having its worst season since the lockout-shortened year in 2012-13, which spelled the end of the Barry Trotz era. The team is on the verge of another seismic change, though trades have yet to materialize. However, considering the Predators&#8217; current form, it will only be a matter of time before general manager David Poile is forced to initiate a fire sale. After all, April 12th&#8217;s trade deadline is rapidly approaching.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"zBbV95QvQc9cdOdXfeCVsQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1303771148\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'zBbV95QvQc9cdOdXfeCVsQ',sig:'GZb6Nya85jL_M2KdF5w8_i-jmc2hkl0exUVuIWL-Alw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1303771148',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville Predators Mark Borowiecki is considered week-to-week with an upper-body injury. The third-pair defenseman left during the first period of Thursday night&#8217;s game against the Carolina Hurricanes. Nashville&#8217;s Twitter account confirmed his status on Saturday in the lead-up to the Predators game against the Lightning. #Preds defenseman Mark Borowiecki will miss tonight&#39;s game and is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1733,"featured_media":103519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,4547,6671,34,4548],"tags":[245,3641,1576,849,3444,6453],"class_list":["post-103433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predators","category-hockey","category-injuries","category-news","category-nhl","tag-david-poile","tag-frederic-allard","tag-injury","tag-mark-borowiecki","tag-matt-benning","tag-nashville-predators-news"],"modified_by":"Oscar Elieff","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1733"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}