{"id":103666,"date":"2021-03-15T13:45:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T17:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=103666"},"modified":"2021-03-16T11:31:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:31:33","slug":"ben-chiarot-sidelined-6-8-weeks-after-fracturing-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/03\/15\/ben-chiarot-sidelined-6-8-weeks-after-fracturing-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Chiarot Sidelined 6-8 Weeks After Fracturing Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal Canadiens defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/chiarbe01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Chiarot<\/a> has been ruled out for six to eight weeks after fracturing his hand. The Canadiens updated the media on his injury status on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ben Chiarot will be out for six to eight weeks after undergoing surgery today in Montreal.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DILXMfVPYA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/DILXMfVPYA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Canadiens Montr\u00e9al (@CanadiensMTL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadiensMTL\/status\/1371485860584099842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Ben Chiarot Ruled Out Six to Eight Weeks<\/h3>\n<p>Chiarot left Montreal&#8217;s 5-1 win over the Canucks in the first period last Wednesday after fighting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/millejt01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J.T. Miller<\/a>. On the replay, it looked as though he had badly damaged his hand after punching Miller through his helmet. As soon as he laid the hit, he immediately pulled Miller to the ground to put a stop to their tussle.<\/p>\n<p>Sure enough, the Canadiens have confirmed that Chiarot has undergone successful surgery to repair a fracture in his hand. The 225-pound third-pair defenceman has five points in 25 games this season. He also leads the team in penalty minutes (44) and is second in shots blocked (37) behind only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/webersh01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shea Weber<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means Going Forward<\/h3>\n<p>Given the current timeline for recovery, Chiarot will miss a minimum of 26 games. That means he could miss the remainder of the season. As a result, the Habs third pairing will likely involve a combination of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kulakbr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brett Kulak<\/a> with either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/metevi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Victor Mete<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/ouellxa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xavier Ouellet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Dominique Ducharme informed the media on Monday that Ouellet will replace Victor Mete in the lineup for the upcoming game against Winnipeg. A second-round pick in the 2011 draft, Ouellet has played only 31 NHL games in the last three seasons. He has 28 points in 172 career games.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal plays four times this week. They have an away series against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/jets\/\" target=\"_self\">Winnipeg Jets<\/a> before coming home to play the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/canucks\/\" target=\"_self\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> in a double-header. After losing twice in a row to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/flames\/\" target=\"_self\">Calgary Flames<\/a>, the playoff race has tightened up in the North Division. While still sitting in a playoff place, Ducharme&#8217;s side will need to put an end to this skid to avoid falling behind the eight ball.<\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;4215&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"dw-DLy6hSZJMVatLHZad7g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1231639551\" 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:'dw-DLy6hSZJMVatLHZad7g',sig:'aFRi3Kfy36nKN78J9l2l6cs2ThPV_HSzawQe9wWKU1s=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1231639551',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal Canadiens defenceman Ben Chiarot has been ruled out for six to eight weeks after fracturing his hand. The Canadiens updated the media on his injury status on Monday. Ben Chiarot will be out for six to eight weeks after undergoing surgery today in Montreal.https:\/\/t.co\/DILXMfVPYA &mdash; Canadiens Montr\u00e9al (@CanadiensMTL) March 15, 2021 Ben Chiarot Ruled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1733,"featured_media":103678,"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":[7,4547,6671,34,4548],"tags":[2706,3248,5927,254,574],"class_list":["post-103666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canadiens","category-hockey","category-injuries","category-news","category-nhl","tag-ben-chiarot","tag-dominique-ducharme","tag-montreal-canadiens-news","tag-shea-weber","tag-xavier-ouellet"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103666","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=103666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}