{"id":3254,"date":"2016-11-10T20:17:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T01:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=3254"},"modified":"2016-11-10T20:17:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T01:17:25","slug":"sabres-tyler-ennis-several-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2016\/11\/10\/sabres-tyler-ennis-several-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabres Tyler Ennis Out Several Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday afternoon, the <strong>Buffalo Sabres<\/strong> announced that forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/ennisty01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Ennis<\/a><\/strong> will be sidelined for &#8220;several weeks&#8221; after undergoing a successful surgery to repair a groin injury suffered during the Sabres 4-0 loss Monday against the <strong>Boston Bruins<\/strong>. \u00a0Ennis did not play in Wednesday&#8217;s 2-1 shootout loss versus the <strong>Ottawa Senators<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Injury Update: Forward Tyler Ennis has undergone surgery on his groin and will be out for several weeks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Njp6eHi3my\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Njp6eHi3my<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuffaloSabres\/status\/796754713333088257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ennis will be missing significant time now for the second time in the past two seasons, having missed almost half of last season due to concussion-like symptoms. \u00a0His injury just adds to the long list the Sabres have suffered so far this season as well. \u00a0That list includes that now injured Ennis, as well as forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/eicheja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Eichel<\/a><\/strong> (ankle), forward <strong>Ryan O\u2019Reilly<\/strong> (undisclosed), defenseman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bogosza01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach Bogosian<\/a><\/strong> (MCL strain), forward <strong>Nicholas Deslauriers<\/strong> (knee), and forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kaneev01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evander Kane<\/a><\/strong> (ribs).<\/p>\n<p>The 27 year old Ennis has struggled to get off to a good start this season, tallying only two points- a goal and an assist in twelve games played. \u00a0Ennis also holds a team worst -6 plus\/minus record. \u00a0Since he is expected to miss what has been labeled as &#8220;several weeks&#8221;, Ennis can be expected to be back in the lineup, if all goes well, by mid-December.<\/p>\n<p>In eight seasons, all with Buffalo, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/ennisty01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Ennis<\/a> has played in a grand total of 380 games, scoring 93 goals and adding 132 assists. \u00a0He has a -61 plus\/minus rating over the course of his career as well as 156 penalty minutes. \u00a0He has had three 20 plus goal seasons, his latest being during the 2014-2015 campaign (20 goals). \u00a0Ennis was the 26th overall pick (by Buffalo) in the <strong>2008 National Hockey League Entry Draft.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; 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