{"id":38836,"date":"2018-12-10T16:46:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T21:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=38836"},"modified":"2018-12-10T23:45:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T04:45:13","slug":"ottawa-senators-dylan-demelo-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/12\/10\/ottawa-senators-dylan-demelo-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Senators Dylan DeMelo Placed On Injured Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/senators\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ottawa Senators<\/a> placed defenseman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/demeldy01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dylan DeMelo<\/a><\/strong> on injured reserve today. DeMelo missed Sunday&#8217;s game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/bruins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Bruins<\/a>, a 2-1 overtime loss. It is unclear when he suffered this injury. However, he did play in Ottawa&#8217;s 2-1 victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/penguins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> Saturday night. DeMelo logged over 18 minutes in that game. Due to this, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2018\/12\/07\/ottawa-senators-bobby-ryan-matt-duchene\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Duchene injury<\/a>, Ottawa has made a pair of call-ups. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/elliost01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stefan Elliott<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/careypa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Carey<\/a><\/strong> have been recalled from Belleville.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fi\">NHL \u2192 IR<br \/>\nDylan DeMelo (D) | Ottawa Senators<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoSensGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#GoSensGo<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DkuVI7IvDo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/DkuVI7IvDo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CapFriendly Transactions (@CF_Transactions) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CF_Transactions\/status\/1072173953915990016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">Roster update: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Sens<\/a> recall defenceman Stefan Elliott and forward Paul Carey from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BellevilleSens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BellevilleSens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mise \u00e0 jour alignement : Les <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Sens<\/a> rappellent le d\u00e9fenseur Stefan Elliott et l\u2019attaquant Paul Carey des <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BellevilleSens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BellevilleSens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ottawa Senators (@Senators) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Senators\/status\/1072173225713561600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Dylan DeMelo Big Loss For Senators<\/h1>\n<p>Dylan DeMelo&#8217;s absence will cause problems for the Senators down the stretch. DeMelo has been one of their <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2018\/10\/15\/dylan-demelo-ottawa-senators\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">better players this season<\/a>. He was acquired\u00a0in the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/karlser01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erik Karlsson<\/a><\/strong> trade this summer and has shown good early returns for Ottawa. DeMelo has played just under 19 minutes on average this season with Ottawa. He has 3 goals and 5 assists for 8 points in 30 games.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is his defensive game that will be missed. DeMelo has been one of the more reliable Sens with the puck this season. Never super flashy, he always has found a way to make the right play. His missed time on ice will fall on many Sens D to make up. However, expect to see a boost in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/chaboth01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thomas Chabot<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/cecico01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cody Ceci<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/harpube01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Harpur<\/a><\/strong> and maybe <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lajoima01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maxime Lajoie<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s minutes. But, those will likely be the big four for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>DeMelo also has the 2nd best Corsi For Percentage of the Sens Defensemen. Although it is only at 45.93, he is much ahead of teammates like Ceci, Harpur and Lajoie in the shot attempt differentials. The Sens will be in tough without DeMelo, however, will have to find a way to push through it. Ottawa starts a 3 game road trip Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"C5S7W7u-Q7RCY9Ov3hypZg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1070342076\" 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:'C5S7W7u-Q7RCY9Ov3hypZg',sig:'SecU0QULct1q3J0rJFMWwxipu0Z8DQ_P9-R9UdsIDvM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1070342076',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>The Ottawa Senators placed defenseman Dylan DeMelo on injured reserve today with an undisclosed injury that occurred Saturday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2473,"featured_media":38837,"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":[34,8],"tags":[599,37,1576,38,70],"class_list":["post-38836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-senators","tag-dylan-demelo","tag-hockey","tag-injury","tag-nhl","tag-ottawa-senators"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38836","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\/2473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}