{"id":39463,"date":"2018-12-28T15:01:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=39463"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:08:03","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:08:03","slug":"philadelphia-flyers-nolan-patrick-out-with-upper-body-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/12\/28\/philadelphia-flyers-nolan-patrick-out-with-upper-body-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Flyers Nolan Patrick Out With Upper-Body Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It had already been a tough season thus far for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/patrino01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nolan Patrick<\/a><\/strong>. Things just got tougher as the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/flyers\/\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> announced that Patrick will be out for about four to five days with an upper-body injury. He is unlikely to return on the team&#8217;s current road trip.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Scott Gordon says Nolan Patrick will miss four or five days, so basically the rest of this road trip. Also, Carter Hart in goal tomorrow vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Panthers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Panthers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Isaac (@davegisaac) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davegisaac\/status\/1078734686275465216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><strong>Nolan Patrick Sidelined For Road Trip<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>It is unclear exactly what happened to Patrick, but he was injured during the second period of the Flyers 6-5 overtime loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/lightning\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a>. He did not return after <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/stamkst01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steven Stamkos<\/a><\/strong> scored with 7:37 remaining in the second period.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick dropped the gloves with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/cirelan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Cirelli<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>at the end of the first period. He was involved in a check on Andrej Palat in front of the net before Stamkos&#8217; goal. He favored his left arm afterward.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here is where <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Flyers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Flyers<\/a> Nolan Patrick was injured. Upper-body injury. Left arm. Watch &#8211; Patrick checks Palat in-front and comes up favoring his left arm. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FlyersTalk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FlyersTalk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetsGoFlyers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LetsGoFlyers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k1zQobfa0r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/k1zQobfa0r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brandon Sommermann (@PFL_BSommermann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PFL_BSommermann\/status\/1078732269983014912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>With the four-to-five day timeline, Patrick is expected to miss the next three games against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/panthers\/\" target=\"_self\">Florida Panthers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/hurricanes\/\" target=\"_self\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/predators\/\" target=\"_self\">Nashville Predators<\/a>. These all take place within a five-day span.<\/p>\n<p>Things have not come easy for the second-year forward. In 33 games, Patrick has five goals and six assists. He is pointless in his last four games. He has not scored a goal in his last 19 games, aside from the shootout winner against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/rangers\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Rangers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With Patrick out, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/wealjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan Weal<\/a><\/strong> looks to assume third line center responsibilities in his absence. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lindbos01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oskar Lindblom<\/a><\/strong> was also seen on the third line during the team&#8217;s practice. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/laughsc01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Laughton<\/a><\/strong> was moved down to the team&#8217;s fourth line. However, head coach Scott Gordon has been known to change his line combinations so things could change before Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the Flyers will look to build on their 3-1-1 record under their new head coach. They will have to do so without Nolan Patrick for the next few games.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo by Kate Frese (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KateFresePhoto\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@KateFresePhoto<\/a>), licensed to Last Word on Hockey. The Photographer retains all rights to the photograph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It had already been a tough season thus far for Nolan Patrick. Things just got tougher as the Philadelphia Flyers announced that Patrick will be out for about four to five days with an upper-body injury. He is unlikely to return on the team&#8217;s current road trip. Scott Gordon says Nolan Patrick will miss four [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":39466,"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":[16,34],"tags":[37,38,683,126],"class_list":["post-39463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flyers","category-news","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-nolan-patrick","tag-philadelphia-flyers"],"modified_by":"Ariel Melendez","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39463","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\/116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}