{"id":461669,"date":"2025-01-29T15:23:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T20:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=461669"},"modified":"2025-01-29T15:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T20:23:58","slug":"montreal-canadiens-defenceman-out-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/01\/29\/montreal-canadiens-defenceman-out-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Canadiens Defenceman Out Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/01\/22\/montreal-canadiens-goalie-situation\/\" target=\"_self\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a> have received some bad news on Wednesday afternoon. News came down that defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/guhleka01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-29_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kaiden Guhle<\/a> is out injured with a lower-body injury. According to the Canadiens, Guhle suffered a lacerated quadricep muscle that needed surgery. The team also announced that Guhle will be out indefinitely.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Le d\u00e9fenseur Kaiden Guhle a subi une lac\u00e9ration au muscle du quadriceps, qui a n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 une intervention chirurgicale. Il a obtenu son cong\u00e9 de l\u2019h\u00f4pital aujourd\u2019hui et sera tenu \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cart du jeu pour une p\u00e9riode ind\u00e9termin\u00e9e. <\/p>\n<p>Defenseman Kaiden Guhle sustained a lacerated\u2026 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dCriJjdJtH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/dCriJjdJtH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Canadiens Montr\u00e9al (@CanadiensMTL) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadiensMTL\/status\/1884680535244464169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Kaiden Guhle Injured and Will Miss Time<\/h2>\n<p>Guhle <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/montreal-canadiens-d-kaiden-guhle-to-undergo-further-evaluation-after-sustaining-lbi-tuesday-1.2243325\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">left in the third period<\/a> of Tuesday night&#8217;s 4-1 loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/01\/22\/nhl-rumours-future-of-winnipeg-jets-winger\/\" target=\"_self\">Winnipeg Jets.<\/a> The 23-year-old sustained the lower-body injury after he lost an edge and crashed awkwardly into the boards. He appeared to be favouring his right leg. However, Guhle did leave the ice under his own power.<\/p>\n<p>The Sherwood Park, Alberta native has only played for the Habs during his three-year NHL career. Guhle has four goals and 10 assists for 14 points in 43 games so far this season. He has a Corsi for of 42.4 and a relative Corsi of -7.8.<\/p>\n<p>The young blueliner has 14 goals and 40 assists for 54 points in 157 career games. Montreal originally drafted Guhle in the first round, 16th overall of the 2020 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Guhle has represented his native Canada at the international level. He picked up a silver medal at the 2021 World Juniors. The former Edmonton Oil King also was on the fourth-place squad at the 2024 IIHF World Championships.<\/p>\n<h3>What It Means<\/h3>\n<p>Losing Guhle would be a big blow to a Canadiens team that is playing above expectations. He is an important component of the Montreal defence and sees top-four minutes.<\/p>\n<p>If Guhle is out for any amount of time, we could see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/strubja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-29_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jayden Struble<\/a> enter the lineup for any significant length of time. Montreal will next take on the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/01\/15\/nhl-rumours-minnesota-wild-trade-deadline-plans\/\" target=\"_self\">Minnesota Wild<\/a> on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Guhle looked to be on pace to eclipse his career-high six goals that he had in the 2023-24 season. He was building off his breakout campaign, but now Montreal has to hold its breath as it hopes Guhle can return soon.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: David Kirouac-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Montreal Canadiens have received some bad news on Wednesday afternoon. News came down that defenceman Kaiden Guhle is out injured with a lower-body injury. According to the Canadiens, Guhle suffered a lacerated quadricep muscle that needed surgery. The team also announced that Guhle will be out indefinitely. 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