The Washington Capitals have positioned defenseman Jakob Chychrun on injured reserve with an upper-body damage. In a corresponding transfer, they’ve additionally recalled defender Vincent Iorio for the primary time this season.
Little particulars have been revealed about Chychrun’s damage. He hasn’t hit the ice since leaving Tuesday’s win over the New York Rangers after simply 4 shifts. There wasn’t any clear second the place Chychrun appeared to get injured, although he was seen clutching at his ribs in his final shift. Chychrun sat out of Washington’s Thursday win over Montreal and can now should miss a minimum of yet one more week of motion. Along with his transfer to IR not retroactive, this transfer will pressure Chychrun out of a minimum of 4 video games. His subsequent probability to play will probably be when Washington visits St. Louis on Saturday, Nov. 9.
This information brings a screeching halt to Chychrun’s scorching begin in Washington. He’s been the group’s clear-cut prime left-defender, averaging over 21 minutes of ice time and recording 4 factors in seven video games previous to damage. Chychrun joined the Capitals by way of commerce this summer season, with Washington dealing Nick Jensen and a third-round choose again to the Ottawa Senators — simply over one 12 months after Ottawa traded a first-round and two second-round picks for the defender. For all of his strikes over the past two seasons, Chychrun has appeared to discover a dwelling in Washington — and will even set a brand new career-high in scoring ought to he keep his present scoring tempo.
With Chychrun headed to the shelf, Washington is as soon as once more turning in the direction of prime defenseman Vincent Iorio. Iorio was the Fifty fifth-overall choose within the 2021 NHL Draft and turned professional within the 2022-23 season, discovering a spot on the Hershey Bears’ blue-line and in the end posting 36 factors in 123 video games over the past two seasons. Iorio confirmed loads of mature, two-way capacity early into his profession — sufficient to earn call-ups to the NHL roster in each of his professional years to this point, although it’s solely resulted in a single help throughout 9 video games.
Iorio has simply three factors in 9 AHL video games this 12 months however may nonetheless stand for a robust probability at ice time behind a depleted Capitals blue-line behind John Carlson and Rasmus Sandin. He’ll most certainly step in for Dylan McIlrath, who’s slotted onto the third-pair for eight video games this season and recorded two assists. McIlrath and Iorio may additionally cede ice time to Matt Roy when he returns from an Oct. 12 damage.
