Sport: NHL
Welcome again to the Fantrax NHL Harm Report for January 13, 2026. In at this time’s report, Brayden Level suffers a brand new harm, Connor Bedard returns, however is gone once more, and a few updates on Thatcher Demko and Keifer Sherwood. Learn all about this and extra in at this time’s NHL Harm Report from Fantrax.
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NHL Harm Report for January 13
Connor Bedard, Chicago Black Hawks
Connor Bedard won’t play vs EDM tonight.
He has the flu
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) January 13, 2026
Effectively, this sucks. He simply returned from harm, solely to get sick two video games in. The excellent news, diseases often transfer alongside shortly. Sadly, it’s not how Bedard homeowners needed to begin the week.
Dougie Hamilton, New Jersey Devils
Agent J.P. Barry is not holding again on the #NJDevils Dougie Hamilton scratch: “Singling him out appears very calculated.”
Friedman experiences Hamilton blocked a commerce to the Sharks final summer time. Now, he is prepared to increase his checklist. Who trades for him? 👇https://t.co/M1QekWTLB0
— NHL Commerce Rumors (@nhltraderumours) January 11, 2026
It’s not precisely an harm, however that is price monitoring. New Jersey is a gossip metropolis. After being scratched on Sunday, he was again within the lineup final evening.
For Hamilton homeowners, this isn’t nice information. He simply broke his two-month pointless drought, and now all this hypothesis. There needs to be no scarcity of curiosity in a defenceman who put up 74 factors a few seasons in the past. With Luke Hughes, Simon Nemec and Seamus Casey all prepared for greater roles, it was solely a matter of time earlier than the chatter picked up.
This might get uglier earlier than it will get resolved.
Keifer Sherwood, Vancouver Canucks
Adam Foote, Canucks head coach, estimates Sherwood will probably be out one to a few weeks. He’s been one of many few vibrant spots on an in any other case horrible season. Sherwood has as soon as once more been successful machine with 210 in 44 video games. The 17 targets have been the icing on the cake.
Thatcher Demko, Vancouver Canucks
Basic Supervisor Patrik Allvin introduced at this time that G Thatcher Demko has been positioned on IR (retroactive to Jan. 10).
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) January 11, 2026
Right here we go once more. Simply once you assume he is perhaps again, he’s gone once more.
Fortunately, I don’t personal Demko in a single pool. If I did, this might be how I’d transfer ahead:
Pray he returns and strings two or three robust video games collectively – then I’m sending each single group in my league a chance to purchase low on Demko. Typically you’re taking the hit on the return to take away the frustration.
The opposite possibility, hope the Canucks commerce him to a group that believes they will rehabilitate him and get him again and wholesome, and also you maintain. I solely do that if I’m not in competition for a championship. If I’m sitting close to the underside of my league, I’d think about throwing a late choose at Demko within the hopes the proprietor bites. It’s straightforward to gamble on upside when the fee is low sufficient.
Brayden Level, Tampa Bay Lightning
Right here’s a take a look at Brayden Level’s energy play aim, the place he went down after Cam York fell on his knee. He wanted assist off the ice. #GoBolts pic.twitter.com/PicvAytvBy
— Diandra Loux (@Diandra_loux) January 13, 2026
As luck would have it, Level will miss extra time after happening awkwardly underneath Cam York, Philadelphia Flyers.
Since coming back from his earlier harm, Level had been rolling, having returned to his conventional point-per-game kind. The Lightning play within the second half of a back-to-back tonight in opposition to the Pittsburgh Penguins. I’m not anticipating a lot of an replace on how lengthy they count on him to be out earlier than that recreation.
Adam Fox, New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are placing Adam Fox on LTIR (should miss 10 video games or 24 days) and Igor Shesterkin on IR whereas he continues to be evaluated.
Each are coping with decrease physique accidents. pic.twitter.com/cDBVn8udFA
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) January 6, 2026
Fox returned for 2 video games earlier than going again on injured reserve, long-term harm reserve. The harm didn’t seem to happen throughout his final recreation, the place he performed 23:30.
Dropping a perennial 70-point defenceman is a tough blow to recuperate from.
Igor Shesterkin, New York Rangers
The Rangers are being a bit cagey about Shesterkin’s harm. It doesn’t seem like that severe, however saying that, there’s no indication he will probably be returning this week. At this level, he’ll miss a while. I feel that’s the brand new approach of claiming ‘week-to-week’.
That wraps up your NHL Harm Report for January 13. Thanks for studying.
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