Utah Mammoth defenseman Sean Durzi is expected to miss a month of games because of an upper-body injury, the team announced Monday.

“Durz will be out a little while,” head coach Andre Tourigny said Monday, as he shuffled his lineup in preparation for a matchup with the Chicago Blackhawks.

Durzi took a hard hit moments before Dylan Guenther scored the game-winning goal in overtime against the Nashville Predators on Monday . Durzi immediately headed for the bench, where he held his shoulder in obvious pain.

Durzi missed 52 games last season after suffering a shoulder injury just four games into the campaign . He was sidelined for five months after undergoing surgery.

Utah’s defense was plagued by injury last season. But this time around, the Mammoth should be better equipped to deal w

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