Hurricanes defenseman Jalen Chatfield will not return to tonight’s game, per the team , after sustaining a brutal hit to the head from Wild forward Tyler Pitlick . Chatfield was helped off the ice and left the game immediately, while Pitlick received a match penalty from the game, which carries an automatic suspension pending review from the league. It stands as the first match penalty of the 2025-26 NHL season.

Already missing Jaccob Slavin and Shayne Gostisbehere , the Canes can seldom afford to lose another defenseman. They have already called upon Joel Nystrom , who is getting his first NHL action this season after coming over from Sweden, being drafted by the club in the seventh round back in 2021. Meanwhile, Chatfield was signed to a rather unassumi

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