One defenseman gets healthy, another one goes down for the Philadelphia Flyers.
Right when the team’s blueline was starting to get healthy with the return of Jamie Drysdale, the team announced that defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen is out for the matchup vs. the Buffalo Sabres with an upper-body injury.
Ristolainen is considered to be day-to-day.
It is unclear what happened to Ristolainen. He skated at morning skate on the team’s top pair, playing to the right of Travis Sanheim. The defenseman was a late scratch, as the Finnish blueliner did not come out for warmups.
Since returning from his tricep injury in December, the defenseman has 3 assists and a -3 rating in 13 games. His physical presence has been felt on the ice.
Ristolainen is also one of the Flyers’ four Olympians, being named to the Finnish team on New Year’s Eve.
What happened to the Flyers defenseman remains unclear. All that is known is that he is out and is considered to be day-to-day.
An update will be provided when one becomes available.
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