Simon Edvinsson opened the scoring for Detroit on Wednesday as the Red Wings edged the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 in overtime.

The door to an Olympic opportunity for Edvinsson may also be opening a little bit further.

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Toronto defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson left the game with a lower-body injury. Leafs coach Craig Berube was saying that more would be finding out more about the severity of the injury sometime on Thursday.

While his long-term status remains unknown, Ekman-Larsson’s departure raises another question mark behind a player who was among the selections for the Swedish Olympic team. NHL players are slated to compete at next month’s Winter Games in Italy.

Edvinsson was not among the selections for that team. However, the chances of that situation are changing every day.

Ekman-Larsson joins Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning), Erik Karlsson (Pittsburgh Penguins), and Jonas Brodin (Minnesota Wild) as Swedish defense selections who are currently on an NHL injury list.

It is expected that Brodin will not be playing in Italy. That should be made a certainty within the week.

“We will give it a few more days before we can fully confirm it,” Swedish coach Sam Hallam told Swedish website Expressen.

Karlsson also seems doubtful.

Will Sweden Add Red Wings Edvinsson?

Certainly, these developments have put Edvinsson into contention to join the Swedish squad. Expressen is projecting Edvinsson, as a top contender to be an addition to Sweden’s Olympic roster. Hampus Lindholm of the Boston Bruins and Mattias Ekholm of the Edmonton Oilers are also on that list.

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Hallam plans to be patient in deciding who might be an addition to his squad.

“We are talking from several different perspectives,” Hallam said. “We won’t bring in any replacements this week. We’ll use the time to create a better picture.

“But the work continues on how we will put the squad together and be as sharp and ready as possible.”

Following Wednesday’s win over the Leafs, Edvinsson told reporters he’d be excited to be an Olympian.

“Olympics? Probably the biggest thing you can play, right?” Edvinsson said on the team’s website. “So, the honor to represent your country, that would be huge.

“It would be a great honor.”