{"id":388444,"date":"2026-01-03T14:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T14:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/388444\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T14:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T14:09:10","slug":"brayden-mcnabb-expected-to-miss-multiple-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/388444\/","title":{"rendered":"Brayden McNabb Expected To Miss Multiple Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One step forward, one step back for the Vegas Golden Knights on the injury front. Despite returning star center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/eicheja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jack Eichel<\/a> to the lineup today, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SinBinVegas\/status\/2007173656032772349?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jason R. Pothier and <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SinBinVegas\/status\/2007173656032772349?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ken Boehlke of SinBin reported<\/a> that blue liner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcnabbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brayden McNabb<\/a> is expected to miss the next few weeks with an upper-body injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McNabb was originally injured a few days ago in the Golden Knights\u2019 matchup on Wednesday against the Nashville Predators. The injury necessitated Vegas <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prohockeyrumors.com\/2026\/01\/golden-knights-recall-jaycob-megna.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recalling<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/megnaja02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jaycob Megna<\/a> yesterday, and he earned a -2 rating in 10:43 of action against the St. Louis Blues today.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, if there\u2019s any silver lining, the Golden Knights likely won\u2019t have to keep Megna in the lineup that much longer, though he\u2019ll likely remain on the active roster. Defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/theodsh01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shea Theodore<\/a>, who hasn\u2019t played since December 13th due to his own upper-body ailment, is expected to be activated from the injured reserve once Vegas returns from its road trip through the Central Division.<\/p>\n<p>Still, despite the upcoming return of Theodore, the Golden Knights will remain without a top-four blueliner for the foreseeable future. McNabb, 34, has scored two goals and three points in 38 games with Vegas this year, averaging over 20 minutes a night for the second consecutive season.<\/p>\n<p>Even before the injury, McNabb was certainly showing signs of decline. He\u2019s still leading the team in blocked shots, but has seen his CorsiFor% and on-ice SV% at even strength decline to career lows. Additionally, even though he isn\u2019t typically relied upon for his offensive production, he was on pace to only score seven points this season before the injury after registering 46 over the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>If Vegas runs into any more injury trouble on the blue line, or they simply want an additional defenseman on the roster, the most likely recall candidate would be Dylan Coghlan. The 27-year-old defenseman has been recalled on two occasions already this year, but didn\u2019t feature in any games. Still, he scored six goals and 19 points in 88 games with the Golden Knights from 2020 to 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One step forward, one step back for the Vegas Golden Knights on the injury front. 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