{"id":415676,"date":"2026-01-19T08:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/415676\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T08:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:44:11","slug":"oscar-sundqvist-avoids-worst-case-scenario-after-scary-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/415676\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Sundqvist avoids worst-case scenario after scary injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nhl\/nhl-stories\/clutchpoints-nhl-power-rankings-week-15-are-sabres-red-wings-for-real\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Louis Blues are trying to climb out of a hole this year<\/a>. They are near the bottom of the Western Conference at this time. And it appears as if the Blues are preparing for a potential fire sale at the 2026 NHL Trade Deadline. On Sunday, they took on Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers, where a scary incident took place between McDavid and Oskar Sundqvist.<\/p>\n<p>The two veteran players were involved in a collision near the boards during the third period. After the play was whistled dead, some Blues players and an on-ice official began urgently waving for medical personnel. A trainer came onto the ice to help Sundqvist off the ice as the Oilers fans in Edmonton gave Sundqvist a loud ovation.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oskar Sundqvist leaves the game with an apparent cut after colliding with Connor McDavid. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T4wHdJDHYa\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/T4wHdJDHYa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sportsnet\/status\/2013094943208755596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was speculated that the Blues forward had been cut during the play with McDavid. After the game, head coach Jim Montgomery confirmed he did suffer a cut. And thankfully, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lkorac10\/status\/2013101004393222187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">he avoided the nightmare scenario<\/a> in this case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJim Montgomery said it was a cut to Sundqvist above the ankle but NOT the achillies,\u201d the Blues head coach said, via Lou Korac of NHL.com.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nhl\/st-louis-blues\/blues-news-st-louis-inks-winger-contract-extension\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sundqvist is an important depth forward for the Blues<\/a>. So far, he&#8217;s skated in 39 games, including Sunday&#8217;s contest. He has three goals and 13 points in these games while skating around 13 and a half minutes per game. Sundqvist is signed through the rest of this season after inking an extension in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Fans will need to wait for a timeline on Sundqvist&#8217;s return to the ice, but this is certainly positive news. St. Louis is in action again on Tuesday when they take on the Winnipeg Jets.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The St. Louis Blues are trying to climb out of a hole this year. They are near the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5120],"tags":[71,5,4,7901,534,84,5285,5284],"class_list":{"0":"post-415676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-louis-blues","8":"tag-blues","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-nhl-injury","12":"tag-st-louis","13":"tag-st-louis-blues","14":"tag-stlouis","15":"tag-stlouisblues"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115920887082012702","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}