{"id":441256,"date":"2026-02-02T10:33:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/441256\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T10:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:33:47","slug":"canadiens-provide-injury-update-on-alex-texier-ahead-of-game-against-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/441256\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens provide injury update on Alex Texier ahead of game against the Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nCanadiens provide injury update on Alex Texier ahead of game against the Wild&#13;<br \/>\n &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Hockey Fanatics has no direct affiliation to the Montreal Canadiens, NHL or NHLPA<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/638876.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Jan 12, 2026; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Montreal Canadiens left wing Alexandre Texier (85) looks on during warm-up before the game against the Vancouver Canucks at Bell Centre. Mandatory Credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images\" title=\"Jan 12, 2026; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Montreal Canadiens left wing Alexandre Texier (85) looks on during warm-up before the game against the Vancouver Canucks at Bell Centre. Mandatory Credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Forward Alexandre Texier was once again absent from the Canadiens\u2019 practice in Buffalo this morning, confirming that his return is not imminent.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadiens players took to the ice at the KeyBank Center on Sunday. It was an important session before heading back out West.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, number 85 was missing for a second consecutive day. The organization officially provided an update on his health status.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Martin St-Louis therefore had to manage without his depth forward while fine-tuning his strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Bad news for Alexandre Texier ahead of the matchup against the Minnesota Wild<\/p>\n<p>Fans are closely monitoring roster management as the team prepares to travel.<\/p>\n<p>The line combinations used in practice were identical to those from the previous night\u2019s win (with Kirby Dach on the first line).<\/p>\n<p>That means Joe Veleno keeps his spot in the regular lineup for now.<\/p>\n<p>The extra players \u2014 Patrik Laine, Samuel Blais, and Jayden Struble \u2014 rotated in.<\/p>\n<p>Laine\u2019s presence among the scratches continues to spark discussion, but the focus remains on the injury situation.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadiens will board the plane immediately after the session en route to Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>They will face the Wild at the Xcel Energy Center on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Lower-body injuries can sometimes be tricky for players who rely heavily on their skating.<\/p>\n<p>Alexandre Texier was held out of the session. The team announced prior to Saturday\u2019s matchup that the forward is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Montreal Candiens<\/p>\n<p>Previously on Montreal Hockey Fanatics<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>16 HOURS AGO|886 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Canadiens provide injury update on Alex Texier ahead of game against the Wild<\/p>\n<p>Which one would you prefer to see on the first line?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Canadiens provide injury update on Alex Texier ahead of game against the Wild&#13; &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5103],"tags":[2002,265,5,402,4528,412,264,21,5147,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-441256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal-canadiens","8":"tag-alexandre-texier","9":"tag-canadiens","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-injury","12":"tag-joe-veleno","13":"tag-martin-st-louis","14":"tag-montreal","15":"tag-montreal-canadiens","16":"tag-montrealcanadiens","17":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116000592757065072","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441256","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=441256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}