{"id":468565,"date":"2026-02-23T19:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/468565\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T19:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:54:14","slug":"dallas-stars-mikko-rantanen-expected-to-miss-time-after-olympics-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/468565\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Stars\u2019 Mikko Rantanen expected to miss time after Olympics injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/dallas-stars\/25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/dallas-stars\/25\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Stars<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/mikko-rantanen\/8478420\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/mikko-rantanen\/8478420\" target=\"_blank\">Mikko Rantanen<\/a> is expected to miss some time after sustaining an injury at Milano Cortina 2026, head coach Glen Gulutzan said Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Gulutzan expects Rantanen to miss Stars\u2019 first game back after the NHL\u2019s Olympic hiatus on Wednesday at home against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/seattle-kraken\/55\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/seattle-kraken\/55\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Kraken<\/a> and could also miss Saturday\u2019s game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/nashville-predators\/18\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/nashville-predators\/18\" target=\"_blank\">Nashville Predators<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Rantanen was sustained a lower-body injury during third period of Finland\u2019s 3-2 loss to Canada in the semifinal on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He was not available to the team on Saturday as Finland went on to defeat Slovakia 6-1 to claim bronze.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gulutzan says Mikko Rantanen will be going to the doctor today, but he expects Dallas will \u201cmiss him for a little bit here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adds, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t expect him, certainly for the first game, or maybe in the first two.\u201d But didn\u2019t want to speculate beyond this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Tiffin (@RobertTiffin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertTiffin\/status\/2026001804958257423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Rantanen finished the Olympic tournament with two goals and six points in five games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 6-foot-4 winger has leads the Stars with 20 goals and 69 points in 54 games this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Dallas sits in third place in the Central Division with a 34-14-9 record, one point behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/minnesota-wild\/30\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/minnesota-wild\/30\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Wild<\/a> and six points behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/colorado-avalanche\/21\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/colorado-avalanche\/21\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas Stars forward Mikko Rantanen is expected to miss some time after sustaining an injury at Milano 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