{"id":484797,"date":"2026-03-04T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/484797\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:00:20","slug":"ryan-oreilly-injury-update-latest-news-on-predators-trade-chip-after-taking-stick-to-face-vs-blue-jackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/484797\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan O’Reilly injury update: Latest news on Predators trade chip after taking stick to face vs. Blue Jackets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan O’Reilly injury update: Latest news on Predators trade chip after taking stick to face vs. Blue Jackets<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Veteran center Ryan O’Reilly could be a strong addition to a playoff contender, but the Nashville Predators<\/a> center suffered an injury scare on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Reilly was unable to finish the Predators’ game against the Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> after sustaining an eye injury, forcing him to leave the ice. As Nashville is both in the playoff race and a potential seller, every game and moment matters for the team’s decision-making.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the latest on O’Reilly following the scary incident against Columbus.<\/p>\n

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Ryan O’Reilly injury updates<\/p>\n

Ryan O’Reilly left Tuesday night’s game with an eye injury, but the Predators said he is expected to be fine.<\/p>\n

“For those who are concerned about Ryan O\u2019Reilly, we expect that he is going to be OK,” the team said in a statement<\/a>. “He is flying home with the team from Columbus tonight and will be evaluated by our medical team in Nashville. We expect to have an update on his playing status sometime Thursday.”<\/p>\n

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The Predators are off Wednesday before returning to the ice on Thursday night for their final game ahead of the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

What happened to Ryan O’Reilly?<\/p>\n

Near the end of Tuesday\u2019s Predators game against the Blue Jackets, Ryan O’Reilly was forced to leave after taking a stick to the eye. He did not return, as blood from the injury was visible on the ice.<\/p>\n

Ryan O’Reilly trade rumors<\/p>\n

While the Predators are just four points out of a playoff spot, Nashville could still look to trade veterans like Ryan O’Reilly and Steven Stamkos. O’Reilly is signed through the end of the 2026\u201327 season, increasing his value as a player the team would get for two playoff runs.<\/p>\n

However, O’Reilly reportedly enjoys Nashville and would like to remain with the team for a playoff chase.<\/p>\n

If the Predators opt to keep O’Reilly, they could instead look to extend him beyond next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan O’Reilly injury update: Latest news on Predators trade chip after taking stick to face vs. Blue Jackets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5108],"tags":[3644,5180,897,230,5179,5,231,4,45979,25319,29236,19410,45978,57977,1489,2911],"class_list":{"0":"post-484797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-columbus-blue-jackets","8":"tag-blue-jackets","9":"tag-bluejackets","10":"tag-columbus","11":"tag-columbus-blue-jackets","12":"tag-columbusbluejackets","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-nashville-predators","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-o39reilly","17":"tag-playoff-contender","18":"tag-predators-game","19":"tag-reilly","20":"tag-ryan-o39reilly","21":"tag-ryan-o39reilly-trade","22":"tag-steven-stamkos","23":"tag-the-predators"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116170799385993823","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484797","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=484797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}