{"id":515557,"date":"2026-03-21T22:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/515557\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T22:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:03:13","slug":"sharks-reaves-injured-against-flyers-stays-with-team-but-doesnt-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/515557\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks’ Reaves Injured Against Flyers, Stays With Team But Doesn’t Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Jose Sharks forward Ryan Reaves appeared to have suffered a left-hand injury in the first period against the Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Just 1:48 into the game, Reaves and Flyers forward Garrett Wilson dropped the gloves<\/a> at center ice. Following the fight, Reaves would go to the Sharks\u2019 bench, shaking his left hand and appearing to get work done on his pinky. The San Jose Sharks forward would go to the penalty box, but leave for the locker room before play resumed.<\/p>\n

After some time, Reaves would return to the bench and play one more shift that lasted just 13 seconds before he went back down the tunnel and into the room. Reaves would join the team on the bench<\/a> during the second period, but didn\u2019t play a single shift. Adam Gaudette<\/a> would often rotate in Reaves\u2019 spot on the 4th line.<\/p>\n

San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky<\/a> told reporters after practice on Friday that he needs his team to bring a physical element. With the playoff push on, Reaves is viewed as the leader in that area, but the whole team needs to chip in.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis time of year, it\u2019s physical. You gotta fight for every inch that\u2019s out there,\u201d Warsofsky said. \u201cIt\u2019s not just Reavo. We need every guy to bring that physical element.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Reaves isn\u2019t the most skilled forward, Warsofsky has complemented the veteran\u2019s understanding of the game, calling him a 5th coach on the bench.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s done a really good job on that side of it,\u201d Warsofsky said. \u201cHow we want to play with our identity. He\u2019s done a really good job of that all year long.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reaves is an emotional leader and a smart player, which could be why he\u2019s staying with the team on the bench despite not playing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks forward Ryan Reaves appeared to have suffered a left-hand injury in the first period against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5127],"tags":[5,4,56,7590,748,519,168,5306,5305,1780,32852,24660],"class_list":["post-515557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose-sharks","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-philadelphia-flyers","tag-ryan-reaves","tag-ryan-warsofsky","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-sanjose","tag-sanjosesharks","tag-sharks","tag-sharks-injuries","tag-sj-sharks"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116269429897627702","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515557","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=515557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}