{"id":527336,"date":"2026-03-28T10:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T10:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/527336\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T10:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T10:21:13","slug":"blue-jackets-suffer-major-injury-blow-on-defense-against-canadiens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/527336\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jackets suffer major injury blow on defense against Canadiens"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\/03\/654625.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Damon Severson (78) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against the Montreal Canadiens during the first period at the Bell Centre.\" title=\"Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Damon Severson (78) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against the Montreal Canadiens during the first period at the Bell Centre.\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Eric Bolte-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Major news has just broken following the game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Columbus Blue Jackets.<\/p>\n<p>Damon Severson will miss several weeks of action following a hit that occurred against the Montreal Canadiens.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Rick Bowness confirmed this significant absence on the Blue Jackets\u2019 blue line.<\/p>\n<p>Damon Severson is &#8216;week to week&#8217; with an upper-body injury, per Rick Bowness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a big loss. While he&#8217;s out, we just need everyone&#8217;s best game. We&#8217;re not going to replace him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Rick Bowness via Aaron Portzline<\/p>\n<p>Severson is dealing with an upper-body injury after contact with Zachary Bolduc.<\/p>\n<p>On the play, Bolduc finished his check legally along the boards, but with force.<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Eric Engels also specified the exact moment of this incident during the game below.<\/p>\n<p>Damon Severson left the ice immediately after the hit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Took a hit from Bolduc and left directly after that, if I\u2019m not mistaken. 11th minute of the third&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Eric Engels<\/p>\n<p>Blue Jackets face major defensive gap as Rick Bowness confirms no direct replacement for Damon Severson<\/p>\n<p>Replacing a defenseman of this caliber represents a major challenge for the Blue Jackets\u2019 coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>Rick Bowness publicly admitted that the organization does not have a perfect solution to fill those vacant minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The coach is simply asking for a collective effort from all his regular players to overcome this significant challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Martin St-Louis certainly appreciates the intensity shown in recent games.<\/p>\n<p>Damon Severson, 31, has recorded 32 points in 71 games this season. He is a 6-foot-2 defenseman and a 2nd-round pick of the New Jersey Devils in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Zachary Bolduc, 23, has recorded 28 points in 69 games this season. He is a 6-foot forward and a 1st-round pick of the St. Louis Blues in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Previously on Montreal Hockey Fanatics<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>11 HOURS AGO|175 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Blue Jackets suffer major injury blow on defense against Canadiens<\/p>\n<p>Should Zachary Bolduc get a chance on the second line with Ivan Demidov?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Photo credit: Eric Bolte-Imagn Images Major news has just broken following the game between the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[230,8744,44224,5,21,4,12090,1484],"class_list":{"0":"post-527336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-columbus-blue-jackets","9":"tag-damon-severson","10":"tag-eric-engels","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-montreal-canadiens","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-rick-bowness","15":"tag-zachary-bolduc"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527336","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=527336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}