The Calgary Flames may be without a big piece of their team for a little while. Per the club, defenceman Rasmus Andersson was hit by a vehicle while riding a scooter in Detroit and is listed as day-to-day. He is not expected to play on Thursday against the Detroit Red Wings.

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At approximately 6:00 p.m. ET, Wednesday, February 8 in Detroit, MI, while riding a scooter on his way to dinner, Flames defenceman Rasmus Andersson was struck by a vehicle. Andersson was taken to local hospital for a full battery of tests before being released last night.
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Andersson is doing well, and he will remain with the team. He is listed as day-to-day.
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First and foremost: hopefully Andersson&#8217;s feeling alright after, y&#8217;know, being hit by a vehicle. Even if he was healthy enough to be released from hospital, that cannot have been a pleasant experience.
We&#8217;ll see what impacts this has on the Flames&#8217; line-up in the short-term. Andersson and Noah Hanifin have been the only defensive pairing that hasn&#8217;t required shuffling this season due to performance or injury, and missing Andersson for a game or two could have a big impact on basically every aspect of the club&#8217;s on-ice play because he plays in every situation &#8211; first pairing, first unit power play and on the penalty kill.
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Treliving on Andersson: “He’s doing well and is in good spirits. He’s very lucky &#8211; it certainly could have been a lot worse. He’s a little rattled. We’ll list him as day to day. He won’t play tonight and then we’ll see. No injuries we are overly concerned about but we will see.”
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Connor Mackey is on the roster as the seventh defender, so we&#8217;ll see Mackey enter the lineup and the pairings shuffled up. (We suggest Hanifin/Chris Tanev, Nikita Zadorov/MacKenzie Weegar, and Mackey/Michael Stone.) But we&#8217;ll see what lineup news emerges from morning skate and/or warm-up.
Andersson&#8217;s absence will snap the team&#8217;s current iron man streak: Andersson had dressed for 323 consecutive games dating back to mid-November 2018.

The Calgary Flames may be without a big piece of their team for a little while. Per the club, defenceman Rasmus Andersson was hit by a vehicle while riding a scooter in Detroit and is listed as day-to-day. He is not expected to play on Thursday against the Detroit Red Wings.



https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1623710198656565249

https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1623710226066345984

First and foremost: hopefully Andersson's feeling alright after, y'know, being hit by a vehicle. Even if he was healthy enough to be released from hospital, that cannot have been a pleasant experience.

We'll see what impacts this has on the Flames' line-up in the short-term. Andersson and Noah Hanifin have been the only defensive pairing that hasn't required shuffling this season due to performance or injury, and missing Andersson for a game or two could have a big impact on basically every aspect of the club's on-ice play because he plays in every situation - first pairing, first unit power play and on the penalty kill.

https://twitter.com/EricFrancis/status/1623716579711000576

Connor Mackey is on the roster as the seventh defender, so we'll see Mackey enter the lineup and the pairings shuffled up. (We suggest Hanifin/Chris Tanev, Nikita Zadorov/MacKenzie Weegar, and Mackey/Michael Stone.) But we'll see what lineup news emerges from morning skate and/or warm-up.

Andersson's absence will snap the team's current iron man streak: Andersson had dressed for 323 consecutive games dating back to mid-November 2018.

Calgary Flames defender Rasmus Andersson day-to-day after scooter accident in Detroit

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