Seth Vigdor
The Flyers will be without Andrew MacDonald when they take on the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night, in what is nothing short of a huge game for the team. The Flyers made the announcement on Monday. General manager Ron Hextall said that MacDonald will miss Wednesday’s game due to an upper-body injury and is considered day-to-day.
Injury Update: Andrew MacDonald will not play Wednesday due to an upper body injury & will be listed as day-to-day → https://t.co/httCbkmHCu
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) April 4, 2016
MacDonald left Sunday’s game against Pittsburgh in the third period after he was checked into the boards by Pittsburgh’s Tom Kunhackl.
Another look at the Kuhnhackl hit on MacDonald pic.twitter.com/c4vFZzc1Ow
— joe (@joeypierogies) April 3, 2016
Flyers’ Insider for CSN Philly Tim Panaccio said that it’s expected that Evgeny Medvedev will replace MacDonald in the game against the Red Wings.
MacDonald appeared to lose his skate edge and falls as Kuhnhackl hits him. Flyers treating this as a concussion I am told
— Tim Panaccio (@tpanotchRET) April 4, 2016
Things are about to get real for the Flyers because they have four games left in the regular season and all will be played in a five game span. The Flyers now only have six healthy defensemen. They’re 39-26-13 on the season and only one game ahead of the Boston Bruins for the second Wildcard spot.
Wednesday’s game will be played in Detroit at 8:00 P.M.