Per Sheldon Keefe, Jacob Markstrom will miss a couple of weeks.
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NHL Notebook: Markstrom to miss ‘a couple weeks’, Rangers set NHL record with third-straight home shutout loss, and more
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By Tyson Cole
Oct 15, 2025, 17:00 EDTUpdated: Oct 15, 2025, 16:57 EDT
Welcome back to NHL Notebook — the series here at CanucksArmy where we deliver you news and notes from around the National Hockey League — oftentimes through a Vancouver Canucks-tinted lens!
The Canucks are off to an underwhelming start to the 2025-26 campaign. It’s only three games in, so it’s far too early to hit the panic button on anything.
However, teams around the league are suffering through injuries and embarrassing NHL records, just one week into the season.
Jacob Markstrom out a couple weeks
Former Canuck and current New Jersey Devils goaltender Jacob Markstrom will be out for a couple of weeks, according to Head Coach Sheldon Keefe.
Devils reporter Amanda Stein reported that it was a lower-body injury for Markstrom. It appears he suffered this injury at the tail end of Monday’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets:
#NJDevils Jacob Markstrom skating off the ice gingerly right after the final buzzer after appearing to suffer an apparent injury on the late Voronkov goal. Seems like he was in severe pain or something the way he reacted in the crease, but stayed in for the final 14 seconds…
The most unfortunate part of this injury is that it occurred during a game Markstrom did not start. Backup Jake Allen started the contest, but was forced to leave after two periods due to cramps. Allen felt terrible after learning about Markstrom’s injury.
Tough to hear Allen talk about Markstrom's injury; he clearly feels horrible. "I feel terrible for him. Partially my fault, so I take sort of responsibility for it. But it's the game we play, there's a lot of variables out there. I reiterated how bad I feel for him right now."
Markstrom, 35, started the first two games of the Devils’ season, finishing with a disappointing 4.07 goals against average and a .834 save percentage. The Calgary Flames traded Markstrom last offseason. In the Swedish netminder’s Devils debut season, Markstrom finished with a 26-16-6 record, a 2.50 goals against average, a .900 save percentage and four shutouts.
The Devils will now move forward with Allen and Nico Daws – who was called up on Wednesday morning – as their goaltending tandem until Markstrom makes his return.
Rangers set an embarrassing NHL record
The New York Rangers were in the headlines for all the wrong reasons on Tuesday night.
After their shutout loss to the Edmonton Oilers, the Rangers became the first team in NHL history to open the season with three straight shutout losses on home ice.
The Rangers have become the first team in NHL history to open the season with three straight shutout losses at home 🫣
JT Miller and the Rangers welcomed Arturs Silovs and the Pittsburgh Penguins to Madison Square Garden on opening night. Igor Shesterkin allowed just one goal, but the Penguins added two empty-net goals to take the contest 3-0.
Five days later, the Washington Capitals came to town. It was a low-event game, as Anthony Beauvillier’s second period tally stood as the only goal in the game, and the Rangers lost 1-0. Then on Tuesday, Stuart Skinner and the rest of the Oilers held the Rangers off the scoresheet in a 2-0 win.
Unfortunately for the Rangers’ goaltenders, they have allowed just one goal in each of their home games this season. But they’ve yet to get even one goal of support and are thus the first team in NHL history to get shutout in the opening three home games.
Rangers fans will have to wait until October 20 against the Minnesota Wild in hopes of seeing their first goal of the season.
Brady Tkachuk to miss at least a month
The Ottawa Senators may have lost their captain for the foreseeable future.
According to Head Coach Travis Green, Brady Tkachuk will miss at least four weeks with a hand injury.
Brady Tkachuk is set to miss at least four weeks after suffering a hand injury, Travis Green announced. Green added that surgery has not been ruled out.
Tkachuk was injured halfway through the first period against the Nashville Predators on Monday. Predators captain Roman Josi cross-checked Tkachuk in the back and landed awkwardly into the boards. Here is the play.
Here’s the play that resulted in Brady Tkachuk’s hand injury. The #Sens captain is expected to miss more than four weeks and may require surgery. An absolutely devastating blow for this team. Sending good vibes towards Brady for a speedy recovery.
The power forward stayed in the game for the following two periods before exiting halfway through the third period.
A day after the initial report, Senators owner informed the press that Tkachuk is getting a second opinion, per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.
At BoG, Senators owner Michael Andlauer told reporters Brady Tkachuk is getting a second opinion…should know if surgery is necessary in the next 24 hours
According to the four-week timeline, Tkachuk will miss the Senators’ next 13 games. If surgery is required, Ottawa could see its captain sidelined even longer.
Through three games this season, Brady had yet to find the back of the net, but managed to tally three assists. Last season, Tkachuk’s 29 goals and 55 points in 72 games helped lead the Senators to their first Stanley Cup playoff appearance since the 2016-2017 season, when they lost in double overtime to the Penguins in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final.
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