Minnesota Wild forward Ryan Hartman out Vs. Canadiens with upper-body injury

The Minnesota Wild announced that forward Ryan Hartman will miss tonight’s game against the Montreal Canadiens with an upper-body injury.

The 29-year-old has nine goals and 15 points in 27 games this season while averaging 15:50 minutes of ice time. He is coming off a 37-point season last year and is two years removed from a 34-goal and 65-point campaign in 2021-22. He recently signed a three-year, $12 million contract with the Wild that takes effect in the 2024-25 season, the contract has an average annual value of $4,000,000.

Hartman was recently suspended two games for slew-footing Detroit Red Wings forward Alex DeBrincat. Hartman has been previously suspended twice, as well as been fined six times by the league.

The Hilton Head Island, South Carolina native was initially selected in the first round, No. 30 overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2013 NHL Draft. Hartman spent his draft year in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) with the now-defunct, Plymouth Whalers, where he notched 60 points in 56 games and was named to the CHL Top Prospects Game. Hartman captured a gold medal at the World Juniors with the United States that same season.

Across 10 NHL seasons with the Wild, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Nashville Predators and the Philadelphia Flyers, Hartman has 116 goals, 132 assists and 248 points in 533 career games.