Matt Grzelcyk News

Matt Grzelcyk (upper body) did not travel with the Bruins' on their road trip and will miss at least the next two games.

Grzelcyk played only 13:35 in the Bruins' last game before exiting with an undisclosed injury. The 29-year-old defenseman has failed to record a point in 13 consecutive games and has only one point (1G / 0A) through 20 games this season. Mason Lohrei will draw into the lineup in the interim.

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Matt Grzelcyk (undisclosed) is considered questionable for Friday vs. Winnipeg and day-to-day after missing practice Thursday.

Grzelcyk played only 13:35 in the Bruins' last game before exiting with an undisclosed injury. The 29-year-old defenseman has failed to record a point in 13 consecutive games and has only one point (1G / 0A) through 20 games this season.

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The Bruins have activated Matt Grzelcyk (upper-body) from LTIR.

Grzelcyk missed the minimum of 10 games on LTIR and is expected to play Saturday in New York. Grzelcyk will replace Mason Lohrei, who was sent back to Providence (AHL) in a corresponding transaction. Grzelcyk had one goal on 12 SOG in nine games before getting hurt.

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Matt Grzelcyk (upper body) is expected to return to Boston's lineup on November 25th vs. the Rangers.

Grzelcyk last played on October 30th when he exited the game after only 3:29 time-on-ice with an upper-body injury. The offensive defenceman was off to a slow start, tallying only a single point (0G / 1A) in nine games. Grzelcyk will likely play on the third defensive pair when he returns to the lineup.

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Matt Grzelyck (upper body) has been placed on the long-term injured reserve.

Grzelcyk suffered an upper-body injury in the first period of the Bruins' 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Monday and has been placed on long-term injured reserve. Grzelcyk would have been a candidate to see a bump in playing time with Charlie McAvoy (suspension) out of the lineup for the next four games but instead, those duties will likely fall to Hampus Lindholm and Kevin Shattenkirk. The Bruins have also recalled defensemen Mason Lohrei, Ian Mitchell and Parker Wotherspoon.

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Matt Grzelcyk will be a healthy scratch for Game 6 vs. Florida Friday.

Grzelcyk failed to pick up a point but had five SOG through three games throughout the first round of the playoffs but will be a healthy scratch ahead of Game 6. The 29-year-old will be replaced by Connor Clifton in the Bruins' lineup Friday.

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Matt Grzelcyk will make his playoff 2022-23 playoff debut for Game 3 Friday vs. Florida.

Grzelcyk had four goals, 22 assists, 102 SOG, 28 PIMs and a +46 plus/minus through 75 games played during the regular season and will draw into the Bruins' lineup for the first time this postseason. He will replace Connor Clifton in Boston's lineup for Game 3.

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Matt Grzelcyk will be a healthy scratch Thursday vs. Columbus.

Grzelcyk has four goals, 21 assists, 97 SOG, 28 PIMs and a +45 plus/minus through 68 games this season but will be a healthy scratch Thursday vs. Columbus. The 29-year-old will be replaced by Jakub Zboril in the Bruins' lineup.

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Grzelcyk will draw back into the Bruins lineup on Tuesday.

Grzelcyk was a healthy scratch for the Bruins' previous game but will draw back into the lineup Tuesday vs. Calgary. The 29-year-old has three goals, 17 assists, 76 SOG, 24 PIMs and a +36 plus/minus through 54 games played this season.

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Grzelcyk (shoulder) will make his season debut on Thursday.

Grzelcyk missed the first four games of the season after getting a procedure done on his shoulder in the summer. Grzelcyk will replace Anton Stralman (visa issues) in the line-up and should see top-4 minutes and PP2 time at the very least. Grzelcyk had four goals and 20 assists (24 points) in 73 games a season ago.

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Grzelcyk (shoulder) could play next week.

Grzelcyk continues to make progress and was upgraded to "day-to-day" on Friday. The Bruins anticipate that Grzelcyk could play as soon as the end of next week. Grzelcyk will likely take over for Hampus Lindholm on PP1 while Charlie McAvoy is still sidelined, making him a decent waiver wire addition for teams in need of blueline help.

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Grzelcyk (shoulder) is expected to be back in early November.

Grzelcyk's original timetable was set for mid-November, but the Bruins defenseman is ahead of schedule and expects to be back a couple of weeks earlier. Grzelcyk will likely take over as the quarterback on PP1 while Charlie McAvoy is sidelined.

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Grzelcyk (shoulder) is expected to be sidelined until early-to-mid November.

Grzelcyk had a procedure on his right shoulder in early June and had an expected recovery time of five months. Expect Hampus Lindholm to quarterback the Bruins' No.1 PP unit while Grzelcyk and Charlie McAvoy are sidelined to open the season.

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