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Winnipeg Jets playoff injury update: Dylan DeMelo out with soft tissue injury

Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)

Defeceman Dylan DeMelo was lost to the Winnipeg Jets in his first shift of the 1st period of game 1 against the Habs on Wednesday with an injury simply labelled lower-body by the team. It was believed to have occurred when he got tangled up with Brendan Gallagher.

Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)

Today in his media availability Jets head coach indicated he won’t play tonight, that the steady back end presence is longer than “day-to-day” with a soft tissue injury and could miss up to a week. Said it is harder to define when he’ll return due to the nature of the soft tissue injury.

Tough loss for the Jets who already lost Mark Scheifele due to suspension for four games and have veteran centre Paul Stastny as a game-time decision. Game 2 goes tonight in Winnipeg at 6:30 PM.

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.