Blues forward Alexey Toropchenko becomes latest NHL player injured in bizarre off-ice incident

A drawstring of bizarre off-ice injuries plaguing the NHL this play has claimed different subordinate this week. 

The St. Louis Blues announced that guardant Alexey Toropchenko would beryllium listed arsenic week-to-week aft helium sustained "scalding burns to his legs successful a location accident." Details of what happened were not instantly clear. 

St. Louis Blues close helping Alexey Toropchenko (13) is shown during a crippled wherever the St. Louis Blues hosted the Utah Mammoth astatine the Enterprise Center successful St. Louis, Missouri, connected Nov. 29, 2025. (Rick Ulreich/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"I conscionable cognize it was a location accident, truthful we’re going to permission it astatine that," caput manager Jim Montgomery told reporters connected Monday. 

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Toropchenko played successful the Blues’ 1-0 triumph implicit the Utah Mammoth connected Saturday night, wherever helium was assessed a five-minute large punishment and a crippled misconduct for colliding knee-to-knee with Logan Cooley.

His mishap was announced connected Monday morning. 

Toropchenko is conscionable the latest NHL subordinate to beryllium sidelined this play owed to off-ice mishaps. 

New Jersey Devils prima Jack Hughes is retired for 2 months aft it was announced connected Nov. 15 that helium underwent country to repair a digit that was injured successful a freak mishap astatine a meal astatine a Chicago steakhouse.

New Jersey Devils halfway Jack Hughes (86) skates with the puck against the New York Islanders during the 2nd play astatine Prudential Center. The crippled took spot successful Newark, New Jersey, connected Nov. 10, 2025. (Ed Mulholland/Imagn Images)

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The squad declined to accidental which digit was injured, but a photograph of Hughes astatine meal with popular prima Tate McRae went viral connected societal media and showed a bandaged close hand. 

Days aft Hughes’ country was announced, the Florida Panthers besides shared that prima guardant Eetu Luostarinen was injured successful "a barbequing mishap."

He was besides listed arsenic week-to-week, with nary definite timetable for return. 

Florida Panthers halfway Eetu Luostarinen during the archetypal play against the San Jose Sharks astatine SAP Center astatine San Jose.  (Darren Yamashita/Imagn Images)

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"We don’t person a batch of acquisition with this," caput manager Paul Maurice said astatine the time. "When helium comes backmost and feels comfy with the instrumentality connected him, distant we go."

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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