Overview
- Sturm delivered Monday’s update that Mittelstadt is week-to-week and “doing better than we expected,” signaling a shorter ramp-up than initially feared.
- Reports differ on the injury site, with outlets citing a knee, an upper-body issue, or a lower-body issue, and the team has not specified.
- Mittelstadt last appeared in Thursday’s home game against Ottawa and has missed one game since.
- He has 9 points in 15 games this season and recently shifted to the wing on a line that has posted strong two-way metrics, according to MoneyPuck.
- In his absence, Marat Khusnutdinov is centering a top line with Morgan Geekie and David Pastrnak, and call-up Alex Steeves filled Mittelstadt’s second-line slot in his Boston debut against Toronto.