Overview

• The team announced the timeline after Blomqvist’s lone preseason outing versus Montreal, where he stopped 11 of 11 shots before exiting on a preplanned change.
• Because he is on a two-way deal and stayed under 50 NHL games last season, he qualifies for season‑opening injured reserve with a prorated cap charge.
• Local reporting indicates the absence locks in Tristan Jarry and Arturs Silovs as the NHL tandem to start the season.
• Beat analysis projects AHL duties in Wilkes‑Barre/Scranton to fall to Sergei Murashov and Filip Larsson during Blomqvist’s recovery.
• The injury comes as Pittsburgh is already set to begin the year without forwards Kevin Hayes and Rutger McGroarty.