Red Wings Rasmussen Done For Season

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Just back in the Detroit Red Wings lineup, center Michael Rasmussen is heading back up on the shelf. And this time, it looks like it will be permanent.

Rasmussen left Tuesday’s 4-3 shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets after blocking a shot by Columbus defenseman Zach Werenski in the leg during a Blue Jackets power play late in the second period.

He did not return for the third period.

It was only the third game back for Rasmussen. He’d missed nine games with a lower-body injury after also taking a shot to the leg.

“Yeah, I think he’s probably going to miss a few more games,” Red Wings coach Todd McLellan said.

With only four games remaining in the NHL regular-season schedule for the Red Wings, the likelihood of seeing Rasmussen in game action again would be remote at best.

“Again, he blocked the shot basically in the exact same spot, so I don’t know if he’s starting over or not,” McLellan said, “But he couldn’t return, and I doubt he’ll practice tomorrow.”

Rough Season For Red Wings Rasmussen

It’s been an all-around rough campaign for Rasmussen. This will be his third stint on the injury list. He also missed three games in November.

“You always want to be out there supporting and helping how you can,” Rasmussen said. “It’s hard watching.”

When he’s been healthy and on the ice, the results produced by Rasmussen have been, to put it mildly, sub-par.

Rasmussen has gone pointless through his past 25 games. He’s scored one goal over his past 30 games.

For the season, Rasmussen shows 6-8-14 totals and a minus-10 rating over 64 games. That’s far and away his lowest productivity since Rasmussen became a full-time NHLer in 2021-22.

Rasmussen is seventh on the team with 64 hits. He leads Detroit forwards with 63 blocked shots. In just 7:57 of ice time on Thursday, Rasmussen was first among the Red Wings forwards with four blocked shots.

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