Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand is out week-to-week with an upper-body injury, head coach Joe Sacco announced Tuesday.
Marchand was injured in Saturday's game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, playing just 2:18 in the win. He did not dress as the Bruins suffered a 1-0 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Sunday and missed Tuesday's gameday skate before the update was announced.
Brad Marchand out “week-to-week” with an upper body injury, per Joe Sacco. Another major blow to a Bruins team leaking oil down the stretch here
— Joe Haggerty (@HackswithHaggs) March 4, 2025
Marchand has 21 goals and 26 assists in 61 games in his 16th season with the Bruins. He has drawn trade speculation ahead of the deadline as a pending unrestricted free agent.
The 36-year-old winger was injured after being tangled up with Pierre-Olivier Joseph of the Penguins, with the Bruins expressing their displeasure with the incident post-game.
“I have to look at it again,” Sacco said. “I thought he was tripped into the boards, and there was a little bit of shove there too, which put him in a tough spot. I thought we should have at least been on the power play from there.”
“It’s never good to lose your captain,” forward David Pastrnak added. “Especially a player like Marchy who never lays on the ice. That being a no-call penalty is crazy to me. I thought it was, especially if a player got injured, especially a guy like Marchy, who’s pretty tough. Hopefully, he’s going to be all right and be back soon.”
Injuries piling up in Boston
The injury comes at a terrible time for the Bruins as the team fights for a wild-card spot in the crowded Eastern Conference playoff race.
The Bruins are also without centre Trent Frederic, who is week-to-week with an injury and star defenceman Charlie McAvoy, who has been out since undergoing shoulder surgery during the 4 Nations Face-Off. Like Marchand, Frederic is also a pending UFA.
UPDATE: The Bruins traded Frederic to the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday.
Set to host the Nashville Predators on Tuesday, Boston is two points out of a wild-card card spot with two more games played than the Detroit Red Wings.
