The hits keep on coming for the Boston Bruins.
Already without Hampus Lindholm, David Pastrnak and Matt Grzelcyk, the Bruins went down another defenseman Tuesday night at TD Garden in their 4-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues.
Brandon Carlo played just 4:48 before leaving midway through the first period. Head coach Bruce Cassidy revealed he wasn't "feeling good" due to an injury he suffered.
The top-four D-man was absent from Wednesday's practice at Warrior Ice Arena and he won't play Thursday night against the Ottawa Senators.
"He's gotta get further evaluation before I can tell you he's week-to-week or day-to-day or in or out," Cassidy told reporters, per team-provided audio.
The head coach didn't go into details about Carlo's injury or how long he'd be out, pointing to the Lindholm and Pastrnak injuries and noting how he thought the duo would be back by now.
"The Lindholm (and) Pastrnak (injuries) I thought would be more day-to-day, it's turned into week-to-week, so Brandon I don't want to speculate," Cassidy said.
As for Lindholm and Pastrnak, there still is no timeline for their return.
"... I would guess once they join us in practice I can give you a lot better update," Cassidy said. "They weren't out there (Wednesday) with us so that rules them out for (Thursday). Friday, whether we skate or not, we play an afternoon game so if they're out Friday I can give you a better answer."
It wasn't all bad news for the Bruins, though. Matt Grzelcyk returned to practice, and Cassidy said they are "cautiously optimistic" about him playing Thursday.
The Bruins welcome the Senators to TD Garden for a 7 p.m. ET puck drop on NESN.
