As the 2025-26 National Hockey League season begins December, there are three key injuries to report. Dallas Stars centre Tyler Seguin of Brampton, Ontario is expected to be out for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament according to The Associated Press. Philadelphia Flyers right winger Tyson Foerster of Alliston, Ontario is expected to be out two to three months with an upper body injury according to Rogers Sportsnet. St. Louis Blues left winger Nathan Walker of Cardiff, Wales is expected to be out two months with an upper body injury according to Rogers Sportsnet.
How did the players get hurt?
Seguin was the recipient of a body check from Vladislav Gavrikov of the New York Rangers within the first two minutes of the game between the Dallas Stars and Rangers on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Seguin went down awkwardly and favoured his knee. Ironically, it was Gavrikov of Yaroslavl, Russia, who scored the overtime winner at 1:09 of the extra period from Artemi Panarin of Korkino, Russia, and Mika Zibanejad of Huddinge, Sweden.
This is the third significant injury in Seguin’s career. He had hip and knee surgeries during the 2020-21 season, which forced him to play only three games. Then in 2024-25, Seguin only played 20 games due to leg/hip surgeries.
Foerster got injured after taking a slapshot in a 5-1 Flyers loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday. The injury seemed to be in the shoulder area. Walker suffered his injury in a 4-1 Blues loss to the Anaheim Ducks. According to Josh Erickson of Pro Hockey Rumors, the injury did not appear to be obvious.
Tyler Seguin in 2025-26
Seguin has seven goals and 10 assists for 17 points in 27 games. He is a +10 with two penalty minutes, four power-play points, two game-winning goals, 31 shots on goal, 126 faceoff wins, six blocked shots, 18 hits, three takeaways, and 21 giveaways.
Seguin’s first game-winning goal came on October 28 in a 1-0 Stars win over the Washington Capitals. Seguin scored on the power-play from Miro Heiskanen of Espoo, Finland, and Mikko Rantanen of Nousiainen, Finland. Seguin’s second game-winning goal came on November 9 in a 2-1 Stars win over the Seattle Kraken. Seguin broke a 1-1 deadlock from Roope Hintz of Tampere, Finland and Heiskanen with 34 seconds left in the first period.
Tyson Foerster in 2025-26
Tyson Foerster had 10 goals and three assists for 13 points in 21 games for the Flyers. He was a +7 with three power-play points, like Seguin had two game-winning goals, and had 41 shots on goal, one faceoff win, 18 blocked shots, 20 hits, eight takeaways, and 11 giveaways.
Foerster’s faceoff win came in a 5-2 Flyers win over the Seattle Kraken on October 20. Foerster’s first game-winning goal came on November 22 in a 6-3 Flyers win over the New Jersey Devils. Foerster scored from Noah Cates of Stillwater, Minnesota and defenseman Nick Seller of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and put the Flyers up 4-1 at the time. Foerster’s second game-winning goal came on November 26 in a 4-2 Flyers  win over the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. Foerster broke a 2-2 tie with 46 seconds left in regulation. Defensemen Travis Sanheim of Elkhorn, Manitoba and Cameron York of Anaheim, California had the assists.
Nathan Walker in 2025-26
In 25 games this season, Walker had three goals and six assists for nine points in 25 games. He was a -2 with 14 penalty minutes, one game-winning goal, 27 shots on goal, 27 faceoff wins, 21 blocked shots, 95 hits, two takeaways, and 13 giveaways. The game-winning goal came on November 11 in a 3-2 Blues win over the Calgary Flames. Walker put the Blues up 3-0 at 7:20 of the second period from Alexey Toropchenko of Moscow, Russia, and Oskar Sundqvist of Boden, Sweden.
