Andersen left Saturday's game against the Colorado Avalanche late in the third period appearing to suffer the injury while sliding to his left following a save.
This seems to be the sequence where Freddie Andersen first hurts himself. He is forced out of the game at the next whistle after another save. Favouring his right leg pic.twitter.com/Tx8fcpURa6� comrade lyubushkin (@mostlyleafies) April 17, 2022
Andersen has been terrific in his first season in Carolina. He is 2nd in the NHL in GAA with a 2.05 and has a save percentage of 0.922. He has backstopped the Hurricanes to first in the Metropolitan Division sharing that honour currently with the New York Rangers.
Veteran Antti Raanta will take the reigns while Andersen is recovering. He has a 12-5-4 record this season. They have also called up AHL Chicago Wolves goalie Pyotr Kochetkov.
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AVRIL 19 | 138 ANSWERS Hurricanes receive major update on severity of Freddy Andersen's injury Is Freddie Andersen going to be ready for Game 1 of the Play Offs? | ||
Yes, has a couple weeks to recover | 59 | 42.8 % |
No, going to miss sometime | 79 | 57.2 % |
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