The Boston Bruins have only three games left, including tonight, but they have confirmed that defenseman Charlie McAvoy and Forward Mark Kastelic will not return this season. McAvoy has been out since the Four Nations Face-Off when he sustained an injury to his shoulder when Team USA played Team Finland. On the day of the Championship, he was taken to Mass General as he suffered an infection that required a procedure and him to be hospitalized. Kastelic has been out since the middle of March with an upper-body injury. He was expected to be out only a week, but he has missed nine games. With the Bruins eliminated from the playoffs, it makes sense for neither guy to return this season.
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Charlie McAvoy
McAvoy is in his eighth season with the Bruins. He’s played in 504 career games, recording 300 points on 60 goals and 240 assists. McAvoy has 76 power-play points, with 14 of those coming via goals. He is a career +144. Charlie McAvoy finished in the top five of Norris Trophy voting twice in his career, with the first coming in 2020-21 and the other the following season. This season, in 50 games, he had 23 points on seven goals and 16 assists. He had four power-play points, with two of those coming via goals. McAvoy was even in plus/minus.
Mark Kastelic
Kastelic is in his first season with the Bruins, coming over in the Linus Ullmark trade this past offseason. In 61 games, he had 14 points on five goals and nine assists. He was a minus-three and had 106 penalty minutes. Kastelic’s first three seasons were with Ottawa, in which he played in 144 games, recording 25 points on 14 goals and 11 assists. He was a minus-12 and had 179 penalty minutes.
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