Bean, 23, suffered a groin strain on January 30 at Montreal and is expected to miss approximately four weeks. He has already set single-season career highs with four goals and 11 assists for 15 points, 20 penalty minutes and 58 shots, while averaging 21:14 of ice time in 41 games in his first season with the Blue Jackets in 2021-22. The 6-1, 176-pound blueliner was acquired in a trade from the Carolina Hurricanes on July 23, 2021. Selected by Carolina in the first round, 13th overall, at the 2016 NHL Draft, the Calgary, Alberta native has registered 5-22-27, 32 penalty minutes and 114 shots in 85 career games with the Blue Jackets and Hurricanes since making his NHL debut in 2018-19.
Robinson, 26, suffered an MCL sprain in his right knee on January 31 vs. Florida and is expected to miss approximately six weeks. The 6-2, 201-pound forward has set a single-season career high in assists with 6-11-17, 10 penalty minutes and 58 shots, while averaging 13:56 of ice time in 42 appearances with Columbus this season. A native of Bellmawr, New Jersey, he has totaled 21-26-47 with 26 penalty minutes, 222 shots and a cumulative +13 plus/minus rating in 162 career NHL games since signing an entry level contract with the club on Mar. 26, 2018.
Texier, 22, suffered a fractured finger on January 26 vs. Calgary and is expected to miss approximately four weeks. The native of Saint-Martin-d'Heres, France has set single-season career highs in goals and points with 11-9-20, 12 penalty minutes, 59 shots and an "even" plus/minus rating, while averaging 14:36 of ice time in 36 contests in 2021-22. Drafted by Columbus in the second round, 45th overall, the 6-1, 186-pound forward has notched 22-27-49 with 44 penalty minutes and 189 shots in 123 career outings since making his NHL debut at the end of the 2018-19 campaign.
Gaunce, 27, signed a one-year, two-way NHL/AHL contract with the Blue Jackets on July 30, 2021. He has recorded 6-10-16 with 47 penalty minutes in 118 career NHL games with the Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks from 2015-20. The Sudbury, Ontario native, who last skated in a game with the Bruins during the 2019-20 season, posted NHL career highs in goals and points with 4-2-6 and 10 penalty minutes in 37 outings with the Canucks in 2017-18.
Selected by Vancouver in the first round, 26th overall, at the 2012 NHL Draft, the 6-3, 213-pound forward has added 82-94-176 with 165 penalty minutes and a cumulative +21 plus/minus rating in 280 career games over a seven-year AHL career with Monsters, Providence Bruins and Utica Comets since making his pro debut in 2014-15. He ranks eighth in the AHL in shots and 11th-T in goals and leads Cleveland in goals, points, power play goals (tied) and shots with 16-12-28, 28 penalty minutes, four PPG and 118 shots in 39 games this season.
