Matt Duchene will be out 3-5 weeks for the Nashville Predators with a lower-body injury.
The forward was injured in the third period of a 5-4 loss to the Florida Panthers on Thursday. Duchene scored eight points (three goals, five assists) in 23 games this season but none in his past eight games. Forward Mathieu Olivier and defenseman Alexandre Carrier were recalled from the taxi squad and played in a 6-2 loss to the Panthers on Saturday. Olivier was minus-1 with one shot on goal playing 8:09, and Carrier was minus-3 with one hit and one blocked shot playing 19:52. Nashville is also without defenseman Ryan Ellis (upper body) for 4-6 weeks and forward Luke Kunin (lower body) for 2-4 weeks.
