{"id":410530,"date":"2026-01-15T08:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/410530\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:39:07","slug":"sabres-josh-norris-exits-vs-flyers-with-upper-body-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/410530\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabres&#8217; Josh Norris exits vs. Flyers with upper-body injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The surging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/teams\/buffalo-sabres\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"buffalo-sabres\" data-league=\"nhl\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a> may have to continue their quest for a playoff spot without one of their top centres. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/players\/josh-norris\/b9e4bcdb-a785-403e-a179-105c19c0c6d5\" class=\"sn-player-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-player=\"b9e4bcdb-a785-403e-a179-105c19c0c6d5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Josh Norris<\/a> exited Wednesday&#8217;s game early against the Philadelphia Flyers and was later <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BuffaloSabres\/status\/2011627346076582238?s=20\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BuffaloSabres\/status\/2011627346076582238?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">ruled out<\/a> by the team with an upper-body injury.<\/p>\n<p>After the game, head coach Lindy Ruff told reporters that Norris was cross-checked in ribs following the Sabres&#8217; fourth goal, and that he is will undergo evaluation. <\/p>\n<p>Ruff added that the team hopes it isn&#8217;t serious. <\/p>\n<p>Norris missed 26 games for the Sabres at the start of the year with an upper-body injury. He returned on Dec. 1 and has been an important part of the Sabres&#8217; resurgence with six goals and 16 points in 18 games prior to Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Before exiting, he logged 8:55 of ice time with one assist. <\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old has an extensive injury history, having undergone three shoulder surgeries throughout his college and NHL careers and has not played a full 82-game season.<\/p>\n<p>He reached a career-high 56 games split between the Ottawa Senators and Sabres in 2024-25 before he was sidelined with a torn oblique muscle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The surging Buffalo Sabres may have to continue their quest for a playoff spot without one of their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-410530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}