{"id":579331,"date":"2026-04-03T09:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/579331\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:54:12","slug":"winnipeg-jets-defenceman-elias-salomonsson-in-concussion-protocol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/579331\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets\u2019 defenceman Elias Salomonsson in concussion protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/winnipeg-jets\/52\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/winnipeg-jets\/52\" target=\"_blank\">Winnipeg Jets<\/a> defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/elias-salomonsson\/8483510\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/elias-salomonsson\/8483510\" target=\"_blank\">Elias Salomonsson<\/a> left Thursday\u2019s game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/dallas-stars\/25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/dallas-stars\/25\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Stars<\/a> and did not return. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">After the game Jets head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/scott-arniel\/8445088\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/scott-arniel\/8445088\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Arniel<\/a> told reporters that Salomonsson is in concussion protocol. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He suffered the injury on a hard high hit from Stars forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jason-robertson\/8480027\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jason-robertson\/8480027\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Robertson<\/a> midway through the second period. Robertson was not penalized on the play.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">INJURY UPDATE: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHLJets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#NHLJets<\/a> D &#8211; Elias Salomonsson will not return to tonight&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Winnipeg Jets PR (@WpgJetsPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WpgJetsPR\/status\/2039884446699032816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The blueliner had played 8:56 before departing and was a minus-2 with one hit on the night. The Stars went on to win 3-0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 21-year-old Salomonsson is in his first NHL season and has one goal and four assists in 32 games so far this season. He was selected in the second round (No. 55 overall) by the Jets in the 2022 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">After their game against the Stars, Winnipeg will be back in action on Saturday against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/columbus-blue-jackets\/29\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/columbus-blue-jackets\/29\" target=\"_blank\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets defenceman Elias Salomonsson left Thursday\u2019s game against the Dallas Stars and did not return. 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