{"id":953354,"date":"2026-10-31T16:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T16:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/953354\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T16:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T16:40:09","slug":"canadiens-mike-matheson-out-two-weeks-with-lower-body-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/953354\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens&#8217; Mike Matheson out two weeks with lower-body injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matheson recently returned to the lineup on Oct. 23 after a four-game absence with a lower-body injury. It&#8217;s unclear if the injuries are related.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old has one goal and four points in eight games this season while averaging 23:45 per game.<\/p>\n<p>Matheson has excelled since joining the Canadiens in 2022-23. He surpassed 30 points every season, including a 62-point campaign in 2023-24.<\/p>\n<p>The 8-3-2 Canadiens have been tested early this season, as numerous key players have missed time with injuries, including captain Nick Suzuki and Ivan Demidov.<\/p>\n<p>As for another injured Canadien, goaltender Samuel Montembeault is inching towards a return. His status has been <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricEngels\/status\/2116549786153423208?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">changed to day-to-day<\/a> as he&#8217;s been sidelined since suffering an injury in practice on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal returns to action on Saturday Night Hockey on Sportsnet against the Pittsburgh Penguins at 7 p.m. ET \/ 4 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matheson recently returned to the lineup on Oct. 23 after a four-game absence with a lower-body injury. It&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":953355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-953354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953354","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=953354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/953355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}