{"id":137647,"date":"2026-01-17T11:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T11:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/137647\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T11:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T11:38:18","slug":"ducks-leo-carlsson-out-3-5-weeks-after-procedure-as-status-for-olympics-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/137647\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks\u2019 Leo Carlsson out 3-5 weeks after procedure as status for Olympics looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Leo Carlsson of the Anaheim Ducks in action against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on December 13, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils won 4-1.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2252265110-1024x683.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" class=\"image-next-root\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Article_ImageCaptionCredit__mkXi_ article-image-caption-credit Typography_body1__xfKuc inherit Typography_base__jzSqr\">The No. 2 draft pick in 2023 has 18 goals, 26 assists and 44 points in 44 games this season and was named to Team Sweden&#8217;s roster for Milan. Sarah Stier \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The Anaheim Ducks announced that star center Leo Carlsson will be sidelined for three to five weeks after undergoing surgery on Friday to treat a Morel-Lavall\u00e9e lesion in his left thigh.<\/p>\n<p>Carlsson\u2019s status for playing in the upcoming Winter Olympics has now been put into question. Carlsson is an important player for medal-contending Sweden, with the 21-year-old possibly a consideration to center the top line for Tre Kronor.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Injury Update: Leo Carlsson underwent a procedure today in Los Angeles to treat a Morel-Lavall\u00e9e lesion in his left thigh. Carlsson will be out of game action for approximately 3-5 weeks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9aqcrYLhol\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9aqcrYLhol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anaheim Ducks (@AnaheimDucks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnaheimDucks\/status\/2012355395847864731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The timeline does not rule out Carlsson from playing in Milan. Sweden begins Group B play against host country Italy on Feb. 11, which is about three and a half weeks out from his surgery. Carlsson is holding out hope to play, and his recovery over the next two weeks could help determine his availability.<\/p>\n<p>A Morel-Lavall\u00e9e lesion, according to the Cleveland Clinic, is an uncommon condition resulting from shearing trauma and collection of fluid in the space between deep fatty tissue and superficial fascia \u2014 the loose connective tissue layer beneath the skin. A Ducks spokesman said Carlsson was diagnosed within the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>In his third season, Carlsson has emerged as one of the NHL\u2019s bright young stars. As Anaheim\u2019s top-line center, the 6-foot-3 playmaker got off to a terrific start as he was among the league\u2019s top scorers with 17 goals and 41 points in his first 33 games. Carlsson\u2019s struggles since then mirrored those of the slumping Ducks, who snapped a nine-game losing streak Tuesday with a home victory over the Dallas Stars.<\/p>\n<p>Carlsson snapped a 12-game goalless drought with a score and assist last Saturday against Buffalo. It was the last game he played before missing Tuesday. He had only one assist over a 10-game stretch, and while he\u2019s no longer on a 100-point pace, he still has a team-leading 44 points in 44 games.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The No. 2 draft pick in 2023 has 18 goals, 26 assists and 44 points in 44 games&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,824,165,164,404,10012],"class_list":["post-137647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-nhl","tag-olympics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}