{"id":406155,"date":"2026-01-14T07:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/406155\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T07:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:03:09","slug":"matthew-schaefer-gives-islanders-brief-concussion-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/406155\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Schaefer gives Islanders brief concussion scare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WINNIPEG, Manitoba \u2014 Matthew Schaefer getting hurt was the absolute nightmare scenario for the Islanders \u2014 one they were more than happy to avoid.<\/p>\n<p>And there was Schaefer skating across the ice just 4:20 into Tuesday night\u2019s game, going up the tunnel and into the room.<\/p>\n<p>Schaefer appeared to take a hit from Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey on the play that ended with Kyle Connor\u2019s opening goal. <\/p>\n<p>The MSG broadcast reported he was taken off by the concussion spotter, but returned at 16:40 of the opening frame for a one minute-plus shift.<\/p>\n<p>Schaefer, 18, has been a huge part of the Islanders\u2019 resurgent season, immediately becoming the face of the franchise upon being drafted first overall last summer.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s the frontrunner for the Calder Trophy and is on his way to one of the best rookie seasons for a defenseman in history.<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders are already without <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/09\/sports\/islanders-leave-injured-bo-horvat-in-new-york-for-start-of-road-trip\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bo Horvat due to a lower-body injury<\/a>, and have lost <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/29\/sports\/kyle-palmieri-out-for-season-with-torn-acl-in-islanders-injury-blow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Palmieri (ACL)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/09\/sports\/the-two-part-answer-to-explain-islanders-approach-to-fill-key-gap\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Romanov (right shoulder) for the season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.34339623;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38176880\" width=\"712\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-13-at-8.35.24-PM.png\" alt=\"Matthew Schaefer was knocked down during the first period on Tuesday night.\" class=\"wp-image-38176880\"  \/>Matthew Schaefer was knocked down during the first period on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Adding Schaefer to the list is something they simply cannot afford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINNIPEG, Manitoba \u2014 Matthew Schaefer getting hurt was the absolute nightmare scenario for the Islanders \u2014 one they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[38006,394,385,99,4827],"class_list":{"0":"post-406155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-matthew-schaefer","9":"tag-new-york-islanders","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-winnipeg-jets"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}