Overview
- The team said the 21-year-old underwent a Friday procedure in Los Angeles to treat a Morel-Lavallée lesion in his left thigh.
- Carlsson leads Anaheim with 44 points on 18 goals and 26 assists through 44 games.
- Anaheim has dropped nine of its past 10 games and sits four points behind the Western Conference’s final wild-card berth.
- Sweden opens against Italy on Feb. 11, leaving his availability dependent on whether he returns at the short end of the 3–5 week timetable.
- A Morel-Lavallée lesion is a closed degloving soft-tissue injury that creates a fluid-filled space, according to medical descriptions.