Overview
- Seattle placed captain Hilary Knight on long‑term injured reserve with a lower‑body injury from Milan and listed her out indefinitely, signing forward Sydney Langseth to fill a roster spot.
- Minnesota put captain Kendall Coyne Schofield on long‑term injured reserve retroactive to Feb. 19 for an upper‑body injury from the gold‑medal game, making her earliest eligible return March 13 and prompting the signing of Elizabeth Giguere.
- Montreal moved defender Erin Ambrose to long‑term injured reserve retroactive to Feb. 19 with a lower‑body injury sustained while representing Canada.
- Team announcements and local reporting note a minimum absence of roughly 21 days on long‑term injured reserve, aligning Knight’s and Coyne Schofield’s earliest eligibility with mid‑March.
- In Seattle’s first game back, the Torrent fell 5–2 to the Toronto Sceptres without Knight before a franchise‑record sellout crowd of 17,335.