Streit will have surgery Tuesday to repair a pubic plate detachment and will miss six weeks, Flyers general manager Ron Hextall said Saturday. He was placed on long-term injured reserve. Umberger was placed on injured reserve because of a lower-body injury.
The 37-year-old Streit is second on the Flyers with nine points and with 22:45 of ice time per game. Prior to this injury he had missed one game in three seasons with the Flyers.
"He's a big factor for us in terms of his leadership," Philadelphia coach Dave Hakstol said. "He's a very quiet leader but extremely well respected in our room. Just the consummate professional who every day does the right thing. It leaves a gap that others have to fill and it's an opportunity for others to step into as well."
The Flyers (5-8-3) recalled forward Taylor Leier and defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League. Both are expected to play against the Hurricanes.
Leier has five goals and nine points in 14 AHL games. Gostisbehere, who played two games for the Flyers last season, is tied for third among AHL defensemen with 10 points in 14 games.
"Taylor Leier is going to be playing his first [NHL] game so he will probably have some nervous energy. But he's a real hard-working player," Hakstol said. "I don't want to paint [Gostisbehere] as a replacement for Mark Streit because that's not fair. We just want him to come in and play sound, two-way hockey and add a little offensively because that's what he does."
The Flyers activated center Pierre-Edouard Bellemare from injured reserve; he had missed the past seven games because of a lower-body injury.
The Hurricanes (6-9-1) who have gone 1-3-1 in November, would like to get several of their forwards more involved in the offense; their forwards have combined for 24 goals in 16 games.
"It's just getting a bounce here or there. That's how you get out of those slumps," said Nathan Gerbe, who has one goal in 16 games. "I put pressure on myself to score all the time, but you keep working and keep doing the same things every day."
Status update: Hakstol said Brayden Schenn's removal from the lineup might be a short-term decision. "Things haven't gone great over the last couple of games so he's just out for the night," he said. ... Gostisbehere and Leier did not arrive in time for the morning skate.
Who's hot: Giroux has one goal and two assists in the past three games. ... Faulk leads the NHL with six power-play goals.
At the three-quarter pole of the season there was a lead pack of three forwards in the race for the Calder Trophy with a trailing group comprised of a few defensemen and goaltenders.
A few of those players in the second tier have closed the gap, but probably not enough to finish any higher than third. Two of those forwards, Carolina’s Jeff Skinner and San Jose’s Logan Couture, are likely to claim spots among the three finalists and it could end up being a very close final vote.
Equally interesting will be who joins those two in Las Vegas as a finalist. There are as many four or five guys with a legitimate argument for the nomination.
The big takeaway should be this: the NHL has welcomed yet another deep and talented rookie class into the League, furthering a trend of increased emphasis on young, elite talent since the work stoppage erased the 2004-05 season.
Logan Couture, San Jose Sharks: The difference between Couture and Skinner is razor thin. Skinner had eight more points, but Couture was better defensively (though even advanced metrics like goals against per 60 minutes and quality of competition can be flawed) and had 8 game-winning goals (a more traditional, yet equally flawed statistic).
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Skinner was a tremendously important player for the Hurricanes, probably their third-best player behind Eric Staal and Cam Ward. Couture was also of significant import for San Jose, finishing second on the team in goals and changing the dynamic of what was considered something of a one-line team. The fact that Couture was a key player for a division winner and Skinner’s team missed the playoffs could also be a slight advantage in Couture’s favor.
Jeff Skinner, Carolina Hurricanes: All of that might have been for naught, because there is a chance Skinner won this award at the All-Star break. He was one of the stories of All-Star weekend, and his importance to Carolina both now and in the future cannot be understated. Both Skinner and Couture also played great in the final weeks of the season.
There is a really good argument for both players and one is probably going to be disappointed. Two people who won’t be disappointed are Sharks general manager Doug Wilson and Carolina GM Jim Rutherford as they plot out the next decade or so with these two guys on their rosters.
P.K. Subban, Montreal Canadiens: Just as Couture vs. Skinner will generate plenty of debate, trying to pick the third guy for this list is equally difficult. The candidates are Subban, Washington defenseman John Carlson, New York Islanders forward Michael Grabner and Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford.
Grabner has more goals than any rookie since 2007 winner Evgeni Malkin. Crawford has slightly better numbers than 2009 winner Steve Mason. Even Carlson, minus some extra power-play points, has very similar statistics to 2010 winner Tyler Myers.
So why Subban? Like Carlson, Subban is essentially the No. 1 defenseman on a playoff team because a rash of injuries have pushed both of them into much greater roles than expected. Carlson has been a little better defensively, but seven more goals for Subban is a lot no matter how the numbers are dissected.
Crawford might be Chicago’s MVP, but the Blackhawks are loaded on defense. Grabner’s second-half surge was amazing, but being a second-line wing on a lottery team hurts him in comparison to the responsibility bestowed on Subban and Carlson.