Ottawa Senators goaltender Anton Forsberg is sidelined indefinitely after sustaining MCL injuries to both of his knees, general manager Pierre Dorion announced Sunday.

Dorion also said defenseman Jake Sanderson will miss a minimum of two weeks with an upper-body injury.

Forsberg was stretchered off the ice following a collision in the crease during the third period of Ottawa’s 6-3 loss to Edmonton on Saturday afternoon. Senators defenseman Travis Hamonic pushed Oilers forward Zach Hyman onto Forsberg’s right leg.

Mads Sogaard relieved Forsberg and stopped all three shots he faced in his season debut. Sogaard, 22, is in line to receive plenty of work with fellow goaltender Cam Talbot also sidelined since Jan. 25 because of a lower-body injury.

Fosberg, 30, posted an 11-11-2 record with two shutouts, a 3.26 goals-against average and .902 save percentage in 28 games (25 starts) this season.

He owns a 48-57-11 record with three shutouts, a 3.08 GAA and .908 save percentage in 130 career games (119 starts) with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Chicago Blackhawks, Carolina Hurricanes and Senators.

Sanderson, 20, has recorded 21 points (three goals, 18 assists) in 51 games this season. He was selected by the Senators with the fifth overall pick of the 2020 NHL Draft.

–Field Level Media

The Washington Capitals came out of their 10-day All-Star break with some key players still sidelined by injuries, but the results on the ice have been outstanding so far.

The Capitals will look to win on back-to-back days when they host the San Jose Sharks on Sunday afternoon.

Washington came back from its long break and beat the host Boston Bruins 2-1 on Saturday afternoon, becoming just the second team to win in regulation at TD Garden this season.

The Capitals also moved back into a wild-card spot in the playoff race.

“This is the time when teams are starting to get together and playing good hockey, more playoff-style hockey,” said Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom, who scored the first goal against the Bruins. “Hopefully, this will give us a good little boost.”

Washington will have to get through at least the next game without rugged winger Tom Wilson, who missed the final four games before the break with a lower-body injury and remains out for at least this weekend.

Same for right wing Nic Dowd, who missed the final seven games before the break with a lower-body injury and won’t be available until at least next week.

Wilson had the best season of his NHL career in 2021-22, finishing with 24 goals and 28 assists, but he’s been limited to eight games this season.

Dowd was off to the best start of his eight-year NHL career this season. He scored 10 goals through the first 44 games to match his 64-game total from last season and is within one goal of his career high set in 2020-21.

San Jose will play the finale of an eight-game trip that began on Jan. 21 and was broken up by a nine-day All-Star break.

The Sharks appear ready to concede they’ll miss the playoffs for a fourth straight season, reportedly listening to offers for 30-goal scorer Timo Meier, who will be a restricted free agent this summer.

Erik Karlsson also could be headed elsewhere, but he told reporters at the All-Star Game earlier this month that he hadn’t discussed any trade possibilities with the Sharks.

“I want to win more than anything else,” he said during All-Star weekend. “I hope it’s in San Jose, but we’ll see.”

Karlsson became the fastest NHL defenseman to reach 70 points in 33 years when he assisted on the lone goal in a 4-1 loss at the Florida Panthers on Thursday.

He’s the fourth defenseman to reach 70 points in 53 games or less, joining Bobby Orr, Paul Coffey and Denis Potvin as the only defensemen to reach the total in that many games.

While the production from Meier and Karlsson has yet to wane this season, Tomas Hertl has one one goal in his past 16 games.

A 30-goal scorer while playing all 82 games in 2021-22, Hertl has 14 goals in 51 games this season. He said he’s been guilty of looking for his teammates a little too often.

He pointed to a two-on-one breakaway he led against the Panthers. The lone Florida defenseman gave Hertl a lane to the net, but Hertl unsuccessfully fed the puck to Meier.

“He’s on fire and he’s a goal scorer,” Hertl said of Meier. “Sometimes, I have to just shoot more, like I did last year.”

–Field Level Media

After an exhilarating 2-1 shootout win over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday, the Philadelphia Flyers suffered a disappointing 2-1 overtime loss to the Nashville Predators on Saturday.

There won’t be much time to dwell as the Flyers host the Seattle Kraken on Sunday.

The Flyers are 1-9 in overtime this season, with three OT losses in their past six games.

Philadelphia, which earned one point with the overtime loss to Nashville, will look to move above .500 with a victory over the Kraken.

“Every game after the break when you’re battling for a playoff spot is pretty important,” said All-Star Kevin Hayes, who scored the Flyers’ lone goal on Saturday.

Hayes has eight goals and nine assists since the calendar turned to 2023 — 17 goals and 30 assists overall for the season.

The game against Nashville was physical throughout, with two fights and hard checks from the opening faceoff to the final goal by the Predators in overtime.

“I feel like we turned the puck over too much and they had too many chances,” said Philadelphia’s Rasmus Ristolainen, who delivered a massive check against Filip Forsberg late in the first period that knocked him out of the game. “We had chances, too.”

With another game on Sunday, the Flyers must find a way to muster enough energy against the Kraken.

“We’ve done a good job the last few games,” Philadelphia goaltender Carter Hart said. “We’ve got to get pucks in deep, grind and forecheck.”

The Kraken will look to snap a three-game losing streak when they battle the Flyers. Seattle is coming off a 6-3 setback to the New York Rangers on Friday.

Oliver Bjorkstrand had one goal and one assist and Brandon Tanev and Jared McCann also scored for the Kraken, who have struggled since the All-Star break ended.

Seattle was unable to overcome an early 4-0 deficit.

“We dug ourselves too much of a hole,” said Kraken coach Dave Hakstol, who once coached the Flyers. “They are big and they are fast. They were good at puck retrieval and keeping plays alive.”

The Kraken will look to improve on an 0-3 start to a five-game trip that continues in Philadelphia on Sunday.

“We don’t want to lose games like that in a row. It’s something we’ve got to figure out,” Bjorkstrand said. “We’ve got to go to Philly and make sure we get a win. It’s a must-win, in my opinion. You just can’t lose too many games in a row. It’s not good for the team.”

Seattle went 1-for-5 on the power play against the Rangers, committed too many miscues in its own end, and ultimately played a poor hockey game.

After one day off, the Kraken must refocus against the Flyers.

“It’s tough to come back in a game when you’re down 3-0 in the first,” Kraken forward Jordan Eberle said. “We were slow. We gave them everything they had. They’re fast and they’re going to counter. I like the way we battled back, but ultimately it’s tough to come back from three down.”

–Field Level Media

Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers will look to continue their winning ways Sunday when they visit the Montreal Canadiens.

Thanks to a 6-3 road win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday, the Oilers are on a 9-0-2 run that has them just one point behind the first-place Vegas Golden Knights in the Pacific Division.

Edmonton saw a 3-1 lead disappear against Ottawa but pulled away with a three-goal third period.

“We knew the Sens were playing well before the break,” McDavid said after his one-goal, two-assist outing. “We tried to get on them early and got off to a lead, but they did a great job battling back. It’s not easy to do that after a 12-day break, but we got contributions from all over the lineup.”

Edmonton hasn’t lost in regulation since Jan. 9, but that’s not the only streak. McDavid, who leads the league with 97 points, is riding a 15-game point-scoring streak in which he has 10 goals and 25 points. He has scored in 32 of his past 33 games.

However, the Oilers’ success is going beyond their superstar captain. While still possessing a top-shelf offensive attack, the Oilers have been much better defensively during their winning stretch. As evidence, their penalty kill has snuffed 31 of 34 short-handed situations and even has four short-handed goals.

“Winning teams get contributions up and down the lineup and through all three areas of the game — power play, penalty kill and five-on-five,” McDavid said. “We’ve been doing that and getting good goaltending, as well, and that helps a lot.”

The Canadiens sit at the bottom of the Atlantic Division but snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 overtime home win over the New York Islanders on Saturday.

It was Montreal’s first victory while wearing their powder-blue Reverse Retro uniforms, a design even coach Martin St. Louis said may have been an affront to the hockey gods by the storied franchise.

“I don’t know what next year brings, but I hope it’s not those jerseys,” said St. Louis, whose team has a 1-6-1 record while donning the sweaters.

Jersey jinxes aside, the Canadiens made their first game since Jan. 31 a success by twice erasing third-period deficits en route to a victory that required a lengthy video review on the winning goal.

The Canadiens were coming off the All-Star break and weeklong bye, which can make getting into the flow difficult, but they showed the kind of push necessary.

“Really happy with the effort today,” said goalie Sam Montembeault, who made 27 saves. “That was their fourth game after the break and that was our first, but that didn’t show. I think we played with intensity and with pace for 60 minutes. I gave up a little bit of a bad goal at the end of the second, but we didn’t get down.”

–Field Level Media