Robby Fabbri will be out four weeks for the Detroit Red Wings because of a lower-body injury.
The forward has not played since a season-opening 4-3 loss at the New Jersey Devils on Oct. 12. He had a goal in the game.
Coach Derek Lalonde said the injury was not related to the knee injury that sidelined Fabbri for the final month of the 2022-23 season.
"It happened late in New Jersey, he skated the next day, we almost played him the next [game], so it was a true day-to-day [injury]," Lalonde said. "And then as it didn't respond well throughout the week with those skates, [the doctors] did some deeper testing and they found something that they did not like, so he's going to be out one month."
Fabbri was limited to 28 games last season, scoring 16 points (seven goals, nine assists). He has dealt with injuries his entire NHL career, having had three ACL surgeries since entering the League in 2015-16 with the St. Louis Blues.
A first-round pick (No. 21) by St. Louis in the 2014 NHL Draft, Fabbri has 169 points (81 goals, 88 assists) in 331 regular-season games and 16 points (five goals, 11 assists) in 30 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
He won the Cup with the Blues in 2019.
