Bruins to issue update on D McAvoy after 4 Nations injury with USA

The Boston Bruins are expected to issue an update on defenceman Charlie McAvoy on Tuesday morning, TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun reports. 

McAvoy missed Team USA's meaningless game against Sweden at the 4 Nations Face-Off on Monday due to an upper-body injury. 

The Boston Globe reports McAvoy was admitted to Mass. General Hospital on Monday due to the injury.

The 27-year-old blueliner is without a point in the tournament, but logged 19:45 of ice time in the American's opening win over Finland and 19:27 of ice time in their win over Team Canada on Saturday. 

McAvoy has seven goals and 23 points in 50 games with the Bruins this season while averaging a team-high 23:40 of ice time. 

The star blueliner is signed through the 2029-30 season at a cap hit of $9.5 million. 

Team USA will face Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off final on Thursday. 

The United States played Monday's game with a short bench with McAvoy, Matthew Tkachuk and Auston Matthews all out of the lineup. Brady Tkachuk then left the 2-1 loss to Sweden in the first period with a lower-body injury.

“We start the game with 11 forwards, and then you lose another guy and a key player on our team,” centre Jack Eichel said. “It’s never easy. You don’t want to see anyone go out. I give the guys credit. We put a lot on (the) 10 forwards, and it’s tough. (Head coach Mike Sullivan is) trying to find combinations. We had chances, but we just weren’t able to bury.”

Matthews missed the game with upper-body soreness and Matthew Tkachuk sat with a lower-body injury sustained against Canada over the weekend. 

“I would anticipate we would (get players back Thursday),” Sullivan said after Monday's loss. “We’ll have to wait and see how things play out here over the next day or so, but obviously there will be contingency planning in the event that we need people.”