San Jose Sharks' Ty Dellandrea (10) runs into the goal and Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Jet Greaves (73) in the second period at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
The San Jose Sharks will be without Ty Dellandrea for the foreseeable future as the centerman is considered week-to-week with a lower body injury, coach Ryan Warsofsky told reporters said Wednesday.
Dellandrea exited Tuesday’s game with the Columbus Blue Jackets with 4:45 left in the second period. Trying to take the puck to the net, Dellandrea was instead inadvertently tripped by Blue Jackets defenseman Denton Mateychuk, causing his right leg to crash hard into the post next to goalie Jet Greaves.
Dellandrea, who has established himself as the Sharks third-line center in recent weeks, had to be helped off the ice and into the dressing room and did not return as the Sharks went on to a 5-2 win before an announced crowd of 16,258 at SAP Center.
The right-shot Dellandrea has 11 points in 41 games this season, is third on the Sharks with 511 faceoffs taken with a team-high win percentage of 52.3. Dellandrea is also among the Sharks’ top penalty-killing forwards.
Ty Dellandrea left the ice after being tripped and then colliding with the goalie pic.twitter.com/wuLFIfE3He
— Sharks on NBCS (@NBCSSharks) January 7, 2026
Adam Gaudette took Dellandrea’s spot in the lineup as the Sharks’ third-line center for Wednesday’s game against the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena. Gaudette had missed the last three games with a lower body injury after he had to leave the Sharks’ Dec. 29 game against the Anaheim Ducks.
Rookie center Michael Misa, who was added to the team’s roster on Tuesday after playing at the World Junior Championship, did not travel to Los Angeles and was not an option.
Dellandrea was not yet on the Sharks’ injured reserve list as of late Wednesday afternoon. Already on IR for the Sharks are defensemen Vincent Desharnais, John Klingberg and Shakir Mukhamadullin and forwards Will Smith and Philipp Kurashev.
Desharnais, out since late November with an upper body injury, is not expected to have to miss much more time, and it is believed that both Klingberg and Mukhamadullin, placed on IR earlier this week, will not be out long-term.
Smith and Kurashev both sustained upper body injuries in the Sharks’ 6-5 overtime win over the Pittsburgh Penguins and are expected back before the Olympic break begins in early February.
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Originally published at Curtis Pashelka