RALEIGH, N.C. _ The Carolina Hurricanes announced Wednesday that defenseman Brett Pesce and forward Victor Rask would miss the remainder of the season, both with shoulder injuries.
Rask left Tuesday's game against the Edmonton Oilers after making a play against Oilers center Connor McDavid but later returned. He was not at practice Wednesday at PNC Arena.
Pesce, who has played with defenseman Jaccob Slavin much of the season on the Canes' best defensive pairing, was at Wednesday's practice.
The Canes said defenseman Roland McKeown had been recalled on emergency from the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey league. McKeown, 22, has two assists in three games with the Hurricanes this season.
Defenseman Noah Hanifin, the Canes' representative in the 2018 NHL All-Star Game, is sidelined indefinitely with a concussion.
The Hurricanes have generally been injury-free much of the season, with 71 man-games lost. Forward Lee Stempniak missed 36 games with upper-body injuries.
