Nick Schmaltz will be sidelined the rest of the season for the Arizona Coyotes with a lower-body injury, the team announced Tuesday.
The 22-year-old forward has 14 points (five goals, nine assists) in 17 games with the Coyotes since he was acquired in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks for forwards Dylan Strome and Brendan Perlini on Nov. 25.
Schmaltz, a first-round pick (No. 20) of the Blackhawks in the 2014 NHL Draft, scored 21 goals last season and has 25 points (seven goals, 18 assists) in 40 NHL games this season.
The Coyotes (18-21-3) are seventh in the Pacific Division and six points behind the Minnesota Wild for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference. They have been slowed by injuries to Schmaltz, goalie Antti Raanta (lower body), defensemen Kevin Connauton (lower body) and Jason Demers (lower body), and forwards Christian Dvorak (upper body) and Michael Grabner (upper body).
Arizona, which ended a three-game losing streak with a 5-0 win against the New York Rangers on Sunday, plays the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena on Thursday (10 p.m. ET; SNP, FS-A, NHL.TV).
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