Blues defenseman out day-to-day, while veteran forward gets cleared for contact

St. Louis Blues defenseman Nick Leddy is being listed as day-to-day after having an injury surface on Tuesday, per Lou Korac of NHL.com. The lower-body ailment kept the 33-year-old off the ice Wednesday. He's also questionable for the Blues' game on Thursday night against the New York Islanders. Leddy blocked a shot against the Minnesota Wild that may have been the cause of the injury, but nothing has been confirmed at this time.

Leddy has not been good to start the season, as he and his defensive partner Colton Parayko have not had a lot go right in the first four games of the season. Leddy has been on the ice for a total of eight goals this season through four games and is -3 plus/minus with no recorded points.

In other Blues news, forward Oskar Sundqvist has been cleared for contact as he tries to work his way back into the lineup from an ACL tear he suffered back in March, per Chris Pinkert of NHL.com. Sundqvist underwent surgery shortly after the tear and was expected to require six months to recover. 

Sundqvist returned to the Blues in the summer of 2023, signing a one-year deal with a club that had traded him just 17 months prior. Sundqvist did enough in his first year back with the team to earn a two-year extension worth a total of $3M. It was less than three weeks later that he would suffer the ACL tear.