RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen is expected to miss at least two months because of knee surgery.
The Hurricanes announced that the 35-year-old netminder will have surgery with a projected recovery time of 8 to 12 weeks. That comes roughly a week after coach Rod Brind’Amour said the team had originally hoped for Andersen to be week to week but was now facing a “way longer” timeframe with an unspecified injury.
Andersen hasn’t played since Oct. 26. Brind’Amour also said that Andersen’s absence has nothing to do with the blood-clotting condition that sidelined him for much of the regular season last year.
Andersen is 3-1-0 with a 1.48 goals-against average and .941 save percentage this season.
Carolina won at Philadelphia and next visits New Jersey in the middle of a three-game road swing.
