<p>RALEIGH, N.C. — The Nashville Predators’ injury bug now has hit captain Roman Josi, who is week to week with an upper-body injury. </p>
<p>The Predators announced the update Tuesday shortly before a game at Carolina. </p>
<p>Josi took a high stick from Denis Gurianov Dallas 2:46 into the third period that drew blood on Josi’s face. Josi stayed in the game and scored the winning goal Sunday night in a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/jake-oettinger-eeli-tolvanen-mikael-granlund-dallas-nhl-adc74f9ec640e75c2ebf0e87d7c903af">4-3 shootout victory</a> in Dallas.</p>
<p>The captain becomes the fourth Nashville player on injured reserve within the past week. Nashville put defenseman Ryan Ellis on the list for up to six weeks with an upper-body injury on <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nhl-nashville-coronavirus-pandemic-luke-kunin-filip-forsberg-70402765e4094c5800d7a03278f07c17">March 2</a>, the same day the Predators put forward Luke Kunin on it for two to four weeks with a lower-body injury. </p>
<p>Goalie Juuse Saros was put on injured reserve March 4 with an upper-body injury, then <a href="https://apnews.com/article/matt-duchene-nhl-nashville-juuse-saros-luke-kunin-3bc2c75f4150f4df5f614959378335f5">forward Matt Duchene went on it March 6 with a lower-body injury</a> that is expected to sideline the veteran center for three to five weeks.</p>
<p>The Predators also recalled forwards Mathieu Olivier and Rem Pitlick and defenseman Jeremy Davies from the taxi squad.</p>
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