Predators' Schenn to miss 4-6 weeks due to injury

Nashville Predators defenseman Luke Schenn will be out of the lineup for four-to-six weeks due to a lower-body injury, the club announced Wednesday.

Schenn hasn't played since the Predators' season-opening loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. He logged only 15:11 of ice time, taking his final shift for nine seconds with about five minutes remaining.

The veteran, who'll turn 34 on Nov. 2, signed a three-year contract carrying an average annual value of $2.75 million with Nashville on July 1.

Schenn finished last season with the Toronto Maple Leafs, who acquired him in a trade with the Vancouver Canucks in late February. He scored a goal for his only point with the Leafs in 15 regular-season games down the stretch, adding a lone assist in 11 playoff contests.

It was his second tenure with Toronto, the club that drafted him fifth overall in 2008. Schenn won the Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2020 and 2021.

He's spent two separate stints with the Canucks, as well as stints with the Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Arizona Coyotes, and Anaheim Ducks.