The Boston Bruins have an injury crisis. Things were already dire with Elias Lindholm and Casey Mittelstadt absent from the lineup.

Matěj Blümel and Riley Tufte were both on the ice at Warrior Arena for morning skate before the 7 p.m. game at TD Garden. Viktor Arvidsson and Casey Mittelstadt (retroactive to Nov. 6) were both placed on injured reserve. Jordan Harris has been moved from IR to long-term IR.

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After Saturday’s 3-2 win over the Canadiens, the Bruins moved to first place in the Atlantic Division, having won eight of their last nine games. Their 25 points are third best in the Eastern Conference, trailing only the Devils (27), and the Hurricanes (25).

BOSTON — With injuries starting to mount up and down the roster, the Bruins are closer to getting a key player back. Elias Lindholm was back on the ice for morning skate on Monday. He won’t play against the Carolina Hurricanes at TD Garden on Monday night, but he’s improving.

Riley Tufte, who was also just called up to the Bruins' NHL roster, skated on the fourth line with Sean Kuraly and Mikey Eyssimont. With this, Jeffrey Viel was moved off the fourth line and participated as an extra forward at the Bruins' morning skate.

The move was made just hours after promoting forwards Riley Tufte and Matej Blumel for Monday night's game against Carolina at the Garden.

The Boston Bruins could get some terrible injury news regarding their top defenseman after a gruesome incident on Saturday night.