Conor Ryan: Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy will not travel with the team.
Owen Newkirk: Dallas Stars forward Jamie Benn was activated from LTIR and made his season debut last night.
Sam Nestler: Star defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin did not participate in their morning skate.
Dallas stars: Forward Matt Duchene was placed on LTIR retroactive to October 18 with an undisclosed injury. Forward Adam Erne was placed on LTIR retroactive to November 11 with a lower-body injury.
Corey Long: New Jersey Devils defenseman Dougie Hamilton returned to the lineup after missing the past four games. Forward Connor Brown returned to the lineup after missing the past seven games. Forward Evgenii Dadonov returned to the lineup after missing the past 17 games.
Taylor Baird: New York Islanders defenseman Alexander Romanov left last night’s game with 28 seconds left after colliding hard with the boards after being hit by Stars Mikko Rantanen.
“Well, I hope things are going well right now,” Islanders coach Patrick Roy said. “I don’t know exactly what it is. All I’m saying is, when you see the number, you have to resign. Everyone knows that. You don’t go through that guy. And I’m proud of the way our guys handled it after that. No one was happy to see anyone get hurt like that.”
Mikko Rantanen was given a heavy 5-minute penalty for boarding and game misconduct for this hit on Alexander Romanov. pic.twitter.com/VPP6ldnQc8
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The Ottawa Citizen’s Bruce Garrioch: Forward Brady Tkachuk is expected to return to the lineup at some point during their road trip. It’s possible he returns next Wednesday against the Vegas Golden Knights or the St. Louis Blues on the 28th.
Shelly Anderson: Pittsburgh Penguins Noel Acciari, Justin Brazeau and Rickard Rakell were on the ice for practice yesterday.
Pittsburgh penguins: Forward Ville Koivunen was placed on IR. He struggles with a lower body injury every week.
Seattle Kraken PR: Goaltender Joey Daccord was activated from the IR. Goalkeeper Matt Murray will be out for about six weeks with a lower-body injury.
Diandra Loux: The Tampa Bay Lightning activated forward Dominic James from the IR and placed forward Max Crozier on the IR. Already on IR are forward Pontus Holmberg and defenseman Ryan McDonagh.
Corey Long: Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak missed last night’s game with a lower-body injury and is day-to-day.
Mark Masters: Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving said forward Auston Matthews is “coming along” and is taking it day to day. He added: “I suspect Thursday is probably not possible… I don’t expect too long.”
- Mark Masters: Matthews was on the ice for the first time since leaving last Tuesday’s game.
Browse PR: Maple Leafs forward Matthew Knies missed last night’s game with a lower-body injury and is day-to-day.
Lucas Vos: Maple Leafs forward Nicolas Roy will have to miss a few more games, according to coach Berube.
David Pagnotta: Maple Leafs defenseman Chris Tanev will be re-evaluated in a week or two.
- Puck Pedia: Tanev was placed on LTIR and the Leafs have $3.3 million in cap space after drafting Jacob Quillan.
David Alter: Maple Leafs Sammy Blais left last night’s game in the third period.
Berube: “He had body contact, and then he coughed up a little blood and stuff, so he had to go in (to the room).”
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