NHL Injuries: Oilers, Wild, Predators, Islanders, Rangers, Kraken, Leafs and Canucks

Darren Brown: Edmonton Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins returned to the lineup after missing the past nine games with an undisclosed injury.

Jesse Pierce: Minnesota Wild forward Vladimir Tarasenko returned to the lineup after missing the past seven games with a lower-body injury.

Robbie Stanley: Nashville Predators forward Michael McCarron left last night’s game in the second period and did not return. According to coach Andrew Brunette, it’s day to day.

TSN: New York Islanders forward Kyle Palmieri will be out six to eight months with a torn ACL. He suffered the injury on Friday evening. Despite being injured, he made a great play to create a goal as he left the ice.

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Then Rosen: New York Rangers defenseman Adam Fox left with about 13 minutes left in the third period with an upper-body injury. He was hit by Brandon Hagel against the boards and left the ice holding his arm.

Defenseman Will Borgen returned to the lineup after missing five games due to an upper-body injury.

Darren Brown: Seattle Kraken forward Kaapo Kakko returned to the lineup after missing the past six games with a lower-body injury.

Wes Crosby: Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson left last night’s game in the third period with an upper-body injury.

“I hope he’s doing well,” Berube said. “I don’t know yet, but we’ll evaluate him tomorrow. I think he’ll be fine, but we’ll see. … He brings a lot. I mean, ‘O’ is a versatile guy for us.”

TSN: Utah Mammoth forward Logan Cooley had a knee-on-knee collision with St. Louis Blues forward Alexey Toropchenko. Toropchenko was penalized with a five-minute major and a game misconduct. Cooley was on the ice for a while and needed help getting off.

And Groenspan: Vancouver Canucks forward Conor Garland missed last night’s game with an upper-body injury. He will be evaluated when they return to Vancouver.

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