On the Canucks …
- Vancouver Canucks: Brandon Sutter is out with an abdominal strain and will be reevaluated in two weeks.
On the Oilers …
- Edmonton Oilers: Justin Schultz will start taking contact and should return on their road trip.
On the Rangers …
- Andrew Gross: Kevin Hayes has been dealing with a wrist issue.
On the Blue Jackets …
- Aaron Portzline: Fedor Tyutin’s upper-body injury is a broken nose.
On the Coyotes …
- Sarah McLellan: Mike Smith is dealing with a lower-body injury.
On the Capitals …
- Isabelle Khurshudyan: Coach Barry Trotz said that Brooks Orpik is still out and that it’s not serious. He’ll need a couple practices before he’s ready for game action.
On the Avalanche …
- Mike Chambers of the Denver Post: Coach Patrick Roy said that goalie Semyon Varlamov “might be ready” for Monday’s game with the Jets. Varlamov has missed the past six games with a groin injury.
- John Mitchell has missed seven of nine games with an oblique injury.
- Alex Tanguay (knee), Ben Street (chest) , Jesse Winchester (head) and Brad Stuart (back) are out indefinitely and won’t play on their road trip.
On the Jets …
- Ken Wiebe: Paul Maurice on Blake Wheeler: “He’s 100 per cent. That’s what he tells us, that’s what the docs say…he’s a tough kid.”
- Patrick Williams of NHL.com: Ondrej Pavalec left last night’s game in the second period with a lower-body. Shane Doan received a two minute minor for goalie interference.
“I trying to get to the net,” said Doan, who was pushed by Winnipeg defenseman Mark Stuart before crashing into Pavelec. “I know I dove for the puck or it hit my skate, and I kind of lost my balance. I got pushed. I was almost on the ice when we hit.
“I just said that I really didn’t mean to run into him. Once I was going down, there’s not much I can do there. Obviously it wasn’t intentional.”
Jets’ Pavelec leaves MTS Centre on crutches after being run by Shane Doan https://t.co/e3ZhzNXvsb pic.twitter.com/ZgvpZoaEfW
— Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) November 22, 2015
