On the St. Louis Blues …
Chris Pinkert of Blues.NHL: Jake Allen left last night’s after the the first period. Coach Ken Hitchcock said Allen would be evaluated today.
Jake Allen seems to get hurt with 3:20 left in the first period. #stlblues @lkorac10 pic.twitter.com/QqHNjA9UHi
— Cristiano Simonetta (@CMS_74_) April 4, 2016
Chris Pinkert of Blues.NHL: Defenseman Carl Gunnarsson returned the Blues lineup yesterday after missing three games with a lower-body injury. Jay Bouwmeester (upper-body), Robby Fabbri (lower-body) and Steve Ott (hamstring) are skating and are all expected to be able to return to the lineup soon.
On the Chicago Blackhawks …
Brian Hedger: Coach Joel Quenneville on how many games they hope to get Corey Crawford in before the start of the playoffs: “As many as he can, but right now, we’re probably looking at maybe one.”
Mark Lazerus: Quenneville on Crawford: “We feel he’s turned a big corner there and heading in the right direction.”
Chris Kuc: Andrew Shaw has been ruled out for tomorrow’s game, but they are hoping he’ll be back before the end of the season.
Brian Hedger: Quenneville didn’t rule out resting some of their regulars this week as their position in the standing is all locked up.
On the Pittsburgh Penguins …
Pittsburgh Penguins: Coach Mike Sullivan yesterday on Marc-Andre Fleury: “There is no update at this point. We will probably have more information either tomorrow or Tuesday morning.”
On the Anaheim Ducks …
Eric Stephens of the OC Register: Hampus Lindholm returned to the lineup yesterday after missing Friday’s game with the flu. Frederik Andersen (concussion) skated before practice yesterday. Simon Despres (upper-body) and Kevin Bieksa (upper-body) are increasing their rehab. None of Andersen, Despres and Bieksa will be ready in the next couple of days.
On the Tampa Bay Lightning …
Dan D’Uva: Jonathan Drouin didn’t play yesterday as he “tweaked something in lower body” according to Rob Zettler.
On the Vancouver Canucks …
Ben Kuzma: Not practicing for the Canucks yesterday were Sven Baertschi (lower-body), Chris Higgins (lower-body) and Linden Vey (upper-body). They won’t be skating for a couple days.
