Afternoon Hits: Waivers, Gustafsson, McGinn, Lupul, Letang, Isles, Khudobin, Klesla and Murray
  • Renaud Lavoie: Clearing waivers: Bobby Robins (Bos) and Kevin Porter (Buf).
  • Michael Russo: The Wild have recalled goalie Johan Gustafsson with Josh Harding injured.
  • Mike Halford: The Flyers send their leading goal scorer, Tye McGinn, to the AHL.
  • Dave Molinari: Penguins Kris Letang is expected to play his first game of the season tonight.
  • Arthur Staple: Islanders Brian Strait (upper-body) is out. Defenseman Radek Martinek’s season debut is tomorrow. Lubomir Visnovsky is still out with a concussion, has not started off-ice activities.
  • Chip Alexander: Hurricanes coach Kirk Muller said that Anton Khudobin still needs to practice to “get up to speed.” Muller is not sure if he can be ready by the end of next week.
  • Sarah McLellan: Coyotes Rostislav Klesla left last night’s game with a lower-body injury.