Injury Notes: Rinne, Neal, Lundqvist, Fasth, Stempniak, Slater, Nieto, Jenner and MacArthur
Pat Iverson of SB Nation: Predators Pekka Rinne told the Finnish magazine "Urheilulehti," that his hip infection is "very dangerous" and could lead to long-term problems. Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Penguins James Neal is not expected to practice…
Roster Notes: Bachman, Gustafsson, Holland, Miele and Yip
Jonathan Willis: The Oilers recalled goalie Richard Bachman. Michael Russo: The Wild re-assign goaltender Johan Gustafsson. Eric Stephens: The Ducks recalled Peter Holland. Phoenix Coyotes: The Coyotes recall Andy Miele and assign Brandon Yip to the AHL.
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. Terry Koshan:…
Lines and Goalies: Wings, Flyers, Penguins, Oilers, Blues, Leafs, Islanders and Sabres
Ansar Khan: Datsyk is skating with Bertuzzi and Alfredsson. Zetterberg is centering Franzen and Tatar. Weiss centering Abdelkader and Cleary. Andersson centering Miller and Tootoo. Anthony SanFilippo: Raffl on a line with Giroux and Lecavalier. Hartnell with Schenn and Voracek. Pittsburgh Penguins:…
Injury Notes: Hagelin, Kulemin, Burns, Kronwall, Elias, Hartnell, Lecavalier and Fasth
Andrew Gross: Rangers Carl Hagelin can come off the IR on Oct. 29th. He skated as an extra forward today. Kevin McGran: Maple Leafs Nikolai Kulemin skated today for the first time since injuring his ankle. James Mirtle: Coach Randy Carlyle…
Lines and Goalies: Hurricanes, Canadiens, Stars, Wild, Wings, Senators and Blackhawks
Michael Smith: Hurricanes lines: Tlusty-E. Staal-Semin, Gerbe-J. Staal-Dvorak, Skinner-Nash-Ruutu, Bowman-Lindholm/Sutter-Westgarth. Dwyer out. John Lu: Canadiens lines: Bournival - Plekanec - Gionta; Moen - Desharnais - Bourque; Galchenyuk - Eller - Gallagher; Blunden - White - Holland. Mark Stepneski: Stars lines: Benn-Seguin-Peverley; Whitney-Eakin-Chiasson; Roussel-Horcoff-Nichushkin;MacDermid-Fiddler-Goligoski…
Injury Notes: Prust, Nash, Khudobin, Kulemin, Gorges, Lehtonen, Brunner, Boyle, Kronwall and Gagner
Eric Engels: Canadiens Brandon Prust is out a month with a shoulder injury. Patrick Kearns: "If nothing new is the official statement regarding Nash's concussion, well, it means nothing really but he's probably not back anytime soon." Katie Carrera: Capitals…
Afternoon Hits: Europe, Alfie, Rielly, Boyle, Ristolainen, Helm, Smith, Bournival, Timonen, Pietro, Burns and Clowe
Renaud Lavoie: The NHL and NHLPA will have another meeting this week regarding going to Europe. Bill Roose: Red Wings Daniel Alfredsson will play in his 10th game this season and will collect a $2 million bonus. Jonas Siegel: Maple…
Lines and Goalies: Isles, Avs, Pens, Leafs, Canadiens, Blackhawks, Rangers, Wings and Devils
New York Islanders: Islanders lines: Moulson-Tavares-Okposo; Bouchard-Nielsen-Bailey; Grabner-Regin-Clutterbuck-Nelson; Martin-Cizikas-McDonald-Boulton. Adrian Dater: Avalanche lines: Landeskog-Stastny-Tanguay, O'Reilly-Duchene-Downie, McGinn-MacKinnon-Parenteau, Cliche-Mitchell-Bordeleau. Shelly Anderson: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Jokinen-Malkin-Kobasew Glass-Sutter-Conner Zolnierczyk-Vitale-Adams (Jeffrey). David Alter: Maple Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Kessel Raymond-Bolland-Leivo McClement-Kadri-Lupul-(McLaren) Bodie-Smith-Orr Clarkson. JP TVA Sports: Canadiens lines: Bournival-Plekanec-Gionta Galchenyuk-Eller-Gallagher Moen-Desharnais-Bourque Blunden-White-…
Injury Notes: Panthers, Penguins, Lightning, Leafs, Hurricanes, Jets, Sharks, Flyers, Canadiens and Wings
George Richards: Panthers say that Ed Jovanovski has not been taken off the IR. Dave Molinari: Penguins coach Dan Bylsma on defenseman Kris Letang: "There’s not a timetable on Kris’ return at this point." Will DePaoli of Inside Pittsburgh Sports:…
Lines and Starters: Sens, Habs, Stars, Flyers, Isles, Lightning, Canes, Leafs, Hawks and Wings
Bruce Garrioch: Senators lines: Michalek-Spezza-Conacher; MacArthur-Turris-Ryan; Greening-Smith-Neil; Kassian-Pageau-Condra. John Lu: Canadiens lines: Galchenyuk/Eller/Gallagher;Moen/Plekanec/Gionta;Prust/Desharnais/Brière;Beaulieu* /Bournival/White. Defensive pairings: Markov - Subban Gorges - Diaz Tinordi - Bouillon. Mark Stepneski: Stars lines: Benn-Seguin-Peverley; Whitney-Eakin-Chiasson; Nichushkin-Horcoff-Cole; Roussel-Fiddler-Garbutt. Mike Heika: Defensive pairings: Goligoski-Gonchar, Dillon-Robidas, Daley-Benn. Frank Seravalli: Flyers: Jay Rosehill is out.…
Injury Notes: Boyle, St. Louis, Clowe, Drewiske, JVR, Rozsival, Soderberg, Hagelin, Kane and Pacioretty
David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News: Sharks Dan Boyle flew back to San Jose yesterday and in a text: “I’m OK. That was scary. Hopefully the symptoms will be very minor, if any, going forward.” Blues Maxim Lapierre said…