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Injuries: Pens, Ducks, Blues, Oilers, Wild, Jackets, Devils and more …
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Seth Rorabaugh: Penguins Kris Letang left last night’s game with 2:30 left. He was putting little pressure on his right leg.
Eric Stephens: Ducks Corey Perry is skating in Anaheim, but is not ready to play.
Lou Korac: Blues coach Ken Hitchcock on Brian Elliott: “I think practice Sunday for Brian is really important.” Will take part in full practice and evaluated after.
Lou Korac: Blues Carl Gunnarsson is day-to-day after taking part in a full practice yesterday.
Mark Lazerus: Blackhawks Brad Richards and Michal Rozsival didn’t travel with the team, but both could return on Monday.
Edmonton Oilers: Oilers defenseman Nikita Nikitin (back) will return in the “very near future” according to Craig MacTavish.
Sarah McLellan: Coyotes Chris Summers is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
Jonas Siegel: Maple Leafs Leo Komarov practiced with the team yesterday for the first time since suffering his concussion on Nov. 29th. He’s not expected back until some time in January. Komarov was very limited and sat out most of the drills.
Michael Russo: Wild’s Mikael Granlund and Jonas Brodin are out indefinitely with upper-body injuries.
Aaron Portzline: Blue Jackets Cam Atkinson and Jack Skille are both out with upper-body injuries. Atkinson has already been ruled out for Wednesday. Skille will be re-evaluated today.
Dave Molinari: Penguins Olli Maatta will continue his rehab and should be back in four weeks. Maatta didn’t require surgery.
Michael Smith: Hurricanes Andrej Nestrasil (upper-body) is with the team in Tampa, but is not skating. Alex Semin and his upper-body injury didn’t travel with the team.
Bryan Burns: No indication that Lightning’s Jonathan Drouin has the mumps. It’s more likely that it’s the same virus that Radko Gudas and Tyler Johnson had.
Matt Barker: Jason Garrison could return to the Lightning’s lineup tomorrow.
Tom Gulitti: Devils Michael Ryder, Patrick Elias and Scott Clemmensen have the mumps.
Alex Prewitt: The Islanders put Jaroslav Halak on the IR yesterday, retroactive to Dec. 20th. He’s eligible to come off the IR tomorrow