On the Carolina Hurricanes …
Chip Alexander: Forward Jeff Skinner returned to Raleigh yesterday to have his upper-body injury evaluated.
Carolina Hurricanes: Brock McGinn left last night’s game with an upper-body injury.
On the Pittsburgh Penguins …
Sean Shapiro: Defenseman Kris Letang isn’t on the Penguins road trip.
Pens Inside Scoop: Coach Mike Sullivan on Letang: “We felt it was better he stayed back and was able to get better rehab and quality skates with our skills coach.”
Pens Inside Scoop: Conor Sheary practiced yesterday in a regular jersey.
On the New York Rangers …
Dan Rosen: Defenseman Dan Girardi is out two weeks according to coach Alain Vigneault. The wound on his ankle isn’t healing properly.
Dan Rosen: Defenseman Kevin Klein is out. They are hopeful he can practice today.
On the Columbus Blue Jackets …
Aaron Portzline: William Karlsson missed their morning skate with an illness.
On the Buffalo Sabres …
John Vogl: Goaltender Robin Lehner joined practice partway through practice yesterday.
On the Washington Capitals …
Isabelle Khurshudyan: The Capitals put Andre Burakovsky on the LTIR. He can be activated on March 9th.
On the Chicago Blackhawks …
Scott Powers: Coach Joel Quenneville said that Niklas Hjalmarsson is out for the rest of the week.
Scott King: The Blackhawks put Hjalmarsson on the IR retroactive to February 23rd.
On the St. Louis Blues …
Jeremy Rutherford: Ryan Reaves (lower-body) practiced with the team yesterday.
On the Vancouver Canucks …
Dana Wakiji: Coach Willie Desjardins said that Ben Hutton and Markus Granlund tested negative for mumps. Michael Chaput has the mumps.
Vancouver Canucks: “Stecher is good to go. Tryamkin is not in tonight. Baertschi is close, hopefully he’s ready for the trip. Markstrom felt better today.”
On the Arizona Coyotes …
Arizona Coyotes: Alex Burmistrov was taken to the hospital for evaluation.
AZ Central Sports: Burmistrov was released from the hospital and is “going to be all right.”
Sarah McLellan: Burmistrov was taken off the ice on a stretcher.
Colin Miller ejected for this hit on Burmistrov pic.twitter.com/ZgbDRtBFZO
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) March 1, 2017
Another look at Miller’s hit on Burmistrov pic.twitter.com/gJBP3xGu9J
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) March 1, 2017
