Anaheim Ducks: Goaltender Lukas Dostal was activated from the IR, and Vycheslav Buteyets was assigned to the AHL.
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on Chicago Blackhawks’ Connor Bedard.
“Now you’ve been wondering about Connor Bedard, and Connor Bedard has been wowing everybody with his rise up the scoring stats and just his overall play. This season, he’s been fantastic.
Jeff Blashill said that Bedard was injured before the push here, and the Blackhawks are still collecting information on this. Nothing official in terms of clarity right now. I believe he had an MRI . They’re still determining what the plan is going to be.
They go on a three-game road trip next week, Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa, and unfortunately, he is not expected to travel at the beginning of it. But we’ll see what happens, hopefully not that serious. The collective hocky world took a collective groan when they saw that night.”
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on Los Angeles Kings forward Phillip Danault.
“Now, one other note, Phillip Danault is not going to play night for the LA Kings, but this is not trade-related. He’s sick. So if you see night the no is a scratch, don’t jump to any wild conclusions, it’s an illness, and that’s why he’s not going to play.”
Jessi Pierce: Minnesota Wild defenseman Jonas Brodin missed yesterday’s game with an upper-body injury and isn’t going to be in the lineup today. Coach Jon Hynes said that Brodin will be out for a “couple of days.”
Amanda Stein: New Jersey Devils coach Sheldon Keefe said that defenseman Simon Nemec will “miss some time” and “it’s not day-to-day.” They are still determining how long he’ll be out for.
Mike Morreale: Yesterday, the Devils were without forwards Arseny Gritsyuk (upper body), Jack Hughes (finger), Zack MacEwen (lower body), Evgenii Dadonov (wrist) and Timo Meier (personal leave) and defensemen Nemec (lower body), Brett Pesce (hand) and Johnathan Kovacevic (knee).
Wes Crosby: San Jose Sharks forward Will Smith left yesterday’s game with an undisclosed injury in the third period after taking a hit from Parker Wotherspoon. Forward Philipp Kurashev left yesterday’s game in the second period with an upper-body injury.
Elliotte Friedman: Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson was in the lineup last night (he left Thursday’s game in the third period).
Dave McCarthy: Maple Leafs forward Dakota Joshua missed last night’s game with an illness.
Darren Bauming: Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck returned to the lineup. He was injured on November 15th and had arthroscopic knee surgery on November 22nd. He had been expected to miss four to six weeks.
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