On the New York Rangers …
Steve Zipay: Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist has been skating everyday and is feeling good. He won’t travel with the team to Minnesota as he’s remaining in New York to skate everyday. He could be ahead of their initial timetable.
Dan Rosen: The Rangers are looking at Lundqvist returning on their Californian trip.
Justin Tasch: Forward Jesper Fast should be able to return today. Defenseman Dan Girardi won’t play this weekend.
Steve Zipay: Dan Girardi said that when he’s able to return, he’ll be ready to play 20 minutes a game if need be.
On the Toronto Maple Leafs …
Mark Masters: Forward Tyler Bozak on the injury that he’s been dealing with: “Everything’s feeling a lot better & hopefully it keeps improving.”
On the Ottawa Senators …
Bruce Garrioch: Sounding like defenseman Mark Borowiecki is doubtful for this weekend.
Bruce Garrioch: Goaltender Craig Anderson could backup this weekend and is expected to play on Tuesday against the Bruins.
On the Washington Capitals …
Isabelle Khurshudyan: Coach Barry Trotz said that they expect Andre Burakovsky to take part in a full practice today. Will determine later if he will travel with them to Tampa.
Isabelle Khurshudyan: Forward Jay Beagle said his nose is broken for the fifth or sixth time.
On the Carolina Hurricanes …
Cory Lavalette: Coach Bill Peters said that forward Jay McClement would be out for a couple weeks. Valentin Zykov did skate yesterday despite being ‘sore.’
On the Tampa Bay Lightning …
Bryan Burns: Coach Jon Cooper said that Tyler Johnson, Vladislav Nemestnikov and Cedric Paquette remain out.
Joe Smith: Steven Stamkos didn’t take part in line rushes yesterday, but remained on the ice with the team after his workout.
On the Montreal Canadiens …
Pat Hickey: Alexei Emelin and Alexander Radulov missed practiced yesterday due to the flu. Brendan Gallagher was at therapy. Nikita Nesterov and Brian Flynn are injured.
On the St. Louis Blues …
Tom Timmermann of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Forward Dmitrij Jaskin will be out for at least a week according to coach Mike Yeo. He is with the team on their road trip, but isn’t practicing. Jori Lehtera isn’t traveling with the team after he was hit in the head with the puck.
On the Winnipeg Jets …
Ken Wiebe: Coach Paul Maurice said that defenseman Jacob Trouba and forward Shawn Matthias were out last night with upper-body injuries.
Ken Wiebe: Defenseman Tyler Myers (lower-body) and Jacob Trouba (upper-body) skated after the Jets practice was over.
On the Dallas Stars …
Mark Stepneski: Not much update on Jamie Benn‘s upper-body injury, he’ll be re-evaluated in the morning. Lindy Ruff said the injury may have been from early in the game.
