Bruins injury updates
Boston Bruins: Bruins injury update from head coach Bruce Cassidy.
Defenseman Kevan Miller is expected to play against the Red Wings.
Defensemen Charlie McAvoy and Urho Vaakanainen will meet up with the team in Detroit. They will practice with the team but not play against the Red Wings. They are questionable for playing on the weekend.
Boston Bruins: Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy on Patrice Bergeron‘s upper-body injury: “He was meeting today, so we have nothing new. I know he was in a lot of pain, but I don’t know if there’s anything major which is good news. But I don’t want to speculate. I just know that he’s not coming back to Detroit.”
Scandella leaves with a lower-body injury
Joe Yerdon: Buffalo Sabres defenseman Marco Scandella left last night’s game early.
This is one painful sequence… pic.twitter.com/P4cYJElGSP
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) November 20, 2018
Helm out long-term but Vanek and Ericsson could play tomorrow
Helene St. James: Detroit Red Wings forward Darren Helm will be out six to eight weeks with a shoulder injury according to GM Ken Holland.
Dana Wakiji: Red Wings forward Thomas Vanek and defenseman Jonathan Ericsson are day-to-day and could play on Wednesday.
Trocheck suffers scary injury
Bruce Garrioch: Florida Panthers Vincent Trocheck will head to Tampa and then to Fort Lauderdale. Coach Bob Boughner on Trocheck: “It looks long-term. There’s no way to sugar coat it.”
#FlaPanthers Trocheck with a nasty looking injury. The stretcher is coming out here. #Sens pic.twitter.com/MXxowADHaD
— Alex M (@nhlsensandstuff) November 20, 2018
Juulsen update coming today
Brian Wilde: Montreal Canadiens defenseman Noah Juulsen was at the hospital last night getting checked out. An update will come today.
Arpon Basu: According to coach Claude Julien said that it’s unlikely Shea Weber and Paul Byron will play this week.
Crosby progress and Cullen out long-term
Pens Inside Scoop: Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan on Sidney Crosby‘s injury status: “Sid is making significant progress. He participated in the practice. As you guys saw, it was in a non-contact fashion. His status is day-to-day at this point.”
Jonathan Bombulie: Forward Matt Cullen will be out long-term with a lower-body injury according to coach Sullivan.
Paquette out short-term
Caley Chelios: Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper said that Cedric Paquette missed last night’s game after he blocked a shot against the Flyers and that it’s not a long-term injury.
Kuznetsov and Oshie are not skating yet
Isabelle Khurshudyan: Washington Capitals coach Todd Reirden said that Evgeny Kuznetsov and T.J. Oshie haven’t been skating. He would only say that they are day-to-day. Unlikely for Wednesday’s game.