John Dietz: Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford, and defensemen Connor Murphy and Calvin de Haan missed practice again.
Charlie Roumeliotis: Jonathan Toews left practice early yesterday. Coach Jeremy Colliton: “Trying to keep him fresh. Nothing other than that.”
Scott MacDonald: Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar was not on the again. Forward Shane Bowers had missed the past few practices was back on the ice.
- Adrian Dater: It may be getting to the point where we may have to start thinking that Makar won’t be ready for the start of the playoffs.
Aaron Portzline: Columbus Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno missed yesterday mornings practice.
Mark Scheig: Blue Jackets forward Josh Anderson was “unfit to play” and Foligno was “unable to practice.”
John Lu: Montreal Canadiens goaltender Michael McNiven took a Shea Weber slapshot to the mask. The puck went through the mask and cut his face. Coach Claude Julien said that NcNiven didn’t have a headache or any other injury.
Video of the incident. pic.twitter.com/zQPAivA7LK
— John Lu (@JohnLuTSNMtl) July 20, 2020
Eric Engels of Sportsnet: Montreal Canadiens forward Max Domi was at practice yesterday for the first time. He’s type-1 diabetic and has Celiac disease. Given his medical conditions, he’s at a much higher risk and needed assurance that things were safe.
“He’s on board. Obviously he’s back,” Canadiens coach Claude Julien said about the 25-year-old Winnipeg native. “But we know that, in his case, if there’s ever anything that happens that would put him at risk, he could leave.”
Andrew Gross: Leo Komarov and Sebastian Aho still haven’t been on the ice during New York Islanders camp.
Matt Vensel: Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan didn’t give an update on Sidney Crosby after he’s missed two practices in a row. Will have to get used to this idea of not being able to share any update.
Jesse Granger: Vegas Golden Knights forward Max Pacioretty was “unable to participate” yesterday. Coach Peter DeBoer said Pacioretty didn’t have a positive COVID test.
