On the Boston Bruins …
Joe Haggerty of NBC Sports: Brad Marchand and Anders Bjork were ruled out for the first two games of their road trip, so they could be ready for this weekend. If not, they could be able to return just before Thanksgiving.
On the Calgary Flames …
Wes Gilbertson of the Calgary Sun: Goaltender Mike Smith was given the night off due to an upper-body injury. Smith was injured in the first period of Monday’s game.
On the Detroit Red Wings …
Dana Wakiji: Defenseman Trevor Daley left last night’s game with an upper-body injury.
On the Los Angeles Kings …
Aaron Ward: Hearing from within the Kings organization that they are not expecting Jeff Carter to return until February. Marian Gaborik is expected to return in mid-December.
On the New Jersey Devils …
Chris Ryan of NJ.com: Forward Marcus Johansson, out with a concussion, has been skating on his own since the weekend but hasn’t taken part in practice yet. He’s missed their past six games and isn’t going on their three-game road trip.
On the Philadelphia Flyers …
Dave Isaac of the Courier-Post: Defenseman Andrew MacDonald practiced yesterday, but don’t expect him to be in the lineup tonight.
“I’m not sure if that’s realistic or not, just being off for the amount of time I was off,” MacDonald said. “It did feel really good, but we just have to go through the process of seeing how it feels tomorrow and go from there, make sure there’s no setbacks or anything.”
On the San Jose Sharks …
Paul Gackle of The Mercury News: Joe Thornton has missed two practices this week, two last week, and played a season-low 14 minutes over the weekend. Coach Pete DeBoer admitted over the weekend that Thornton isn’t 100 percent healthy.
“Did I say his knee isn’t 100 percent?” DeBoer asked reporters after practice Wednesday. “I don’t think so. I said he wasn’t 100 percent.”
Thornton when it was suggested his knee might be bothering him.
“It’s not with the knee at all, no. The knee feels great, so I’ve kind of forgotten about that,” he said. “We’ll get better, hopefully. It’s 72 hours, or whatever it is, until Thursday.”