On the Carolina Hurricanes …
Michael Smith: Forward Derek Ryan returned from his upper-body injury last night.
Michael Smith: Forward Sebastian Aho missed his first game with a concussion and lower-body injury.
On the Columbus Blue Jackets …
Brian Hedger: Forward Cam Atkinson was wearing full equipment at practice yesterday and was skating on an extra line with Brandon Dubinsky and Markus Hannikainen.
On the Dallas Stars …
Mark Stepneski: Forward Martin Hanzal is day-to-day now with a pulled muscle. Coach Ken Hitchcock thinks he’ll be fine for games.
On the Detroit Red Wings …
Ansar Khan: Defenseman Trevor Daley left last night’s game early with a lower-body injury.
On the Minnesota Wild …
Sarah McLellan: Coach Bruce Boudreau said that Nino Niederreiter‘s injury is different from what he went through before.
On the San Jose Sharks …
Paul Gackle of The Mercury News: Goaltender Martin Jones missed last night’s game with a “minor lower-body” injury according to coach Pete DeBoer. Jones is day-to-day and they are hopeful that he’ll be able to play this week.
DeBoer added that it is unrelated to the issue he had at the end of November.
On the Tampa Bay Lightning …
Erik Erlendsson: Forward Ondrej Palat didn’t play for the final ten minutes of the third period.
On the Toronto Maple Leafs …
Kristen Shilton: Coach Mike Babcock doesn’t know when defenseman Nikita Zaitsev will return to the lineup. He added that Zaitsev is “doing more than any other person would ever do to get back, he’s skating good.”
On the Vancouver Canucks …
Rick Dhaliwal: Coach Travis Green said that defenseman Erik Gudbranson won’t be in the lineup today. They will see how forward Bo Horvat feels this morning.
Rick Dhaliwal: Defenseman Derrick Pouliot is close to returning to the lineup from a suspected hand injury.