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Max Pacioretty and Victor Mete left last night's game early
On the Buffalo Sabres …

Sabres PR: Defenseman Marco Scandella left last night’s game.

On the Colorado Avalanche …

Igor Eronko: Defenseman Andrei Mironov was placed on unconditional waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract.

Dan Milstein: Mironov is heading back to Russia. Will announce his future plan later on.

On the Columbus Blue Jackets …

Blue Jackets PR: Forward Alexander Wennberg missed last night’s game with an upper-body injury.

On the Detroit Red Wings …

Helene St. James: Defenseman Jonathan Ericsson missed last night’s game because of an illness. Mike Green returned to the lineup.

On the Montreal Canadiens …

All Habs: Forward Max Pacioretty left last night’s game with a lower-body injury.

All Habs: Defenseman Victor Mete left last night’s game early.

Arpon Basu: Forward Charles Hudon missed last night’s game after he blocked a shot last game.

On the Pittsburgh Penguins …

Wes Crosby of NHL.com: Goaltender Matt Murray was on the ice before practice yesterday in full gear. He didn’t face any shots.

“We’ll see how he responds and go from there,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said

It was his first time on the ice since he suffered a concussion on Monday after taking a shot to the head from Olli Maatta.

On Seattle …

Art Thiel: Seattle had 33,000 season ticket deposits by yesterday at 5:00 pm. They should down the option and a waiting list option was set up for this morning.

On the Vancouver Canucks …

Ben Kuzma: Forward Sven Baertschi left last night’s game with a shoulder injury. He took a big hit from defenseman Alexei Emelin.

Blake Price: Travis Green on Baertschi: “He’s gonna be a while I think.. We’ll know more tomorrow”