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Ryan Hartman suspended for one game
On the Minnesota Wild …

Minnesota Wild: Coach Bruce Boudreau on defenseman Ryan Murphy getting into the lineup: “He’s a really good puck mover. We really like what Soucy has done for us…there’s just more experience in Murph and he’s an offensive player.”

Michael Russo: Forward Kyle Rau will make his playoff debut tomorrow.

Michael Russo: Forward lines at practice: Zucker-Staal-Coyle Niederreiter-Koivu-Granlund Foligno-Cullen-Rau/Ennis Greenway/Gabriel-Eriksson Ek-Winnik

On the Nashville Predators ...

NHL Player Safety: Predators forward Ryan Hartman was suspended for one game for an illegal check to the head of Avs forward Carl Soderberg.

On the Philadelphia Flyers …

John Boruk: Flyers lines at practice: Giroux-Filppula-Voracek Lindblom-Patrick-Konecny Read-Lehtera-Simmonds Weal-Laughton-Raffl

On the Pittsburgh Penguins …

Jason Mackey: Goaltender Matt Murray continued to practice despite still looking like he was bothered by something. Not sure what happened.

Wes Crosby: When asked after practice if he was okay, Murray said: “Yeah, I’m good.”

On the Tampa Bay Lightning …

Tampa Bay Lightning: The Lightning reassigned forward Matthew Peca.

On the Toronto Maple Leafs …

Chris Johnston: Forward Leo Komarov took part in their morning skate. Coach Mike Babcock ruled him out for Game 4 tonight.

On the Washington Capitals …

Tarik El-Bashir: Forward lines at their morning skate, with Boyd likely filling in for Oshie: Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson, Stephenson-Backstrom-Boyd, Connolly-Eller-DSP, Vrana-Beagle-Chiasson

Isabelle Khurshudyan: T.J. Oshie didn’t take part in their morning skate. He’s been taking maintenance days then playing.

On the Winnipeg Jets …

Scott Billeck: Coach Paul Maurice said that Tyler Myers didn’t skate today. Toby Enstrom hasn’t started skating. Maurice wouldn’t rule Myers out for Game 5 tomorrow.

Paul Friesen: The Jets recalled defenseman Sami Niku.

 

 

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