Tag: Tampa Bay Lightning

Injuries: Lupul, Blues, Pirri, Quincey, Kopitar, Callahan and Cammalleri

Chris Johnston: Joffrey Lupul fell at practice on Thursday and broke a bone in his hand. He's out indefinitely. Mark Masters: Lupul: "Just an awkward fall. I honestly thought nothing of it." Lou Korac: Blues Paul Stastny and T.J. Oshie won't…

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Injuries: Weiss, Blue Jackets, Stepan, Krug, Stastny and More

Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: Red Wings Stephen Weiss made his AHL (conditioning assignment for two games) debut last night but only lasted two periods, leaving with a sore groin. "He had a sore groin after two,…

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Injuries: Jackets, Hawks, Flames, Flyers, Preds, Wild, Lighning and Wings

Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Sergei Bobrovsky will miss one to two weeks with a fractured finger. Aaron Portzline: Blue Jackets James Wisniewski has a broken finger and will be out one to two weeks. Mark Lazerus: Blackhawks Corey…

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Quick Hits: Maatta, Foligno, Kopitar and Other Injury Updates

Will DePaoli of Inside Pittsburgh Sports: Penguins defenseman Olli Maatta will have surgery next week to remove a tumor in his neck that might be a low-grade thyroid cancer. Maatta is still able to play until he has the surgery.…

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Injuries: Foligno, Kane, Crawford, Kopitar, Connolly and Bailey

Todd Sharrock: Blue Jackets Nick Foligno had movement and was talking to doctors after being stretched off the ice. He had precautionary x-rays at the Staples Center. Aaron Portzline: Foligno traveled with the team back to Columbus. (video of incident…

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Quick Hits: Injuries, Lines, Pairings and Goalies

Erik Erlendsson: Ryan Callahan not on ice, so not expecting to play Friday or Saturday. Andy Strickland: Blues Carl Gunnarsson won't play tonight. Joe Smith: Lightning lines: Drouin-Filppula-Stamkos/Palat-Johnson-Connolly/Kucherov-Namestnikov-Brown/Morrow-Boyle-Blunden. Randy Sportak: Flames lines: Colborne-Monahan-Hudler, Glencross-Stajan-Byron, Raymond-Backlund-Gaudreau, Bollig-Jooris-Bouma. Defensive pairings: Giordano-Brodie; Russell-Wideman; Smid-Engelland. Columbus Blue…

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Consensus Power Rankings – Week Two

For the rest of the season we'll be taking a look at various media outlets weekly power rankings and formulating a consensus rankings from them. Results will likely be posted each Wednesday. To get our consensus point total, we awarded…

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Injuries: Nichushkin, Gonchar, Horton, Callahan, Muzzin and Torres

Dallas Morning News: Stars Valeri Nichushkin has skated the past two days and could return to practice today. "If things go well, maybe he can participate in part of our practice, maybe in a non-contact sense or even just the…

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Quick Hits: Notes, Injuries, Lines and Goalies

Kevin McGran: The Maple Leafs have hired Mark Hunter as their Director of Player Personnel. Chris Johnston: Hunter will oversee their pro and amateur scouting departments. Stephen Whyno: Martin Brodeur won't play for Team Canada at the Deutschland Cup. Chris…

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Injuries: Lightning, Bruins, Stars, Jackets, Rangers, Wings plus more

Joe Smith: Lightning coach Jon Cooper said it would be miraculous if Alex Killorn or Ryan Callahan play tonight. Joe Smith: Lightning's Radko Gudas didn't skate yesterday and likely won't play tonight. He might be able to go on Friday.…

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Quick Hits: Injuries, Line Combos and Defensive Pairings

Erik Erlendsson: Lightning's Victor Hedman will be out four to six weeks after having surgery to repair his fractured finger. Ansar Khan: Pavel Datsyuk is skating on a line with Henrik Zetterberg and Justin Abdelkader this morning. The Wings send…

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Injuries: Stastny, Girardi, Hedman, Hanzal, Laich plus more

Jeremy Rutherford: Blues Paul Stastny is out week-to-week with a shoulder injury. Steve Zipay: Rangers Dan Girardi is day-to-day after receiving some stitches from blocking a shot. Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Bay Tribune: Victor Hedman "could miss a significant…

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