Injuries: Habs, Blues, Hawks, Bruins, Lightning, Sens and More

On the Canadiens …

  • Montreal Canadiens: Carey Price will return from his injury and will start tonight.
  • Arpon Basu: Torrey Mitchel won’t be traveling with the team because of a lower-body injury.

On the Blues …

  • Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post Dispatch: Paul Stastny has been on the ice six times and joined the team on the ice for the first time since his injury. A recent x-ray showed the break has healed substantially, but it’s not fully healed.

    “It feels really good, but with this injury, it’s got to heal all the way,” Stastny said. “Now it’s just more about practicing with the guys, moving the puck around, talk to the doctors, get an X-ray every couple of days and see where it’s at. Once I’m cleared, I should be good to go. If I had a date in mind, I’d tell you. But I just don’t know.”

    Coach Ken Hitchcock on Stastny.

    “He’s been skating for days now,” Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. “He’s not cleared yet, but with all the stuff he’s been doing, once he’s cleared, then he’ll be able to just come in and play games right away. I don’t think there’s going to be an adjustment phase as far as having him go and having him participate in some practices. He’s all the way back except waiting for medical clearance, and that isn’t there yet.”

On the Blackhawks …

  • Chris Hine: Teuvo Teravainen will be out a couple games according to coach Joel Quenneville.

On the Bruins …

  • Fluto Shinzawa: Kevan Miller missed last night’s game – he’ll miss at least four games.
  • Boston Bruins: Frank Vatrano has an upper-body injury.

On the Lightning …

  • Joe Smith: GM Steve Yzerman said that Jonathan Drouin and Tyler Johnson are progressing slowly and are still day-to-day
  • Joe Smith: Yzerman said that Cedric Paquette is on the IR and can’t come off the IR until after Saturday. They are happy with his progress.

On the Panthers …

On the Red Wings …

  • Gregg Krupa: Brad Richards said he’s ready to go, but that it’s up to the coaching staff.

On the Wild …

  • Chad Graff: Marco Scandella was put on the IR yesterday. He’ll be out multiple games with a lower-body injury.

On the Devils …

  • Tom Gulitti: There are no plans for Patrik Elias to play on the Devils trip.

On the Senators …

  • Bruce Garrioch: There is was no update on Bobby Ryan or Patrick Wiercioch last night.