Miller suffers upper-body injury
Boston Bruins: Bruins defenseman Kevan Miller left last night’s game early with an upper-body injury.
Gaudreau okay
Eric Francis: Calgary Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau is fine after he went through concussion protocol after being hit by Charlie McAvoy.
Not a knee issue for Tkachuk
Bruce Garrioch: Ottawa Senators coach Guy Boucher said that Brady Tkachuk‘s injury is not a knee injury that had been previously reported.
No update on Zajac
Corey Masisak: The New Jersey Devils didn’t have an update on forward Travis Zajac.
Schneider still day-to-day
Mike Morreale: New Jersey Devils coach John Hynes on Cory Schneider: “We pushed him pretty hard again today. He’s day2day. We’re trying to push his workload semi-game-like, almost-game-like … just the quantity/volume of it to see how he responds. If he continues to respond, we’ll move forward. Nothing new as of today.”
Luongo’s rehab going nicely
Jameson Olive: Florida Panthers GM Dale Tallon said that Roberto Luongo is still a few weeks away but is “rehabbing nicely.”
Hendricks out a couple weeks, Eriksson Ek to the IR
Sarah McLellan: Minnesota Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said they are hopeful that Matt Hendricks will only be out for two or three weeks with a lower-body injury. Joel Eriksson Ek will be out this weekend. The Wild are hopeful that Marcus Foligno (illness) will be able to travel with the team.
Sarah McLellan: The Wild have put Joel Eriksson Ek on the IR retroactive to last Thursday with a lower-body injury.
Hyman takes stitches to his eye
Luke Fox: Toronto Maple Leafs forward Zach Hyman took eight stitches on the inside of his right eyelid after taking a high stick from Jake Guentzel: “Really scary. It’s right above my eye, so… lucky.”
Kopitar out again with an illness
Arthur Staple: Los Angeles Kings Anze Kopitar missed his second game in a row due to an illness.
Two Stars aren’t a 100 percent yet
Sean Shapiro: Dallas Stars coach Jim Montgomery on Valeri Nichushkin: “Val doesn’t feel like he’s there yet.”
Sean Shapiro: Stars defenseman Stephen Johns practice yesterday and did a couple more drills than was expected.
