Anthony Cirelli, who left Game 1 in Tampa Bay’s first-round matchup against Florida, was back in the lineup for Game 2 in his usual spot on the second line. It didn’t really make much of a difference, though, as Florida shut out Tampa Bay by a 2-0 score on the back of a 19-save performance [...]
After nearly three years without being able to play in an NHL game, Colorado Avalanche winger, and captain, Gabriel Landeskog made his return to the lineup. It has been an extensive recovery from his knee cartilage transplant surgery but he has made it all the way back in one of the best stories of the [...]
It was locker clean out day for the New York Rangers and we got some news on what was ailing winger Chris Kreider all season. There had been talk that there was some back issue(s) that had been bothering him towards the middle of the season, but it was more than that as we got [...]
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced that defenceman Kris Letang will undergo surgery to fix a hole in his heart which will carry a recovery timeline of at least a month. Given his history with this issue, it is always a bit nerve-wracking to see he’s still dealing with it, but that he’s getting it fixed is [...]
Monday night was the highly anticipated debut of Montreal Canadiens prospect Ivan Demidov. It was not certain he’d make his way to the Canadiens following his KHL season but the contract situation was figured out and he was in the lineup as Montreal hosted the Chicago Blackhawks. Demidov started the game on a line with [...]
There was a slew of important injury updates yesterday that will have huge impacts over the final week of the fantasy hockey regular season so let’s get right to them. Florida’s Carter Verhaeghe was not in the lineup on Thursday night with Mackie Samoskevich taking his spot on the top line. It doesn’t appear to [...]
After having Joel Eriksson Ek played just one game in the last two months, and none since late February, as well as Kirill Kaprizov not being in the lineup since late January, the Minnesota Wild got great news on Wednesday as both returned to the lineup against the San Jose Sharks. Heading into that game, [...]
Nikolaj Ehlers was not back in the lineup for the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night after missing Saturday’s game in Utah. The good news for the Jets is he was a game-time decision and was at morning skate, so it seems as if he's very close to returning, at any rate. A positive sign for [...]
On top of a bunch of college signings making their debuts this week, Oliver Kapanen is joining the Montreal Canadiens as the team enters the final couple weeks of the regular season. Kapanen started the season with the Habs but was sent back to the Swedish Hockey League after a dozen games. He posted 35 [...]
Ahead of their game on Monday night in Philadelphia, the Nashville Predators announced forwards Jonathan Marchessault and Colton Sissons are day-to-day and week-to-week, respectively, according to the team. While it certainly looks as if Marchessault shouldn’t be out too long, we are at the point of the season where a ‘week-to-week’ designation could mean the [...]
