NHL Injury Notes
Alex Kinkopf: Arizona Coyotes defender Oliver Ekman-Larsson will travel with the team in six games on his road trip. Trainer Rick Tocchet said “OEL has been feeling better every day” and that he will be getting to her exercises soon.
Evan Marinofsky: Boston Bruins striker David Pastrnak has returned to the Bruins line-up. How he felt afterwards: “I felt like I was hit by a train.”
Brayton Wilson: Buffalo Sabers trainer Ralph Krueger said Sam Reinhart will be traveling with the team on their road trip. He has an upper body injury. They hope he can play tonight.
Michael Smith: Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour on goalkeeper Petr Mrazek’s torso injury: “Looks like it will take a little longer than we’d hoped.” It is possible that Mrazek will need an operation.
Adrian Dater: Devon Toews, defender of the Colorado Avalanche, is out seven to ten days.
Brian Hedger: Columbus Blue Jackets striker Patrik Laine suffers from an upper body injury every day. If he’s cleared, he could play tonight.
Marco Rossi:: (The Minnesota Wild prospect is at home in Austria and is resting after COVID.) “Like many others, I was initially shocked and very disappointed but at this point I am very optimistic that my health is good and will be good to train / play again. One thing I know is that I’m coming back stronger than ever !! “
Nashville Predators: Forwards Luke Kunin (lower body) and Brad Richardson (upper body) are both listed as commonplace and missed last night’s game.
Pittsburgh penguins: The Penguins have added defense attorney Brian Dumoulin to the IR retrospectively January 26th.
Pins in the shovel: Penguin trainer Mike Sullivan on defender Kris Letang yesterday: “Kris’ status is that he won’t play tonight and he is day after day. It will continue to be evaluated. “
Joe Smith: Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov won’t start skating for a while.
Michael Augello: Toronto Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said Joe Thornton, Nick Robertson and Jack Campbell are making progress but are not about to return. Thornton and Robertson were on the ice.
Samantha Pell: Washington Capitals forward Lars Eller and defender Justin Schultz missed the game last night due to injury.
Samantha Pell:: Eller suffers from an upper body injury every day. Yesterday he rode with Brian Pinho in a non-contact jersey.
