Keep updated on all the injury news and roster moves from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.

 

Boston Bruins

David Krejci (upper body) isn't expected to play on Boston's road trip. The Bruins begin a five-game road trip against New Jersey tonight. Adam McQuaid isn't projected to play during that span either. - Boston Herald

 

Colorado Avalanche

D Brandon Gormley has cleared wiavers. - Bob McKenzie

 

Minnesota Wild

Darcy Kuemper (concussion) skated Thursday morning. "Now it's just a matter of him getting the workload and getting back," coach Mike Yeo said. "Busy stretch coming up. Pretty tough on [Devan Dubnyk] what he did last weekend, pretty impressive what he did, but it's not ideal to have to throw a goalie in there four games in six nights all the time." Kuemper has sat out the last six games with a concussion. - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Nate Prosser missed his second straight game Thursday because of a hand injury. - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

D Mike Reilly has been recalled from the Iowa Wild (AHL). - @MNWild

D Tyson Strachan has be reassigned to Iowa (AHL). - Pioneer Press

 

Montreal Canadiens

D Jeff Petry will miss Saturday's game against Pittsburgh and is considered day to day (lower-body). - John Lu, TSN

Practice Lines:

Forwards
Pacioretty - Plekanec - Gallagher
Andrighetto - Galchenyuk - Carr
Eller - Desharnais - Byron
Flynn - Mitchell - Fleischmann/Smith-Pelly

Defence
Beaulieu - Subban
Markov - Pateryn/Tinordi
Emelin - Barberio

Goaltenders
Condon
Scrivens

Injured: Weise (UBI), Petry (D2D -- LBI), Gilbert (LBI)

PP1:
Pacioretty - Plekanec - Gallagher
Markov - Subban

PP2:
Carr/Andrighetto - Desharnais - Galchenyuk Beaulieu - Barberio

 

New Jersey Devils

Tuomo Ruutu is dealing with a lower-body injury and has been moved to the injured reserve list, retroactive to Wednesday. F Mike Sislo has been assigned to the Albany Devils (AHL) - Devils.nhl.com

D Marc-Andre Gragnani, F Jim O'Brien, and F Paul Thompson have been recalled from Albany (AHL). - @NHLDevils

 

New York Islanders

F Eric Boulton has been placed on IR retroactive to January 2nd. D Scott Mayfield has been recalled fromthe Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL). - @NYIslanders

 

New York Rangers

F Emerson Etem has been traded to the Vancouver Canucks for forward Nicklas Jensen and a 6th round pick in 2017. - Bob McKenzie

F Chris Kreider (hand) will not play Saturday against Washington. - @NYRangers

 

Ottawa Senators

Clarke MacArthur (concussion) did some work with conditioning coach Chris Schwarz on Thursday morning. He took to the ice again before Ottawa's practice, however, he is still a long way away from returning. - Ottawa Citizen

 

Philadelphia Flyers

D Shayne Gostisbehere will not play Saturday against the Islanders (lower body). - @NHLFlyers

 

San Jose Sharks

F Chris Tierney has been recalled from the San Jose Barracuda (AHL). - San Jose Mercury News

 

Tampa Bay Lightning

Ryan Callahan (lower body) is expected to play tonight. He practiced Thursday and is ready to return after he exited Tuesday's game. - Tampa Bay Times

 

Vancouver Canucks

Canucks have traded forward Nicklas Jensen and 6th round pick in 2017 to the Rangers for forward Emerson Etem. - Bob McKenzie 

Practice lines Friday

Sedin - Sedin - Burrows
Baertschi - Horvat - Vrbata
Higgins - Cracknell- Virtanen
Prust - Vey - Dorsett

McCann Edler - Tanev
Bartkowski - Biega
Hutton - Weber
Pedan

 

Game Notes

Bruins (44P) at Devils (45P) - 7PM
BOS is 1-0-0 vs NJ this season, home shootout win
BOS has won 4 straight vs NJ, one of the wins in NJ
NJ (20-16-5):
lost 2 straight, 1GF, 0/5 on PP
Henrique (1G, 2A) past 3GP
Schneider (17-12-5) starts in net
BOS (20-14-4):
1-5-0 past 6GP, 14GF, 5/19 on PP
Spooner (4A) 3 game PT streak

Blue Jackets (33P) at Hurricanes (39P) - 7PM
CAR was 3-0-1 vs CBJ last season
CAR has gone 5-0-2 past 7 vs CBJ
CAR (16-18-7):
0-1-2 past 3GP, 3GF, 0/6 on PP
Faulk (0P) last 5GP
Ward (11-11-4) starts in net
CBJ (15-23-3):
lost 3 straight on the road, 6GF, 1/10 on PP
Atkinson (2G, 2A) 4 game PT streak
Forsberg (1-1-0) starts in net

Sabres (34P) at Blackhawks (54P) - 830PM
CHI is 1-0-0 vs BUF this season, shootout win in BUF
CHI has won 5 straight at home vs BUF
CHI (25-13-4):
won 5 straight, 20GF, 5/16 on PP
Kane (2G, 8A) 5 game PT streak
Crawford (21-10-2) starts in net
BUF (15-21-4):
lost 5 straight, outscored 18-7, 4/21 on PP
Eichel (2G, 4A) 4 game PT streak
Johnson (10-11-2) starts in net

Predators (45P) at Avalanche (43P) - 9PM
COL is 1-0-0 vs NSH this season, winning in NSH
COL has won 2 straight at home vs NSH
COL (20-18-3):
won 2 straight, both at home, 4GF in each game, 3/8 on PP
Duchene (2G, 1A) past 2GP
Varlamox (14-10-3) starts in net
NSH (19-14-7):
1-2-1 past 4GP, outscored 14-7, 0/12 on PP
Josi (0G, 1A) past 3GP

Lightning (42P) at Oilers (37P) - 9PM
Teams split two games last season, each winning at home
EDM has won 4 straight at home vs TB
EDM (17-21-3):
won 2 straight, both at home, 3GA, 4/4 on PK
Eberle (2G, 1A) past 2GP
Talbot (7-11-2) starts in net
TB (19-17-4):
1-2-1 past 4GP, 8GF, 3/9 on PP
Stamkos 5G in 7 career GP vs EDM
Stralman and Filppula both 1G, 4A during 4 game win streaks

Blues (52P) at Ducks (39P) - 10PM
STL is 1-0-0 vs ANA this season, winning at home
ANA has won 9 straight at home vs STL, 2 shutouts past 3GP
ANA (16-16-7):
shutout for a league leading 8th time last game, 4-1-1 past 6GP, 23/24 on PK 
Perry (1G, 1A) last 5GP
STL (23-14-6):
0-2-2 past 4GP, 7GF, 4/9 on PP
Stastny (5A) during a 5 game PT streak
Allen (18-10-3) starts in net