Jan 4, 2017
Ice Chips: Rangers' Nash to sit out vs. Flyers
Keep updated on all the injury news and roster moves from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips. New York Rangers forward Rick Nash won’t play tonight but could return Saturday in Columbus.
TSN.ca Staff
Keep updated on all the injury news and roster moves from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.
Detroit Red Wings
Darren Helm (shoulder), Justin Abdelkader (knee) and Alexey Marchenko (shoulder) took part in Tuesday's practice, while Mike Green (upper body) missed the skate. Helm isn't expected to make his return this week and While it's an encouraging step, Abdelkader's return isn't believed to be imminent. Marchenko is expected to return at some point during Detroit's trip to the West Coast and Green is expected to miss Detroit's next three games, if not more time. - The Detroit News
New York Rangers
After taking a high hit on Saturday, Matt Puempel began experiencing concussion symptoms during Monday’s practice and is out indefinitely. He suffered a concussion on Dec. 6 and missed five games. Nicklas Jensen was called up from Hartford to take his place as Rick Nash (groin) remained out for a sixth straight game. Nash won’t play tonight but could return Saturday in Columbus. - New York Daily News
Boston Bruins
David Backes (concussion) took part in Wednesday's practice. Backes skated in his normal right wing position with David Krejci and Ryan Spooner during an hour-long skate, and didn’t seem to be holding anything back in battle drills during his first action on the ice. - CSN New England
St. Louis Blues
Carl Gunnarsson has sustained a lower-body injury and will miss Thursday's contest. He is regarded as day-to-day. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Dallas Stars
Antoine Roussel (upper body) is regarded as a game-time decision on Wednesday. - Dallas Stars
Carolina Hurricanes
Goaltender Eddie Lack (concussion) has been placed on the injured reserve list. - Team Twitter
The Hurrucanes recalled goaltender Michael Leighton from the Charlotte Checkers of the AHL. The team also reassigned goaltender Daniel Altshuller to Charlotte. Altshuller served as Carolina's backup goaltender on Tuesday against New Jersey. - nhl.com
Waivers
San Jose Sharks forward Matthew Nieto and Boston Bruins goalie Anton Khudobin placed on waivers.
GAME NOTES
Jets (39P) at Panthers (40P) - 7PM
WPG is 1-0-0 vs FLA this season, SOW at home.FLA has gone 6-0-3 at home vs WPG
FLA (16-14-8):
3-1-4 past 8GP, 20GF, 8/27 on PP
Barkov (3G, 4A) past 6GP
WPG (18-19-3):
won 3 straight on the road, 13GF, 2/9 on PP
Laine (1G, 3A) last 2GP
Canadiens (52P) at Stars (39P) - 8PM
Teams split 2GP last season, DAL winning at home. DAL has won 2 straight at home vs MTL, 10GF
DAL (16-15-7):
3-1-1 past 5GP at home, 11GA, 8/11 on PK
Seguin (3G, 3A) 4 game PT streak
MTL (23-9-6):
2-0-1 past 3GP, each decided by 1G, 1/7 on PP
Radulov (2G, 3A) 4 game PT streak
Rangers (53P) at Flyers (45P) - 8PM
NYR are 1-0-0 vs PHI, winning in PHI. NYR have won 4 straight vs PHI, 3 of the wins in PHI
PHI (20-14-5):
0-3-1 past 4GP, 6GF, 2/13 on PP
Voracek 0P last 4GP
NYR (26-13-1):
6-1-0 past 7GP on road, 20GF, 8/26 on PP
Stepan (4G, 5A) last 7GP
Coyotes (27P) at Canucks (39P) - 10PM
VAN is 2-0-0 vs ARZ this season, 1-0-0 at home. VAN has won 2 straight at home vs ARZ
VAN (18-18-3):
won 4 straight, 7GA, 9/11 on PK
Horvat (1G, 4A) 4 game PT streak
ARZ (11-21-5):
lost 7 straight, 13GF, 3/24 on PP
Vrbata (1G, 1A) last 3GP
Avalanche (25P) at Flames (42P) - 10PM
CGY is 1-0-0 vs COL this season, winning in COL. CGY has gone 2-0-1 past 3 at home vs COL
CGY (20-17-2):
3-1-0 past 4GP, 15GF, 4/15 on PP
Gaudreau (2G, 1A) last 5GP
COL (12-24-1):
lost 4 straight, outscored 19-9, 1/16 on PP
Iginla (2G, 0A) last 10GP
Red Wings (37P) at Ducks (46P) - 1030PM
DET is 1-0-0 vs ANA this season, winning at home. ANA 2-1-0 past 3 at home vs DET
ANA (19-12-8):
2-0-3 past 5GP, 11GF, 3/14 on PP
Kesler (3G, 3A) last 4GP
DET (16-16-5):
2-2-1 past 5GP, 14GF, 1/20 on PP
Zetterberg (1G, 7A) 6 game PT strea