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Toronto Maple Leafs

Erik Kallgren will make his third straight start for the Maple Leafs against the Nashville Predators on Saturday.

Kallgren, 25, is off to a 2-0-1 start to his NHL career with a .963 save percentage and a 1.20 goals-against average.

Forward Wayne Simmonds has re-joined the team after being a non-roster player Thursday against the Carolina Hurricanes due to personal reasons.

Meanwhile, forwards Ondrej Kase and David Kampf (maintenance) did not take part in Friday's session.

Here were the Leaf lines according to TSN's Mark Masters:

Bunting - Matthews - Marner
Robertson - Tavares - Nylander
Mikheyev - Engvall - Simmonds
Clifford - Kerfoot - Spezza

Rielly - Lyubushkin
Brodie - Holl
Sandin - Dermott
Muzzin (red sweater) - Liljegren

Kallgren
Mrazek

 

Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights forward Jack Eichel left Thursday's game against the Florida Panthers in the second period after blocking a shot.

Head coach Peter DeBoer did not have an update on Eichel following the game, a 5-3 win.

"He didn't come back so that's no good. We'll get him evaluated and hopefully know more tomorrow," he said Thursday night.

The 25-year-old played 11:58 before departing, recording one assist. He has five goals and five assists in 15 games for Vegas so far this season.

 

Winnipeg Jets

Forward Andrew Copp will make his return to the lineup Friday night against the Boston Bruins. 

He has been out since the weekend with an upper-body injury.

Here were Winnipeg's lines Friday morning according to The Athletic's Murat Ates.

Stastny-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Dubois-Ehlers
Copp-Lowry-Svechnikov
Harkins-Toninato-Vesalainen

Morrissey-DeMelo
Dillon-Pionk
Stanley-Schmidt

Hellebuyck
Comrie

Ottawa Senators

Senators head coach D.J. Smith told reporters that the team is hopeful forward Tim Stützle can play Friday night against the Philadelphia Flyers.

The 20-year-old centre did not practice on Thursday because of a lower-body injury, playing 19:30 against the Columbus Blue Jackets the evening before.

Smith also said that Anton Forsberg will start between the pipes while forward Adam Gaudette will draw back into the lineup. Smith added that with the trade deadline coming up on Monday, Friday's lineup is subject to change.

Calgary Flames

Jacob Markstrom will get the start in net Friday night against the Buffalo Sabres.

Here were the lines at morning skate according to TSN's Salim Valji:

Gaudreau-Lindholm-Tkachuk
Coleman-Backlund-Lewis
Mangiapane-Jarnkrok-Toffoli
Lucic-Monahan-Dube

Hanifin-Andersson
Kylington-Tanev
Zadorov-Gudbranson

Markstrom

Philadelphia Flyers

It appears Claude Giroux may have played his last game for the Flyers.

TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun reported that the team plans to sit Giroux through the trade deadline after playing in his 1,000th game Thursday night.

The Flyers play the Ottawa Senators Friday night and the New York Islanders Sunday afternoon.

Giroux is currently the No. 1 player on TSN's Trade Bait board.

LeBrun also reports Anaheim's Hampus Lindholm will too be a scratch Friday night as his Ducks take on the Florida Panthers. Friday is Anaheim's lone game remaining before Monday's trade deadline.