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Toronto Maple Leafs

Zach Hyman and Travis Dermott both skated with the Maple Leafs main practice group for the first time on Thursday.

Hyman (ACL) and Dermott (shoulder) both opened the season on long-term injured reserve. 

Nic Petan, recalled Thursday from the AHL, skated on a line with Jason Spezza and Frederik Gauthier. After the skate, head coach Mike Babcock announced that Petan, Spezza and Justin Holl will all make their season debuts for the Maple Leafs on Friday against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Dmytro Timashov, Nick Shore and Martin Marincin will exit the lineup.

Johnsson - Matthews - Nylander
Kapanen - Tavares - Marner
Mikheyev - Kerfoot - Moore
Petan - Spezza - Gauthier 
Timashov - Shore - Hyman

Muzzin - Barrie
Rielly - Ceci
Sandin - Holl
Dermott - Marincin

Andersen
Hutchinson
 

Ottawa Senators

Rookie defenceman Erik Brannstrom took part in the team's morning skate Thursday after taking a skate to the face in the dying second's of Wednesday's loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Brannstrom did require stitches on Wednesday, but head coach D.J. Smith said he expected the 20-year-old to otherwise be fine.

The team also tweaked their forward lines from Wednesday's loss, with Drake Batherson skating as an extra Thursday morning.

Tkachuk - White - Ryan
Duclair - Pageau - C. Brown
Ennis - Tierney - Sabourin
Boedker - Anisimov - Chlapik
Batherson 

 

Montreal Canadiens

Defenceman Gustav Olofsson was placed on waivers Thursday.

The team used the following lines at their morning skate ahead of their season opener against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Tatar - Danault - Gallagher
Lehkonen - Domi - Suzuki
Drouin - Kotkaniemi - Armia
Byron - Thompson - Weal
Cousins

Mete - Weber
Chiarot - Petry
Kulak - Fleury
Reilly - Folin

Price
Kinkaid

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Pittsburgh Penguins

Alex Galchenyuk is a game-time decision to make his Penguins debut against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday, head coach Mike Sullivan announced.

 

 

Tampa Bay Lightning 

Brayden Point skated only briefly in the team's gameday skate, despite the expectation he will not play as he recovers from hip surgery. Point skated in a full-contact jersey for the first time on Monday.

 

Buffalo Sabres

The used the following lines at their game-day skate:

Olofsson - Eichel - Reinhart
Skinner - Johansson - Sobotka
Vesey - Mittelstadt - Sheary
Girgensons - Larsson - Okposo

McCabe - Ristolainen
Dahlin - Miller
Scandella - Jokiharju

 

Nashville Predators

Projected lines vs. Wild:

Craig Smith - Ryan Johansen - Viktor Arvidsson

Filip Forsberg - Matt Duchene - Mikael Granlund

Rocco Grimaldi - Kyle Turris - Calle Jarnkrok

Colton Sissons - Nick Bonino - Austin Watson

 

Roman Josi - Ryan Ellis

Mattias Ekholm - Dante Fabbro

Dan Hamhuis - Yannick Weber

 

Pekka Rinne

Juuse Saros

 

 

Dallas Stars

The Stars used the following lines in their gameday skate ahead of their opener against the Boston Bruins, per Matthew DeFranks of the Dallas Morning News.

Benn-Seguin-Pavelski
Dickinson-Hintz-Radulov
Cogliano-Faksa-Comeau
Janmark-Dowling-Gurianov

Lindell-Klingberg
Heiskanen-Sekera
Oleksiak-Polak

Ben Bishop was the first goalie off the ice and expected to make the start.

 

TSN Game Notes

Price In October 2017&18

Starts   18

Rec      7-8-3

GAA   2.99

SV%    .897

SO       1

 

Jets Goal Leaders 16-17 to Pres

Laine               110

Scheifele         93

Ehlers              75

Wheeler           69

Connor            67

 

Laine 2018-19 by Month

Month             G         GP

October           3          12

November       18        12

December        3          15

January            1          12

February          4          12

March/April     1          19

 

Longest Active Season Opener Point Streaks:

6*        Washington Capitals   (4-0-2)

5          Tampa Bay Lightning (5-0-0)

5          Montreal Canadiens    (4-0-1)

*Won last night

 

Active Season Opener Win Streaks:

5          Tampa Bay Lightning

3          Colorado Avalanche

3          Philadelphia Flyers

 

Longest Active Season Opener Losing Streaks:

9  Calgary Flames       (0-8-1)

6  Buffalo Sabres        (0-5-1)

3  Minnesota Wild      (0-3-0)

 

Most Career Goals in Season Openers, Active NHL Players:

Player                          GP       Goals

Alex Ovechkin*            15        11

Zach Parise                  13        10

Auston Matthews*       4          9

Paul Stastny*                14        8

James Neal*                  12        7

Corey Perry                 13        7

*Includes last night

 

Panthers at Lightning - 7PM (Oct 3)

TB 4-0-0 vs FLA in 18-19, 18GF. TB 6 straight wins vs FLA

TB:

First Presidents Trophy winner (18-19) to be swept in 1st Rd of playoffs

Kucherov (4G, 5A) in 4GP vs FLA in 18-19

FLA:

Appeared in 4 playoff series (all losses) since 1996 SCF loss to COL

2019 playoffs, Bobrovsky 4-0 vs TB, 2.01GAA, .932SV%

 

Jets at Rangers - 7PM (Oct 3)

WPG 2-0-0 vs NYR in 18-19, both games 4-3, one in a shootout. WPG 3 straight wins vs NYR, 2 wins in NY

NYR:

Missed playoffs last 2 seasons. 7th in Metro in 18-19, only NJD were worse in division

Lundqvist last 3 starts vs WPG. 0-2-1, 2.97GAA, .919SV%

WPG:

Lost in 1st Rd of 2019 playoffs (STL) in 6 games, 0-3 at home

Byfuglien (2G, 6A) led WPG in PTS in playoffs. Connor/Laine 3G each led team in goals in playoffs

 

Sabres at Penguins - 7PM (Oct 3)

BUF 2-1-0 vs PIT in 18-19, both wins in OT. PIT 8-0-1 last 9GP at home vs BUF

PIT:

Made playoffs 13 straight seasons. 1 series win in 18&19 after back 2 back SC in 16&17

Crosby (5G, 6A) 6 game PT streak vs BUF

BUF:

Missed playoffs 8 straight seasons, last series win was in 2007

Eichel (2G, 2A) last 3GP vs PIT

 

Canadiens at Hurricanes - 7PM (Oct 3)

CAR 2-1-0 vs MTL in 18-19, both wins 2-1, one in OT. CAR 4 straight wins at home vs MTL, 4GA.

CAR:

Lost in CF in 2019 playoffs, after missing postseason previous 9 seasons

Aho (1G) in 3GP vs MTL in 18-19

MTL:

Missed playoffs 2 straight seasons, 3 of the past 4 seasons. 6th straight season opening on road, 7th time opening vs HFD/CAR

Price last 3 starts in CAR. 0-2-1, 1.97GAA, .943SV%

 

Wild at Predators - 8PM (Oct 3)

NSH 4-0-0 vs MIN in 18-19, 2 of the wins in a shootout. NSH 5 straight home wins vs MIN

NSH:

Made playoffs 5 straight seasons. 1 series win last 2 years.

Arvidsson (1G, 2A) last 2GP vs MIN

MIN:

Missed playoffs in 2019. Made post season 2013-18, 2 series wins.

Parise (0G, 3A) in 3GP vs NSH in 18-19

 

Bruins at Stars - 830PM (Oct 3)

Both teams 1-0-1 in 18-19 season series, each with 2G. BOS 5-0-1 last 6GP in DAL

DAL:

Made playoffs in 18-19, after missing prior 2 seasons. Lost to STL in 2nd Rd in 2019

Seguin (0G, 1A) last 3GP vs BOS

BOS:

Made playoffs 3 straight seasons. L-SCF in 2019

Marchand (2G, 2A) last 3GP vs DAL

 

Flames at Avalanche - 9PM (Oct 3)

CGY 3-0-0 vs COL in 18-19 reg season, COL beat CGY in 5 games (won last 4) in playoffs

COL:

Lost in 2nd Rd vs SJ in 2019 playoffs

MacKinnon (5G, 5A) in 8GP (reg+post) vs CGY in 18-19

CGY:

1 playoff series win (VAN-2015) since making SCF in 2004

Gaudreau (0G, 1A) in playoff series vs COL

 

Coyotes at Ducks - 10PM (Oct 3)

ARZ 3-2-0 vs ANA in 18-19. 2-0-0 in ANA both wins past regulation

ANA:

Missed playoffs in 18-19 after making post season from 2013-18

Getzlaf (0P) vs ARZ in 18-19

ARZ:

Missed playoffs 7 straight seasons

OEL (2G, 1A) last 3GP vs ANA