As NHL training camps continue, keep updated on all the injury news and roster updates from around the league with daily Ice Chips.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Head coach Sheldon Keefe said Thursday Auston Matthews and Jason Spezza will start taking reps on the penalty to get a feel for the role for use on a part-time basis.

Keefe said Zach Hyman, Mitch Marner, Ilya Mikheyev and Alex Kerfoot will serve as the team's main penalty killing forwards this season.

"In Auston's case in particular, it's something he hasn't done. We don't expect it to be any sort of full-time role or responsibility but on a part-time basis as needed. We want to start getting him comfortable with those situations and face-offs in particular is an area where he can bring a lot to us on the left side," Keefe said. "We've seen so much in his growth as a defensive player that we believe he can bring a lot to the penalty kill, and obviously the offensive threat that he is on the ice, in addition to some of our other penalty killers, brings a lot too so we're going to start to get him some minutes in that regard this season."​

Matthews was 55% in the dot last season, while the Leafs ranked 24th in PK faceoffs.

 

Ottawa Senators

Centre Chris Tierney, who has been dealing with an injury and not skating, is listed with Group B today, signalling his return to the ice.

Tierney, 26, had 11 goals and 37 points in 71 games last season with the Senators.

The Senators used the following lines in their first skate of the day:

Tkachuk – L.Brown – Dadonov
Chalpik – White - Batherson
Galchekyuk – Anisimov – Watson
Paul – Norris – C.Brown
Kelly - Paquette - Balcers

Chabot – Gudbranson
Reilly – Zaitsev
Wolanin – J.Brown
Coburn - Zub

Murray
Hogberg

The following players will skate in Group B:

Formenton
Tierney
Shaw
Beaudin
Thomson
Apsriot
Haley
Lajoie
Peca
Alsing
Sokolov
Jaros
Daccord
Mandolese 

Edmonton Oilers

Dominik Kahun and Devin Shore took to the ice as the team held a scrimmage Thursday.

 

Montreal Canadiens

TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun noted Thursday that the Canadiens will be exempt from the curfew being imposed in Quebec, but will have to go straight home after games as part of their protocol. 

The team used the following team's Thursday's scrimmage:

Red Team
Tatar-Danault-Gallagher
Drouin-Suzuki-Anderson
Toffoli-Kotkaniemi-Armia
Frolik-Poehling-Perry

Chiarot-Weber
Edmundson-Petry
Kulak-Romanov

Allen
Primeau

White Team
Byron-Evans-Lehkonen
Dauphin-Vejdemo-Weal
Teasdale-Lynch-Belzile
Lucchini-Blandisi-Baddock

Ouellet-Mete
Leskinen-Fleury
Juulsen

Price
Lindgren

 

New Jersey Devils

Defenceman Will Butcher was not on the ice for the team's first session on Thursday.

Butcher had four goals and 21 points in 56 games with the Devils last season.