Nov 13, 2018
Ice Chips: Rask returns to Bruins practice
Keep updated on all the injury news and roster updates from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips. On Tuesday, goaltender Tuukka Rask returned to Boston Bruins practice.
TSN.ca Staff
Keep updated on all the injury news and roster updates from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.
Boston Bruins
Tuukka Rask returned to the ice on Tuesday at Boston Bruins practice ahead of Wednesday night's game in Denver against the Colorado Avalanche.
Rask, 31, was granted a leave of absence from the team on Friday. General manager Don Sweeney said it was to attend to a personal matter and not health-related.
Rask is 4-4-0 this season with a .901 save percentage and a 3.05 goals-against average.
Jaroslav Halak started the two games in which Rask was away from the team, a loss to the Vancouver Canucks and a win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
In a corresponding move, goaltender Dan Vladar has been returned to the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League.
The team also recalled defenceman Jakub Zboril from Providence. In 21 games this season in the A, Zboril has two goals and two assists.
Elsewhere with the Bruins, defencemen Kevan Miller and Charlie McAvoy both took to the ice ahead of Tuesday's practice.
Miller has been out since Oct. 18 with a hand injury and the team is hopeful that he could return on their current road trip.
McAvoy has also been missing since Oct. 18 with concussion symptoms. There is no timeline on his return.
New Jersey Devils
The team announced on Tuesday that forward Brian Boyle has been placed on injured reserve with what the team is calling an upper-body injury.
In 15 games this season, Boyle has six goals and an assist.
In a corresponding move, the team has recalled centre Pavel Zacha from their AHL affiliate in Binghamton, N.Y.
The sixth overall pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, Zacha has appeared in 10 games for the Devils this season and is a minus-2.
New York Islanders
The team is heading back to the drawing board when it comes to their struggling power-play unit.
The Isles currently sit 24th in the league with the man advantage, clicking at just a 17.0 per-cent clip.
Head coach Barry Trotz has dropped centre Mathew Barzal down to the second unit, replacing him with Ryan Pulock on the first group. Anders Lee, Jordan Eberle, Johnny Boychuk and Nick Leddy comprise the rest of the first-choice unit. Barzal slots alongside Brock Nelson, Cal Clutterbuck, Boychuk and Andrew Ladd, who has yet to see any power-play time this season.
During their current three-game losing streak, the Isles are 1-for-19 on the power play.
“There wasn’t a shooting mentality,” Trotz said of what he's seen recently. “We’re trying to get a little more of that…When everyone is a playmaker, there’s no plays that get made…There’s not enough guys thinking shot.”
In other team news, Thomas Greiss will get the start against the Canucks, while Luca Sbisa draws into the lineup in place of Adam Pelech.
Toronto Maple Leafs
The team has recalled a local boy for its trip to the West Coast.
Forward Trevor Moore has been called up from the AHL's Marlies in time for Tuesday night's contest against the Los Angeles Kings.
A native of Thousand Oaks, CA, Moore, 23, has appeared in 12 games for the Marlies this season, scoring nine goals and adding three assists.
Columbus Blue Jackets
The team has placed forward Adam Clendening on waivers.
Clendening, 26, has appeared in four games for the Jackets this season and is a plus-one.
A native of Niagara Falls, N.Y., Clendening has appeared in 90 career NHL games over five seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks, Vancouver Canucks, Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers, Arizona Coyotes and Blue Jackets. He has amassed four goals and 20 assists over his career.
Chicago Blackhawks
Marcus Kruger has been placed on injured reserve retroactive to Nov. 9 with a left leg injury. In a corresponding move, Gustav Forsling has been recalled.
Kruger left last Thursday's game against the Carolina Hurricanes early after taking a hard fall following a trip from Clark Bishop. He has not played since.
In 16 games this season, the penalty-kill specialist has two goals.
Forsling, 22, has appeared in five games this season for the Rockford IceHogs, tallying a pair of assists.
Los Angeles Kings
The Kings are going with the same skaters that took the ice in Saturday's 1-0 overtime loss to the Calgary Flames when they host the Leafs on Tuesday.
Peter Budaj (1-0-0, 2.00 GAA and .909 SV%) gets the call in net.
Edmonton Oilers
Mikko Koskinen will start in goal when the Oilers host the Montreal Canadiens.
Koskinen, 30, is 4-3-1 with a GAA of 2.64 and a .915 SV%.
Last time out, Koskinen came into the game in relief of Cam Talbot during the team's Sunday loss to the Colorado Avalanche, stopping 12 of the 13 shots he faced.
Montreal Canadiens
Antti Niemi starts in net against the Oilers on Tuesday night.
Niemi, 35, is 4-1-0 this season with a .894 SV% and a GAA of 3.30.
In his last appearance, Niemi stopped 34 of 38 shots in a 5-4 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night.