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Montreal Canadiens
Canadiens forward Ivan Demidov participated in practice Thursday after leaving Tuesday’s 5-0 win over the Ottawa Senators.
Demidov was in visible pain and left Tuesday’s game after being slashed in the hand by Senators’ forward Nick Cousins. Cousins was fined $2,148.44 by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety for the slash.
Demidov, 19, had one goal and one assist in two regular-season games last season, adding two assists in five postseason games.
Lines at practice:
Caufield - Suzuki - Slafkovsky
Bolduc - Dach - Gallagher
Newhook - Kapanen - Demidov
Veleno - Beck - Laine
Blais - Evans (F. Xhekaj) - Anderson
Matheson - Dobson
Guhle - Hutson
A. Xhekaj - Carrier
Struble - Engstrom
The Canadiens and Senators will close out their preseasons schedules with a game on Saturday.
Ottawa Senators
The Senators practiced with the following lines ahead of tonight’s preseason game against the Blues in St. Louis, according to TSN’s Claire Hanna.
Tkachuk-Stutzle-Zetterlund
Greig-Halliday-Lycksell
Washkurak-Pettersson-MacEwen
Kaliyev-Jenik-Boucher
Thomson-Yakemchuk
Donovvan-Matinpalo
Sebrango-Spence
Goaltenders Mads Sogaard and Leevi Merilainen are among the group of players headed to St. Louis.’
Head coach Travis Green hsays forward Drake Batherson skated on Thursday morning, while he hopes Lars Eller and Nick Jensen can play in Saturday’s preseason finale against the Habs.
Winnipeg Jets
Jets forward Vladislav Namestnikov was a full participant in Thursday’s practice after he was pulled from Tuesday’s preaseason game by a concussion spotter, according to Jets analyst Mitchell Clinton.
Jonathan Toews, who ‘tweaked something’ against the Wild, was not at practice. Head coach Scott Arniel said the veteran forward is day-to-day.
The team assigned the following players to the manitoba Moose, according to Murat Ates of The Athletic: Elias Salomonsson, Brayden Yager, Colby Barlow, and Thomas Milic.
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Penguins announced that forward Bryan Rust will miss a minimum of two weeks due to a lower-body injury.
Rust, 33, had 31 goals and 65 points in 71 games last season.