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Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl was on the ice Monday morning getting in work with fellow forward Vasily Podkolzin.
TSN’s Ryan Rishaug reports that Draisaitl, who has not played since Mar. 15 due to a lower-body injury, looked to be skating around fairly well.
Draisaitl says he is not sure whether he’ll be ready for Game 1 despite skating regularly over the past week. He is expected to return at some point during the first round of the playoffs.
“Leon is going to be on the ice this week and I don’t anticipate him playing any games in the regular season, and in the playoffs, sometime in the first round if things go well,” head coach Kris Knoblauch said last week. “I’m not ruling that out (first game of the playoffs), but I would just anticipate sometime in the first (round). There’s a period of time we anticipated his return and we said it was going to be right around the end of the regular season, at the start of playoffs.”
Draisaitl has 35 goals and 97 points in 65 games this season.
Rishaug reports that forward Zach Hyman was also on the ice this morning. Hyman has not played since April 2.
Hyman will not play Monday night, but may return Thursday, Knoblauch said.
Podkolzin-McDavid-Savoie
Howard-RNH-Roslovic
Dach-Samanski-Frederic
Lazar-Henrique-Kapanen
Michaels-Draisaitl-Hyman
Ekholm-Bouchard
Nurse-Murphy
Walman-Emberson
Stastney
Ingram
Jarry
Toronto Maple Leafs
Maple Leafs forward Ryan Tverberg will make his National Hockey League debut tonight as the club hosts the Dallas Stars.
Tverberg, 24, was selected in the seventh round of the 2020 Draft. He has 14 goals and 32 points in 61 games with the Toronto Marlies this season.
The Richmond Hill, Ont., native spent three seasons at the University of Connecticut before turning pro during the 2022-23 season. Over parts of four seasons with the Marlies, Tverberg has 27 goals and 75 points in 160 games.
Artur Akhtyamov will get the start.
Leafs lines at practice:
Cowan - Tavares - Nylander
Maccelli - Domi - Knies
Lorentz - Haymes - Robertson
Tverberg - Quillan - Jarnkrok
Pezzetta
Rielly - Stecher
Benoit - McCabe
Ekman-Larsson - Villeneuve
Myers
Akhtyamov
Woll
Winnipeg Jets
The Jets skated with the following lines ahead of tonight’s game against the Vegas Golden Knights:
Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Perfetti-Lowry-Lambert
Koepke-Toews-Rosén
Niederreiter-Yager-Chibrikov
Nyquist
Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Miller
Fleury-Bryson
Heinola
Hellebuyck
Comrie
Tampa Bay Lightning
Head coach Jon Cooper says neither Brandon Hagel or Darren Raddysh will play tonight against the Detroit Red Wings. He added that he hopes Hagel will be able to return for the season finale against the New York Rangers on Wednesday.
Hagel has played just one game since Mar. 31 due to a lower-body injury.
Minnesota Wild
The Wild have called up Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Ben Jones from the AHL’s Iowa Wild.b
Aube-Kubel, 29, has one assist in four games in the NHL this season, adding 15 goals and 37 points in 60 games with Iowa.
Jones, 27, has one goal and one assist in 27 NHL games this season. He also scored 10 goals and 27 points in 35 AHL games.
Philadelphia Flyers
Dan Vladar will get the start in net tonight against the Carolina Hurricanes as the Flyers attempt to clinch the final playoff spot in the Metropolitan Division.
The 28-year-old has a 2.44 goals-against average and .905 save percentage in 51 games this season.
Dallas Stars
The Stars announced the signing of forward Christian Fitzgerald to a one-year, entry-level contract that will begin in 2026-27.
The 23-year-old recently finished his senior year at Wisconsin and posted 16 goals and 31 points in 39 games.
