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Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher will miss Thursday's game against the New York Rangers, the team said.

Gallagher, 29, logged 15 minutes of ice time in a 6-3 loss to the Nashville Predators on Tuesday.

The Edmonton native had returned to the lineup on Dec. 29 after missing a month with a lower-body injury.

Gallagher has four goals and five assists in 25 games this season.

The Canadiens are currently last in the Atlantic Division with a record of 15-20-3.

Winnipeg Jets

Nikolaj Ehlers, Cole Perfetti, Nate Schmidt and Blake Wheeler were all wearing regular sweaters at practice on Thursday, giving strong indication they could all return when the Winnipeg Jets host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday, TSN's John Lu reports:

Head coach Rick Bowness said after practice that his lineup will be confirmed tomorrow and the medical clearance is the last step for each player.

Lu adds that all four players were are included in the power-play units at practice.

Ehlers is working his way back from sports hernia surgery and has only appeared in two games this season back in October.

Perfetti has been out with an upper-body injury and last played on Dec. 22.

Schmidt and Wheeler have both been out of the lineup since Dec. 15 when the team said that both players would miss multiple weeks.

TSN Hockey Insider Chris Johnston reported later Thursday that the Jets placed Michael Eyssimont on waivers.

The 24-year-old centre has one goal and four assists in 19 games with the Jets this season.

Furthermore, the Jets announced that Forward Kristian Reichel was reassigned to the AHL's Manitoba Moose.

Reichel, 24, played in two games for the Jets on Dec. 31 and Jan. 3 and tallied one assist in those contests.

The Jets are currently second in the Central Division at 24-13-1 and are three points behind Dallas.

Lines at practice:

Connor - Dubois - Ehlers

Perfetti - Scheifele - Wheeler

Barron - Lowry - Kuhlman

Jonsson-Fjallby - Stenlund/Gustafsson - Gagner Maënalanen

Morrissey - DeMelo

Dillon - Pionk

Schmidt - Samberg

Capobianco - Heinola

Hellebuyck

Rittich

Power play:

Dubois

Ehlers - Scheifele - Connor

Morrissey

Wheeler

Perfetti - Lowry - Schmidt

Pionk

Philadelphia Flyers

The Philadelphia Flyers announced Thursday that forward Kieffer Bellows has been recalled from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the AHL.

The team also said that goaltender Felix Sandstrom was loaned to the Phantoms on a conditioning stint.

Bellows, 24, has not registered a point in 13 games with the Flyers in 2022-23.

Sandstrom, 25, has gone 1-6-1 in nine appearances with a 3.37 goals-against average and .888 save percentage this season.

The Flyers host the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday.

Seattle Kraken

Martin Jones was the first goalie off the ice Thursday morning and the likely starter for the Seattle Kraken against the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight.

The veteran goalie, 32, is 16-5-3 with a 2.92 goals-against average and .890 save percentage in 26 games this season.

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals centre Nic Dowd did not travel with the team and will not play against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday, Samantha Pell reports.

Dowd, 32, is with his wife after she gave birth to their second child on Wednesday.

Dowd has 10 goals and seven assists in 39 games this season.

Capitals lines at morning skate:

Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Sheary

Milano-Strome-Oshie

Johansson-Eller-NAK

Mantha-Protas-Hathaway

Gustafsson-TvR

Orlov-Jensen

Fehervary-Alexeyev

Kuemper - expected to start

Vancouver Canucks

The Vancouver Canucks did not hold a morning skate ahead of Thursday's home game against the Colorado Avalanche, instead opting for just meetings, TSN's Farhan Lalji reports.

“You try different things when things aren’t going great," head coach Bruce Boudreau said.

"Sometimes it gets tiresome especially in January putting the gear on and off.”

Lines ahead of Thursday night's game against the Avalanche:

Kuzmenko-Pettersson-Miller

Mikheyev-Horvat-Boeser

Garland-Dries-Lockwood

Joshua-Studnicka-Lazar

Hughes-Bear

OEL-Myers

Dermott-Schenn

Delia starts.

Martin

Scratches: Pederson, Stillman-Burroughs

Calgary Flames

Lines at practice ahead of Friday's home game against the New York Islanders as per TSN's Salim Valji:

Dube-Lindholm-Toffoli

Lucic-Kadri-Huberdeau

Mangiapane-Backlund-Coleman

Ruzicka-Zohorna-Lewis

Hanifin-Andersson

Weegar-Tanev

Zadorov-Stone

Mackey

Markstrom

Vladar

Valji adds that forward Brett Ritchie was in the building, but did not practice.

He exited the New Year's Eve game against the Calgary Flames with an undisclosed injury.