Ice Chips: Flyers place D Seeler on injured reserve
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Philadelphia Flyers
The Flyers have placed defenceman Nick Seeler on the injured reserve with a lower-body injury and defenceman Adam Ginning has been recalled from the AHL's Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
Seeler took a puck off the outside of his left foot on Monday against the St. Louis Blues. The 30-year-old has one goal and 12 points in 63 games this season for Philadelphia, his third with the team.
A pending unrestricted free agent, TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger reports that the Flyers continue to make progress on a contract extension with the veteran defenceman.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Defenceman Mark Giordano (head) and forward David Kampf (illness) are both on the ice for practice this morning.
Giordano, 40, went on the injured reserve on Friday after a nasty spill into the end boards on Thursday night in the opening period left him with a concussion. He has one goals and six assists in 38 games this season.
Kampf missed yesterday's practice with an illness and his status for tonight's game against Buffalo is to be determined. In 57 games this season, he has five goals and 11 points.
Goaltender Ilya Samsonov is the first goalie off the ice and is the projected starter tonight.
Joseph Woll is in line to be in net against the Boston Bruins tomorrow night.
Montreal Canadiens
Forwards Alex Newhook and Juraj Slafkovsky are both absent from practice due to therapy days.
Both players were in the lineup in Tuesday's 4-3 overtime win over Nashville.
Newhook has nine goals and 19 points in 35 games this season, his first with the team.
Slafkovsky has 13 goals and 31 points in 62 games this season as a sophomore after being taken first overall by Montreal in 2022.
The Senators have recalled forward Matthew Highmore from the American Hockey League.
Highmore, 28, has nine goals and 29 points in 40 games with AHL Belleville this season. He has one assist in six appearances with Ottawa.
Vancouver Canucks
The Canucks have assigned forward Vasily Podkolzin to the AHL Abbotsford.
Podkolzin, 22, went scoreless in two games with Vancouver this season. With Abbotsford this season, he has 15 goals and 28 points in 44 games this season.
Columbus Blue Jackets
The Blue Jackets have assigned goaltender Jet Greaves to the AHL's Cleveland Monsters.
He was added to the roster on emergency recall on Sunday.
This season with Columbus, Greaves is 1-2-0 with a 3.38 GAA and .907 save percentage in three games this season.
Buffalo Sabres
Goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen gets the start tonight for the Sabres, per head coach Don Granato.
Luukkonen, 24, is 19-16-2 in 38 appearances this season, recording a .914 save percentage and 2.46 GAA.
San Jose Sharks
The Sharks have recalled forward Thomas Bordeleau from the AHL and placed defenceman Ty Emberson on injured reserve.
Bordeleau, 22, has 11 goals and 25 points in 35 games this season. In six appearances with the Sharks, he has a goal and an assist.