Anaheim Ducks: Forward Chris Kreider missed last night’s game with an illness.
NHL: Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pytor Kochetkov is coming back from a lower-body injury and is available for the playoffs if need be.
Mike Heika: Dallas Stars defenseman Nils Lundkvist will return to the lineup on Wednesday. Forward Sam Steel will take the morning skate, and they’ll see how he is.
Coach Glen Gulutzen: “All of our players want to play, even the guys who have played a lot of minutes. We’ll see on our health in the morning and make decisions.”
NHL: Stars forward Roope Hintz won’t be ready to return for the first two games of their first-round series. Gulutzen: “We don’t know when he could come back or if he could come back. We’ll see.”
NHL Draft Lottery Odds and First Round Matchups – April 14th
Defenseman Miro Heiskanen has missed their past two games with a lower-body injury, and his status is not known: Gulutzen: “Miro, we’re not sure yet. Haven’t got an update today. We’ll probably know more in the next two days.”
New York Islanders: Goaltender Semyon Varlamov was loaned to Bridgeport (AHL) on an LTIR conditioning loan.
TSN 1200 Ottawa: Ottawa Senators coach Travis Green said that they are hopeful that defenseman Tyler Kleven is ready for round one. He skated yesterday.
TSN: Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkachuk said that he’s good to go for the start of the playoffs. He was hit in the neck/head area on Saturday and left after one shift in the third. He practiced with Dylan Cozens and Ridly Greig on Tuesday.
NHL: Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brandon Hagel and defenseman Darren Raddysh are questionable for tonight’s game.
Matt Komma: Utah Mammoth defenseman Sean Durzi left last night’s game in the second period with an upper-body injury. There was no update after the game.
NHL: Mammoth forward Barrett Hayton (upper-body) skated yesterday in a no-contact jersey. He’s listed as week-to-week. Forward Jack McBain hasn’t started skating yet and is week-to-week. Hayton has missed their past nine games, and McBain their past six.
NHL Rumors: The Latest from Nashville, Toronto, and New Jersey
Brendan Batchelor: Vancouver Canucks coach Adam Foote said that, unless there are a bunch of injuries, forward Evander Kane won’t play in their final games.
We had to restart our X account. Please follow @MyNHLRumorsX
Have you subscribed to our YouTube channel? Rumor roundups and hot topics from around the league. We’re also posting some stuff on Instagram.
If you love our reporting, choose NHLrumors.com as a preferred source on Google.