NHL Injuries: Sabers, Flames, Stars, Panthers, Wild, Penguins, Lightning, Capitals, and more

Lance Lysowski: Buffalo Sabers linebacker Rasmus Dahlin has been skating solo and will need to practice with the team before returning to the lineup.

Pat Steinberg: Calgary Flames goaltender Dan Vladar is day-to-day with a lower-body injury and Devin Cooley was reinstated as an emergency.

Taylor Baird: Dallas Stars goaltender Casey DeSmith and defenseman Nils Lundkvist missed last night's game due to illness.

Daniella Bruce: Detroit Red Wings forward Marco Kasper missed last night's game due to illness.

NHL Injuries: Sabres, Flames, Canes, Blackhawks, Red Wings, Wild, Devils, Rangers, Leafs, Capitals, and Jets

The Florida Panthers: Striker Aleksander Barkov missed last night's games due to illness.

Jesse Pierce: Minnesota Wild forward Mats Zuccarello and defenseman Jonas Brodin returned to the lineup yesterday. Zuccarello missed 13 games with a lower body injury. Brodin missed eight games with a lower-body injury.

Minnesota Wild: The Wild placed forward Jakub Lauko on IR and brought back goaltender Jesper Wallstedt.

Callum Fraser: Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson left last night's game in the first half after colliding with the boards. Coach Mike Sullivan did not have an update after the game.

Max Miller: The San Jose Sharks placed forward Klim Kostin on IR due to a lower-body injury. He was injured in the second half of Thursday's game.

Darren Brown: Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury.

The Lightning placed JJ Moser on IR with an undisclosed injury.

Leaves PR: The Toronto Maple Leafs activated forward Bobby McMann from IR and assigned forward Nikita Grebenkin to the AHL.

Kevin Woodley: After returning to the Vancouver Canucks lineup after missing 17 games with a lower-body injury, defenseman Derek Forbort missed last night's game due to illness.

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Harvey Valentine: Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin participated in their morning skate yesterday and was wearing a no-touch jersey. He has worked with their skill coach before practice and has been practicing regularly. It is not yet known if he will accompany the team on their road trip.