Carey Price appears to be inching closer and closer to a potential return.
The Montreal Canadiens goaltender took to the ice for the morning skate Thursday, marking the first time he has shared the ice with his teammates since going down with a leg injury in late November, according to Sportsnet's John Bartlett.
Price is currently with the team on its Florida road trip. Earlier in the week, head coach Michel Therrien noted that he was hopeful that Price would return before the end of the season.
The 28-year-old has dressed in just 12 games this season, going 10-2-0 with a 2.06 GAA and a .934 save percentage.
Kapanen and Brennan will get their second chances with the team after both suited up in games earlier in the month. Brennan currently sits second in the AHL with 67 points in 67 games.
Meanwhile, Lindberg could be the latest Maple Leaf to make his NHL debut this season. Campbell is expected to make his first NHL appearance in almost a year when the Leafs takes on the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.
Brown, Hyman, Valiev, and Carrick rejoin a Marlies team that sits atop the AHL standings with a record of 48-15-5, 11 points ahead of the next best club.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - It's not a feeling Sidney Crosby encounters often, if ever.
The Pittsburgh Penguins captain and face of hockey in Canada isn't usually searching for answers on the ice like he was early this season. Not only were goals hard ...
Gordie Howe is celebrating his 88th birthday on Thursday, and while he'll always be remembered as one of the game's most dominant scorers, his longevity on the ice was even more remarkable.
Howe completed his final NHL season as a 52-year-old with the Hartford Whalers in 1979-80, scoring 15 goals in 80 games.
He endured 32 pro seasons, playing more than 2,000 combined games in the NHL and WHA.
Here are three players we want to see channel Mr. Hockey by playing into their sixth decade:
Jaromir Jagr
This one's a no-brainer, and the quotable forward has even said he wants to play until he's 50.
Jagr leads the Florida Panthers in goals and points at age 44, and he passed Howe on the NHL's all-time points list earlier this month (he would have done it sooner if he hadn't spent three seasons in the KHL).
Jagr's teammate is also performing well at an advanced age.
The Panthers goaltender is 32-19-6 with a 2.37 GAA and .921 save percentage while appearing in 59 of Florida's 76 games.
He's shouldering a heavy workload at age 36, and his social media game remains on point.
Luongo has a long way to go, but no one would complain if he was still playing on his 50th birthday.
Jarome Iginla
The Colorado Avalanche winger has shown few signs of slowing down, posting 19 goals and 43 points at age 38.
His prolonged production isn't an anomaly. Iginla scored 30 goals with the Boston Bruins in 2013-14, and followed that up with 29 goals for the Avalanche last season.
The consummate pro still hasn't won the Stanley Cup, and we hope it doesn't take him 12 more years, but it will be a shame if he isn't able to hoist it.
Tyler Seguin's Achilles injury has opened up lots of time for personal reflection.
One thing that Seguin has come to terms with in his down time is his love for Justin Bieber.
The Dallas Stars forward joined BaD Radio on KTCK 1310 in Dallas Wednesday where he admitted that he is a Belieber and will be in attendance when Bieber takes the stage in Dallas.
Seguin admits that he's a little foggy on song titles, but says he'll have no trouble singing along to the pint-sized singer's hits.
"I don't know if I could name the songs, but I probably definitely sing along to it, though," said Seguin. "When he's at the concert, I don't think there will be a song that I won't be able to sing. I am a Belieber.
"His songs are catchy, I don't know what to tell you. He's changed, right? He's got tattoos! And he's Canadian, he's from Ontario, he likes hockey. I feel like we'd be Facebook friends, you know?"
Seguin's favorite song is "What Do You Mean?" - which could be the same reaction teammates get when they learn Seguin is a Belieber.
The Ducks' 3.44 goals per game in the second half of the season would stand as the best scoring rate in the NHL if they'd been this good beginning on opening night.
Despite the boost, Anaheim is ranked 16th in the league with 2.64 goals per game through 76 contests, which tells you just how goal-starved the Ducks were in the first half.
So what changed?
While it certainly helped that Ryan Getzlaf rebounded after a woeful start, Anaheim's secondary scoring has made the difference.
Rickard Rakell, the Ducks' 22-year-old first-round pick from 2011, ranks second on the club with 20 goals. Ryan Kesler was virtually invisible early in the season, but a four-point night Wednesday gave him 18 goals this season, and 12 points in his last eight games.
Then there's Jamie McGinn, who's quietly been one of the best trade deadline acquisitions in the league with eight goals and 15 points in 12 games since Anaheim picked him up from the Buffalo Sabres.
A glance at the analytics bodes well for the Ducks, and might further explain how they've rediscovered their scoring touch.
Anaheim is ranked fourth in the NHL in even-strength Corsi For percentage, driving puck possession at a rate of 52.78 through 76 games. That means the Ducks have been generating a high number of shot attempts all season - even before their revival - and are now being rewarded.
The Ducks' supposed demise was clearly a mirage, and their scoring surge has vaulted them over the Los Angeles Kings into first place in the Pacific Division with six games left in the regular season.
Updates on Keith Yandle, Frans Nielsen, Jimmy Vesey and Joe Colborne in today’s NHL rumor mill. Will the Rangers and Isles lose Yandle & Nielsen to free agency? NEW YORK POST: Larry Brooks recently wondered about the possibility of the New York Rangers finding a way to re-sign pending UFA defenseman Keith Yandle, who could […]
No Canadian teams in the playoffs, more revelations from concussion e-mails & more in today’s collection of notable NHL headlines. The Playoff Chase. PHILLY.COM: Steve Mason made 29 saves, plus two in a shootout, backstopping the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals. THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER: The Anaheim Ducks defeated the […]
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Nolan Volcan scored his second goal of the night in overtime as the Seattle Thunderbirds completed their four-game sweep of the Prince George Cougars with a 4-3 win on Wednesday night in Western Hockey League playoff action...
DES MOINES, Iowa - Patrice Cormier's power-play goal at the 14:32 mark of the third period as the Manitoba Moose edged the Iowa Wild 3-2 on Wednesday in American Hockey League action.
Brenden Kichton and Darik Angeli also scored for the Moose...
