Buffalo Sabres rookie forward Jack Eichel is making the trip to Carolina, and is expected to be in the lineup Tuesday versus the Hurricanes.
He was unavailable over the weekend - and in a loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs - with flu-like symptoms, but it's suspected he was dealing with food poisoning.
Eichel ranks second in rookie scoring behind Chicago's Artemi Panarin with 22 goals and 27 assists in 72 games.
He's also nine points up on the hard-charging Connor McDavid, for those counting.
Ducks forward David Perron is travelling back to Anaheim for an MRI on his injured right shoulder.
The extent of the injury is unknown, but as of now, he's considered week to week. Anaheim has four stops remaining on its Eastern road trip.
Perron suffered the knock in Sunday's win over the Winnipeg Jets when he lost his balance on a forecheck and crashed shoulder-first into the boards.
The multi-faceted winger has provided a discernible lift since his acquisition from the Pittsburgh Penguins, scoring eight times and adding 12 assists.
Anaheim has 21 wins in his 28 appearance with the club.
It'll be a summer to stew for Bob Hartley and the Calgary Flames.
The Flames coach met the Toronto media Monday, and though his team, much like the Maple Leafs, is young and building toward something, he doesn't share in a similar uplifting outlook felt throughout the opposing rink.
"It's going to be a long summer. An awfully long summer," he said. "No one will say they're proud about our season."
The Flames had expectations bestowed upon them after a season spent defying the underlying numbers, and using myriad third-period comebacks (and a down season from the Los Angeles Kings) to earn the third seed in the Pacific Division.
They're on a bit of a roll now, collecting seven points in their last four games, and are just one point behind the Arizona Coyotes for fourth in the division.
But progress, at this point, only means fewer tickets at the draft lottery.
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby has been named the N-H-L's first star of the week as he continues his resurgent second half of the season.
Crosby had two goals and five assists in four games as the Penguins (40-24-8,...
Quick allowed four goals, winning all three of his starts, and helping the Los Angeles Kings become the first Western Conference team to clinch a postseason berth. His week began with a shutout of the Chicago Blackhawks.
Lastly, Monahan hit the 25-goal plateau with a five-goal, seven-point week. He helped the Calgary Flames earn seven of a possible eight points.
Leo Komarov is latest Maple Leafs player to incur a setback, and after further testing on his lower-body injury yielded discouraging results, it's believed the gritty winger could be out "a while," James Mirtle of the Globe and Mail reports.
Frederik Gauthier took Komarov's spot in the lineup over the weekend, and figures to remain there.
Komarov, an All-Star this season, leads the club with 19 goals and is one point off Nazem Kadri's scoring lead.
OSHAWA, Ont. - After being passed over in the Ontario Hockey League draft twice, Anthony Cirelli thought his chances of playing major junior hockey were over.
The Woodbridge, Ont., native had turned his attention to tier II junior hockey and ...
Weber was given a five-minute major and a misconduct for driving through the back of Rust, who pulled up after entering the zone, driving him head- and shoulder-first into the side boards.
The Capitals defenseman had time to recognize that Rust put himself in a vulnerable position, but still finished his check with authority.
The NHL, it seems, has deemed that missing the remainder of that game was the proper recourse.
With just 11 games left in the regular season, the Washington Capitals sit 18 points clear atop the Eastern Conference, 12 points up in the President's Trophy race, and will tie a bow on a Metropolitan Division crown in a matter of days.
Still, there's something sinister hanging over a club that's run laps around the competition this season: the recent performance of Braden Holtby.
Holtby was lifted Sunday afternoon after allowing five goals on 19 shots in a loss to the surging Pittsburgh Penguins. In a vacuum, it's a just a blip on the radar - just his ninth loss in 58 appearances.
But really, the loss, and his struggles, were illustrative of Holtby's substandard play since the calendar flipped to 2016.
Check out Holtby's numbers from October through December, compared to how he's fared ever since:
Games
GA
SV%
AdSV%
30
55
0.934
0.935
28
71
0.906
0.902
A deeper dive doesn't help pinpoint the root of his struggles. The Capitals have suppressed shots at a higher rate over the last two-and-a-half months, while Holtby's adjusted save metrics in all situations, and scoring areas, have risen evenly across the board.
The Capitals will still be confident in themselves and Holtby heading into the playoffs - even if he's loosened his grip on the Vezina Trophy they might have already started engraving his name into after his dazzling December. But in a seven-game series, when sticks are gripped tighter, the particularly hot (or cold) goaltender historically tips the scales.
So, with the weight of a decade of postseason failures, and all the pressure to not just win a few rounds, but to represent the Eastern Conference in the Stanley Cup Final, a team that features near-flawless construction suddenly appears vulnerable.
Watch this heavy open-ice collision, which saw both Dumba and Kane nearly lose their helmets as they tangle up in the wreckage.
Though contact is made with Kane's head - which was hanging dangerously low as he fixated on the puck in his skates - Dumba won't be punished for the blow. The NHL has already deemed that in the case, contact was unavoidable.