Patrick Kane notched another career milestone Sunday night, and he's already thinking of the next one.

The Chicago Blackhawks superstar buried his 400th career goal in a rout of the Detroit Red Wings. When asked to reflect on the achievement, Kane opted to look ahead.

"I think it leaves you wanting more," he said, per NBC Sports. "I feel pretty good about my game and where it's at right now. I'll just try to keep getting better."

Kane is the 100th skater in NHL history to hit the 400-goal mark. He's also the fourth Blackhawk and ninth U.S.-born player to reach the accomplishment.

The 32-year-old is in the midst of an MVP-caliber campaign, currently tied for second in league scoring behind Connor McDavid with 34 points in 23 games - nine points clear of the next closest Blackhawk.

Kane recorded his 1,000th career point prior to last season's pause and is on the verge of playing his 1,000th NHL game. His resume also features three Stanley Cups, a Conn Smythe, a Hart, an Art Ross, and a Calder Trophy.

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John Tortorella isn't concerned about his job security after the Columbus Blue Jackets dropped their fifth straight game Sunday.

"I never worry about that. I do my job the best I can," Tortorella said following a 2-1 defeat to the Nashville Predators, according to The Athletic's Aaron Portzline. "If people want to make decisions on me, that's their decision. ... I go about my business, and I'm going to coach this team the best way I possibly can."

The Jackets' recent slide has dropped the club to fifth in the Central Division. They're five points out of a playoff spot despite playing more games than all the teams ahead of them. Columbus has missed the playoffs only once since Tortorella was hired for the 2015-16 season.

The veteran bench boss has preached defense for his entire tenure with the club, but the Blue Jackets haven't met expectations in 2021. They rank 28th in goals against per game this season (3.54) after finishing the 2020 campaign with the NHL's third-best mark (2.61).

Columbus was the talk of the NHL in January after dealing a disgruntled Pierre-Luc Dubois to the Winnipeg Jets for sniper Patrik Laine. Dubois requested a trade in the offseason, and his relationship with the club appeared to become irreparable after Tortorella benched him for a lack of effort.

The Blue Jackets' next chance to snap their skid comes Tuesday versus the Detroit Red Wings.

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Jack Eichel claims he didn't get injured during the pregame warmup before Thursday's home loss to the New Jersey Devils, contrary to what Buffalo Sabres head coach Ralph Krueger told reporters that night.

After the Philadelphia Flyers shut out the Sabres for the second straight day, Eichel said he got hurt in New Jersey, presumably during Buffalo's win over the Devils on Tuesday, according to The Athletic's John Vogl. He added that the injury that forced him out Thursday, as well as Saturday's contest, wasn't a new development.

The Sabres captain missed the morning skate Thursday and was a late scratch from his team's overtime defeat that evening. After the game, Krueger said Eichel was hurt during the warmup and the injury wasn't related to his absence that morning.

"This was a completely new development," the bench boss said at the time.

Eichel also left Tuesday's game with an injury. However, Krueger said Sunday he wasn't trying to mislead anyone with his statements Thursday.

"When I mentioned it, the specific region that actually took him out of the game (Thursday), the first time I'd heard about it was warmup," Krueger told the media, including WROC's Thad Brown, on Sunday.

"That he was injured and he came out of the Jersey game (Tuesday) injured was clear to me, but it turns out that there was multiple lower-body injuries and whatever," Krueger continued. "The point is that he came out of Jersey hurt. The warmup call and the region that ended up being (aggravated), it was his first time back in his skates since that game and it changed the game."

Krueger added: "I definitely didn't do gamesmanship there. It was just that we had hoped he was going to play that game."

The Sabres have lost three straight contests. Buffalo has only one win in its last five games and has collected only three points during that span.

Eichel leads the club with 12 assists but has produced only two goals in 17 games. He has a goals for percentage of 40 compared to an expected goals for percentage of 60.36 at five-on-five, according to Natural Stat Trick.

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Every week, theScore offers a fantasy hockey column detailing a handful of moves you should make. This edition focuses on Week 7. Roster percentages and position eligibility are courtesy of Yahoo.

Add Vladimir Tarasenko

Team: Blues
Position: RW
Rostered: 71%

Tarasenko's return to St. Louis' lineup is near, and he's available in more leagues than he should be. There's no concrete date on his season debut, but using an early add this week on the Russian sniper is a savvy move. Tarasenko could make a massive difference for your team down the stretch if he plays anywhere close to his ceiling.

Add Jake Allen

Team: Canadiens
Position: G
Rostered: 44%

The Dominique Ducharme era isn't off to the smoothest start, as Montreal has collected a single point in two games under its new head coach. Still, Ducharme has already made waves by starting Allen over a struggling Carey Price, which could become the norm for the Canadiens going forward. Allen has far superior numbers this season and is operating on a much longer leash than Price, who may need some additional time on the sideline to rediscover his old self. Take a crack at adding a potential new starter on a playoff hopeful.

Sell high on Mark Scheifele

Team: Jets
Position: C
Rostered: 97%

Scheifele is off to a roaring start this season, currently ranking sixth in scoring with 28 points. He's also fresh off an 11-game point streak. But now is the time to move the Jets pivot for a different superstar or a package of players. Scheifele is bound for some regression. He's shooting a whopping 25% to this point, and his underlying numbers are poor for a top-line pivot. Sell him while his inflated totals are attractive to your fellow competitors.

Move on from John Gibson

Team: Ducks
Position: G
Rostered: 80%

Gibson has all the tools to be a star goalie, but the Ducks can't be relied upon to give him any help. He's lost five consecutive starts and owns a measly .874 save percentage over his last 10 appearances. It's unlikely anyone would trade for him, and it'll hurt to drop a guy you may have drafted to be your starter. Sometimes you have to bite the bullet, though, and streaming goalies with better odds of winning single games is a better strategy than bearing the burden of rostering Gibson.

Add Mats Zuccarello

Team: Wild
Position: RW
Rostered: 41%

Zuccarello has been dynamite for the Wild after making his season debut a couple of weeks ago. He's found incredible chemistry with Victor Rask and Calder Trophy favorite Kirill Kaprizov on Minnesota's second line, and Zuccarello's notched 11 points over his last six contests. He doesn't offer much in shots, hits, or blocks, but he's worth taking a chance on as he rides this unforeseen wave of success.

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Ilya Samsonov is returning to the Washington Capitals' crease Sunday afternoon exactly six weeks since his last NHL appearance.

The goaltender will start against the New Jersey Devils, Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette confirmed.

Samsonov last played Jan. 17 in his second start of 2021. He entered this season as the Capitals' No. 1 netminder but landed on the NHL's COVID-19 protocol list on Jan. 20 and reportedly tested positive.

The league placed the 24-year-old on its list along with Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Dmitry Orlov, and the team later admitted the players had violated protocol by interacting in a hotel room. The NHL fined the Capitals $100,000.

Ovechkin and Orlov returned in late January and early February, respectively. Samsonov initially rejoined the Capitals for practice along with Kuznetsov on Feb. 8, and while the forward resumed playing for Washington on Feb. 14, the team assigned Samsonov to its AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears, for a conditioning stint on that date.

Samsonov played four games for the Bears, going 2-1-1 with an .869 save percentage. He earned a victory while stopping 25 of 28 shots Friday against the Binghamton Devils.

The Capitals rode rookie Vitek Vanecek heavily in Samsonov's absence. The 25-year-old started 16 of Washington's 17 games from Jan. 19 through Saturday. He's gone 9-4-3 with a .909 save percentage and 0.8 goals saved above average in 17 contests this season.

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The Florida Panthers placed forward Brett Connolly on waivers Sunday, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

Connolly, 28, is in the second season of a four-year, $14-million deal he signed with the Panthers ahead of the 2019-20 campaign.

The 6-foot-3 winger tallied 19 goals and 14 assists over 69 games last season but has just one goal and three points through 16 contests in 2020-21.

Selected sixth overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2010 NHL Draft, Connolly has amassed 99 goals and 191 points over 512 career outings.

Florida has 13 wins in its opening 20 games for the first time since the 1995-96 campaign.

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