The Anaheim Ducks have assigned goaltender Oscar Dansk to the San Diego Gulls, the team announced Friday.

By Krishna Bhagnathsingh, The Hockey News intern

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The Rangers have traded Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Juuso Parssinen and Calvin de Haan.

On Saturday evening at Ohio Stadium—better known as the Horseshoe—in Columbus, the Detroit Red Wings will play in their fifth outdoor game (sixth if you count a 1954 game against the inmates at Marquette Branch Prison in Michigan's Upper Peninsula), looking for revenge after the Blue Jackets beat them in Little Caesars Arena.

The Nashville Predators are in New York this evening to play the New York Islanders. It has been reported that Predators forward Gustav Nyquist will not play today to protect his health for a future trade.

Nashville Predators forward Gustav Nyquist will reportedly not play in Saturday's game against the New York Islanders for trade-related reasons, per Sportsnet NHL insider Elliotte Friedman.

With the NHL trade deadline one week away, contenders and teams on the playoff bubble are looking to put the finishing touches on their rosters for their run toward the Stanley Cup playoffs.

LAS VEGAS -- It's Stadium Series day in the NHL, but I'm dropping the puck earlier with a Best Bet in one of the first games on the card, as the Tampa Bay Lightning and Washington Capitals meet in D.C. for a critical Eastern Conference clash.

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