Vegas Golden Knights rookie goaltender Logan Thompson is considered week-to-week with a lower-body injury.

Thompson appeared to hurt himself on a non-contact play during Thursday's 5-1 victory against the Minnesota Wild. He didn't put any weight on his left leg as he exited the ice.

The Golden Knights recalled goaltender Laurent Brossoit from the AHL in a corresponding move.

Thompson has run with the starting job in Vegas while posting a .914 save percentage and 2.66 goals against average across 36 appearances.

The 25-year-old is considered one of the top candidates for the Calder Trophy behind Seattle Kraken star Matty Beniers. Thompson, who represented the Golden Knights at the All-Star Game, is one of nine goalies to hit the 20-win mark so far this campaign.

The Golden Knights have been hit hard by injuries of late, with Captain Mark Stone out indefinitely after undergoing his second back surgery in less than a year.

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The Los Angeles Kings signed goaltender Pheonix Copley to a one-year, $1.5-million extension Friday, the team announced.

Copley has emerged as the Kings' most reliable netminder this season, recording a 15-3-1 record with an .897 save percentage and a 2.92 goals against average.

The 31-year-old journeyman has played 51 career NHL games across five seasons, posting an .899 save percentage. In 237 career AHL games, his save percentage is .911.

With Jonathan Quick's eight-year, $58-million contract set to expire after this season, Copley and Cal Petersen - who's currently playing in the AHL in the first season of a three-year, $15-million deal - are Los Angeles' only goalies signed for 2023-24.

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St. Louis Blues head coach Craig Berube said Friday he expects captain Ryan O'Reilly to return Saturday against the Arizona Coyotes, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Jim Thomas.

O'Reilly hasn't played since Dec. 31 against the Minnesota Wild due to a broken foot. He played through the injury after blocking a shot during St. Louis' 5-2 loss and logged just over 19 minutes in the contest.

He skated with the team for the first time Thursday.

"It feels good," O'Reilly said afterward, according to team beat reporter Chris Pinkert. "I've been able to skate the last three days, so it's nice to have that first skate with the boys, but it's a little unknown … we have to talk to some doctors and stuff on where we sit, but as of now, it's good."

He added, "If I do force it and rush back, that's what they're concerned about is making the injury bigger. That's why we have to be safe and be cautious as we progress here."

A pending unrestricted free agent, O'Reilly has struggled this season, mustering just 10 goals and six assists in 37 games. However, the 2019 Stanley Cup champion and Conn Smythe winner is bound to draw attention and could be on the move ahead of the March 3 trade deadline.

O'Reilly said in late January that he hopes to stay in St. Louis.

Berube also said Friday he expects Pavel Buchnevich to return to the lineup versus the Coyotes. Buchnevich, who's recorded 38 points in 38 contests this campaign, has missed the Blues' last four games due to an ankle injury.

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Buffalo Sabres head coach Don Granato said star forward Tage Thompson will be ready to play in Saturday's afternoon meeting with the Calgary Flames.

Thompson exited the Sabres' 5-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Feb. 1 with an upper-body injury. He was considered day-to-day before that contest.

Though it doesn't appear he'll sit out any regular-season games because of the issue, the 25-year-old missed last weekend's All-Star Game. Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin replaced him on the Atlantic Division's roster.

Thompson has been integral to Buffalo's success this season, pacing the team with 34 goals and 68 points in 50 contests.

He's playing out the final campaign of a three-year contract at a $1.4-million cap hit before his seven-year, $50-million deal kicks in next season.

The Sabres sit fifth in the Atlantic Division with a 26-20-4 record and are three points out of the Eastern Conference's second wild-card spot.

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Chicago Blackhawks veteran Patrick Kane wasn't ecstatic when he found out the St. Louis Blues had sent Vladimir Tarasenko to the New York Rangers.

"It's not, like, the happiest I've been to hear about a trade," he said Friday, according to NBC Sports Chicago's Charlie Roumeliotis. "I think the Rangers are a team that you definitely pay attention to and definitely are intrigued by, for obvious reasons."

He added, "If things were going to happen, that was a team I was definitely looking at. It seems like they kind of filled their void and went ahead and made a deal, so it is what it is."

The Blues shipped Tarasenko and defenseman Niko Mikkola to the Big Apple on Thursday in exchange for Sammy Blais, low-level prospect Hunter Skinner, a conditional 2023 first-round pick, and a conditional 2024 fourth-round selection.

Kane, 34, is in the final season of an eight-year, $84-million contract and can become an unrestricted free agent in the summer. His deal carries a full no-movement clause, but he has yet to inform general manager Kyle Davidson whether he will waive it.

"In fairness to Kyle, I haven't went to Kyle and said, 'I wanted to go here' (or) 'I want to (stay),'" Kane said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times' Ben Pope. "I haven't gotten to any of that yet. ... I think within the next 10 days or so, we'll probably get a clearer picture of what's going to happen."

The Rangers made their move for Tarasenko once they felt the asking prices for Kane and Timo Meier were too high, sources told ESPN's Emily Kaplan. New York was also reportedly wary of Kane's nagging hip injury. He missed three games in January due to a lower-body ailment.

Kane said the concerns about his injury are overblown.

"I'm not sure what the story is, to be honest with you, but I feel better than I did last year," he explained, per Roumeliotis. "It's just one of those things that maybe the story leaks out and it piles up a little bit."

Kane has nine goals and 26 assists in 46 games this season as the Blackhawks toil in the Central Division basement with a 15-29-5 record.

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With the St. Louis Blues mired in a stagnant 2022-23 season, the team continued closing the door on its 2019 Stanley Cup-winning core with Thursday's trade sending veteran winger Vladimir Tarasenko to the New York Rangers.

"We had a good season last year, we were trying to wring out another year out of this group," general manager Doug Armstrong said shortly after the deal. "I think when you go back to our successful season of '19, we were a veteran team. We won as a veteran team, and we've been able to hang on to that group for three more years.

"This year, obviously, was the end of that era."

Eight players remain from the Blues' championship roster: Ryan O'Reilly, Robert Thomas, Brayden Schenn, Ivan Barbashev, Sammy Blais (whom the Rangers sent back to the Blues in the Tarasenko trade), Colton Parayko, Robert Bortuzzo, and Jordan Binnington.

Tarasenko had been a key piece for St. Louis since making his NHL debut in 2012-13. The six-time 30-goal scorer ranks fifth in franchise history in both tallies (262) and points (553) in 644 games.

The 31-year-old added 11 goals and six assists in 26 playoff contests during the Blues' run to their first Stanley Cup.

Tarasenko's name had been in the rumor mill for some time. He reportedly requested a trade in July 2021 after losing trust in St. Louis over its handling of two of his three shoulder surgeries.

Blues head coach Craig Berube discussed his long-standing relationship with Tarasenko on Thursday.

"Listen, as a coach and a player, you always have battles and things, but it was never personal. ... I respect (Tarasenko) for that because there was a lot of tough moments and conversations that weren't the best, but listen, he never held a grudge and neither did I."

A pending unrestricted free agent, Tarasenko said Friday there was "no chance" he'd remain with St. Louis, according to USA Today Sports' Vince Z. Mercogliano.

"No deal was offered, so I knew I was going to move somewhere," he said. "I talked with Artemi (Panarin), and they wanted me here. ... One of my best friends plays here, and we have a chance to win a Cup again."

Tarasenko skated on a line with Panarin and Mika Zibanejad ahead of his debut in the Big Apple.

O'Reilly said he wishes his former teammate all the best with the Rangers.

"It was weird. It's something that you're never really ready for or expect. ... We've been through so much since I've been on this team," he said of the trade. "He's always been there, such a huge piece for us, and obviously winning together, it's sad to see him go."

The Blues are 23-25-3 on the season and sit nine points out of the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Tarasenko will get a chance to face his former team on April 6 in St. Louis.

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