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(Mon - RW) NA New player notes
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • RW Georges Laraque got a five-game suspension for his knee-to-knee hit that will sideline Detroit's Niklas Kronwall for 4-8 weeks, League officials ruled that Laraque extended his knee to make the hit.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Mon, Nov 23
    • The NHL suspended Laraque five games for a hit on Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall.
      Advice: The Montreal Canadiens enforcer received the suspension for an incident on Nov. 21. against the Red Wings when he collided with Kronwall resulting in a leg-on-leg, open-ice hit. The NHL said Laraque, who was assessed a minor penalty for tripping on the play, deliberately extended his knee and, through his actions, caused an injury to Kronwall. Kronwall will be out four to eight weeks with a sprained ligament in his left knee because of the hit.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Sun, Nov 22
    • RW Georges Laraque picked up six minutes in penalties on one shift in the first period Saturday. He was given a double minor for high-stocking Darren Helm and two minutes for a knee-on-knee hit which sidelined defenseman Niklas Kronwall.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
(Nsh - RW) New player notes
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • Erat scored twice and Nashville beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 Monday night for its sixth straight victory.
      Advice: Erat has three goals and an assist in his last two games after being held without a point in four straight contests.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Mon, Nov 23
    • LW Martin Erat scored two goals, doubling his goal total for the season. "There are two things to Martin Erat's game that he has been doing the last couple of games," said Predators coach Barry Trotz. "A, he has been skating like Martin Erat, and B, he's starting to shoot. He's not worried about where he is in the lineup. He's just playing hockey. Sometimes the best thing to do is to just play ice hockey. Don't try to over-think it."
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Sun, Nov 22
    • Erat had a goal and an assist Saturday in a 4-3 shootout victory over Columbus.
      Advice: Erat had gone four straight games without a point and could be heating up as November nears an end.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • Jones scored twice, Paul Stastny had a goal and two assists and the Avalanche held off a late Flyers' rally to win 5-4 and stop a two-game skid.
      Advice: Jones has four goals and an assist in his last three games.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Mon, Nov 23
    • RW David Jones has scored four goals in a three-game goal-scoring streak, and he has seven goals in the past nine games. A power forward at 6-feet-2, 210 pounds, Jones has set a career high with 10 goals. He had eight goals in 40 games last season, when he missed the final 34 games with a shoulder injury.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Sat, Nov 21
    • RW David Jones scored a power-play goal Friday in Vancouver, giving him goals in two consecutive games and five goals in the past eight games. With eight goals in 19 games -- he missed the first four games with a chest injury -- Jones has tied the career high he set last season when he played in 40 games.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • Stillman will be out for "some time" after sustaining a left knee injury in Friday's overtime win over Detroit, the Miami Herald reports.
      Advice: The Panthers are hoping that Stillman, who has six goals and seven assists, will return soon.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Sat, Nov 21
    • LW Cory Stillman will be out for some time after he left Friday's game in Detroit with an apparent left knee injury. Stillman was driven into the corner boards and had to be assisted off the ice. He tried skating off on one leg, not putting any weight on the left one.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • Kuba had three assists, setting up each of the Senators' last three goals, in their 4-3 overtime win over Washington on Monday.
      Advice: Kuba has one goal and 10 assists this season, and was coming off a one-goal, three-assist game in his previous contest.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Mon, Nov 23
    • D Filip Kuba had three assists and now has seven points in his last two games. "I don't know if it gets much hotter than that. Seven points in two games, that's nice to see," said Chris Phillips, Kuba's defensive partner.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Sat, Nov 21
    • D Filip Kuba recorded the first four-point game of his career (one goal, three assists). He's had three three-point games, the last one also coming against the Buffalo Sabres last St. Patrick's Day.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
(Cgy - C) New player notes
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • RW Jamie Lundmark started the night on the line with Jarome Iginla and Olli Jokinen, but a horrible giveaway that led to the first Anaheim goal put him on the bench for much of the game.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • The Toronto Maple Leafs have placed Toskala on injured reserve.
      Advice: Toskala, who had to leave Monday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Islanders after tweaking a groin injury, has a 1-4-2 mark with a 3.91 GAA and .865 save percentage.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Mon, Nov 23
    • G Vesa Toskala was replaced by Jonas Gustavsson during Monday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Islanders. On the second of three goals that gave the visitors a 3-0 lead, Toskala hurt his groin. Gustavsson came in and made 5-of-6 saves.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Sat, Nov 21
    • G Vesa Toskala made 31 saves and won his first game at home since Feb. 25, 2009.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • Carter had two goals in Monday's 5-4 loss to Colorado.
      Advice: Carter, who led Philadelphia with 46 goals last season, had just one goal in his previous eight games.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Mon, Nov 23
    • C Jeff Carter, despite scoring two goals, finished minus-2 and lost 10 of 18 faceoffs.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • Roloson turned aside 58 shots to help the New York Islanders beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Josh Bailey's goal at 4:18 of overtime Monday night.
      Advice: The last goalie to reach that total was Ron Tugnutt, who stopped 70 shots for the Quebec Nordiques at Boston on March 21, 1991. It's the kind of performance his new team has come to expect. The victory improved Roloson's record to 2-0-2 on a long road trip, and 7-2-5 overall this season.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Mon, Nov 23
    • G Dwayne Roloson established a career high and a franchise record with 58 saves in a 4-3 overtime win Monday over Toronto.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Sun, Nov 22
    • G Dwayne Roloson, who had lost just once in regulation in his first 12 appearances (6-1-5) for the Islanders, allowed four goals on 26 shots in a 4-1 loss Saturday in St. Louis.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • The Toronto Maple Leafs have placed Mitchell on injured reserve. Mitchell left in the first period of Monday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Islanders with a lower-body injury.
      Advice: The young center has nine points in 21 games. It's unclear how long he'll be out.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Mon, Nov 23
    • C John Mitchell will have an MRI on Tuesday for a knee injury suffered Monday. Early indications are he could miss some time.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • LW Christopher Higgins was moved back to the top line on the left side of leading scorers Marian Gaborik and Vinny Prospal on Monday against Columbus after spending the previous few games playing center because of injuries to Chris Drury and Brandon Dubinksy. Higgins has just two goals in 22 games.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • LW Bobby Ryan's goal gave him a modest three-game scoring streak as well as points in nine of his last 10 games and 11 of the last 13. Ryan also has an eight-game home scoring streak, during which he has produced seven goals and 11 points, including goals in six of the eight games.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
(Anh - C) IR New player notes
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • Carter is expected to miss an additional four weeks after a second X-ray revealed a fracture in his right foot, the team announced Saturday.
      Advice: Carter hasn't been on the ice since a Nov. 12 practice where he was hit by a shot from defenseman Ryan Whitney. Coach Randy Carlyle had suggested this week that Carter's injury appeared to be more serious than initially indicated.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Sun, Nov 22
    • C Ryan Carter, who has missed the past five games, has been diagnosed with a broken bone in his right foot and is expected to be sidelined until late December. An additional X-ray, taken when the injury did not show any improvement, revealed the fracture, which resulted from a shot that struck Carter during a Nov. 12 practice in Columbus.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • Leclaire will be sidelined about a month with a broken cheekbone. The team said Tuesday that he suffered the injury while sitting on the bench during the 4-3 overtime win Monday against Washington.
      Advice: A dump-in attempt by Senators center Mike Fisher struck a stick and sailed into the Ottawa bench, rebounding off the glass and off the right side of Leclaire's face. Leclaire was serving as backup to Brian Elliott because he'd suffered a slight injury to his lower body in a win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Mon, Nov 23
    • G Pascal Leclaire suffered a lower body injury Nov. 21 and deemed himself not fit to go after the morning skate. Then, as the backup goalie, he was hit in the face by a puck in the second period and was not back on the bench for the third. His status is day-to-day.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Sun, Nov 22
    • Leclaire left Saturday's win over Buffalo with a lower-body injury as a result of a collision in the second with the Senators' Jochen Hecht.
      Advice: Hecht fell over Leclaire and afterward the goalie seemed to favor his left leg. He finished with 24 saves.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Sat, Nov 21
    • G Pascal Leclaire suffered a "lower body" injury in the second period of Saturday's game against the Sabres and did not play in the third. His status is day-to-day.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Thu, Nov 19
    • G Pascal Leclaire stopped 25 shots to improve his record to 8-5-1.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
(Col - C) New player notes
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • O'Reilly had two assists in Monday's 5-4 win over the Flyers.
      Advice: O'Reilly has four multipoint games this season.
      (STATS, Inc.)
(Col - C) New player notes
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • Stastny had a goal and two assists and the Avalanche held off a late Flyers' rally to win 5-4 and stop a two-game skid.
      Advice: Stastny has no goals in his previous 12 games.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Mon, Nov 23
    • C Paul Stastny continues to have a hot hand at home. Stastny scored a goal and added two assists Monday against Philadelphia at the Pepsi Center. All five of his goals have come in nine home games, where he also has 11 of his 18 assists.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • Colaiacovo had a goal and an assist in Monday's 4-2 loss to Boston.
      Advice: Colaiacovo has a goal and four assists in his last three games.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Mon, Nov 23
    • D Carlo Colaiacovo netted his second goal of the season and had an assist Monday. Colaiacovo has three points in his last two games.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
(NYI - C) New player notes
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • Tavares had a relatively quiet night in New York's 4-3 overtime win at Toronto on Monday night.
      Advice: Tavares admitted to feeling some nerves before a game that was attended by roughly 100 friends and family. The 19-year-old from nearby Oakville was limited to one quality scoring chance. He had a shot stopped by Jonas Gustavsson in the third period.
      (STATS, Inc.)
(Col - D) DTD New player notes
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • Foote participated in the morning skate Monday, but missed his third straight game with a jaw injury.
      Advice: Foote stayed on the ice far longer than he usually does at morning skates, indicating he was working on conditioning issues, too. He hadn't played or practiced since suffering the injury early in the game at Calgary last Tuesday.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Mon, Nov 23
    • D Adam Foote (jaw) remains day-to-day, though he took part in the morning skate Monday. He was injured in the first period Nov. 17 against Calgary and has missed three games.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Sat, Nov 21
    • D Adam Foote (jaw) is day-to-day. He was injured in the first period Nov. 17 against Calgary and has missed two games.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Tue, Nov 24Recent News
    • Finger (lower body) was scratched for the Leafs' 4-3 overtime loss to the Islanders on Monday night.
      Advice: The defenseman has six points in 12 games. It's unclear how long he'll be out.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Sat, Nov 21
    • D Jeff Finger suffered a lower body injury and played less than 11 minutes.
      (Yahoo! Sports)