NHL Injury Updates: Ducks, Coyotes, Bruins, Stars, Panthers, Kings, Wild, Rangers, Senators, Penguins, Leafs, Canucks and Capitals

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Eric Stephens: Anaheim Ducks defenseman Josh Manson is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.

Forward David Backes didn’t play last night but hasn’t been ruled out for Wednesday’s game according to coach Dallas Eakins.

Alex Kinkopf: Coyotes forward Nick Schmaltz left during warmups after taking a puck up high.

Arizona Coyotes PR: Schmaltz suffered an upper-body injury and will be reevaluated today.

Josh Getzoff: Arizona Coyotes goaltender Antti Raanta skated yesterday.

Joe Haggerty: Boston Bruins defenseman Mike Reilly missed last night’s game. Coach Bruce Cassidy said that Reilly has been dealing with a nagging issue and that he’s missed some of their practices of late.

The Bruins are hoping that defenseman Brandon Carlo gets cleared to return for tonight’s game.

Kevin Weekes: Have been told that Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen could be out the remainder of the season with a lower-body injury.

Saad Yousuf: The Dallas Stars have activated forward Tyler Seguin from the LTIR.

Florida Panthers: Panthers coach Joel Quenneville said that forward Sam Bennett is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.

LA Kings PR: Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick left last night’s game with an upper-body injury.

Michael Russo: Minnesota Wild forward Marcus Johansson is skating but not quite ready to go.

Sportsnet: New York Rangers forward Artemi Panarin left in the second period with a lower-body injury.

Elliotte Friedman: Initial word is that Panarin won’t play the rest of the season.
Elliotte Friedman: Rangers coach David Quinn said that Panarin was “OK” after the after game

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Bruce Garrioch: Ottawa Senators forward Alex Formenton returned to the lineup. Goaltender Anton Forsberg isn’t ready yet.

Sens Communication: Ottawa Senators defenseman Thomas Chabot left last night’s game with an upper-body injury.

Mollie Walker: New York Rangers coach David Quinn said that all of Chris Kreider, Ryan Lindgren and Jacob Trouba are day-to-day.

Josh Getzoff: Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin returned after missing the past 23 games.

Defenseman Mike Matheson left Saturday’s game and is now listed as week-to-week.

Chris Wassel: The Penguins were 16-5-2 without Malkin.
Puck Pedia: Malkin’s $9.5 million salary cap hit come off their LTIR pool. Forward Brandon Tanev is the lone Penguin on the LTIR. Their current cap space is $723,000.
Matt Vensel: Penguins forward Tanev isn’t quite ready yet.

Leafs PR: Toronto Maple Leafs forward Nick Foligno left last night’s game with an upper-body injury.

Farhan Lalji: Vancouver Canucks Brandon Sutter missed last night’s game with an upper-body injury.

Brandan Batchelor: Canucks Marc Michaelis missed last night’s game with an upper-body injury.

Tom Gulitti: Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie missed last night’s game for personal/family matters.