Just two games on the schedule this evening as the league continues to miss matches due to COVID and attendance restrictions. Still, both should be pretty great matchups as four current playoff teams do battle. Elias Lindholm will lead the Calgary Flames against his old club in Carolina, while the Washington Capitals will avoid facing Vladimir Tarasenko when they travel to St. Louis. As those clubs and others prepare for action, we’ll keep track of all the minor league and taxi squad shuffling.
Atlantic Division
- The Boston Bruins have recalled Troy Grosenick and Steven Fogarty from Providence to the taxi squad, as they prepare to go on the road for the next two games. Boston will play in Tampa Bay tomorrow and Washington on Monday.
- The Ottawa Senators have assigned Clark Bishop to the taxi squad and Logan Shaw to the AHL, as several players return from the COVID protocol. Thomas Chabot, Dillon Heatherington, Zach Sanford, and Chris Tierney all joined the club at practice this morning.
Metropolitan Division
- The Columbus Blue Jackets have sent Scott Harrington back to the minor leagues, where he will join the Cleveland Monsters. Harington, who hadn’t seen the AHL since the 2016-17 season, has played three games for Cleveland this year. The team has also assigned Jake Christiansen to the Monsters.
- The New Jersey Devils have assigned Alexander Holtz and Kevin Bahl to the AHL, while recalling A.J. Greer and Colton White to the taxi squad. Holtz, one of the team’s top prospects, has 10 points in 11 games for Utica this season.
- The Washington Capitals have reassigned Michal Kempny to the taxi squad, while adding Dennis Cholowski and Martin Fehervary to the active roster. T.J. Oshie and Nicklas Backstrom, despite practicing with the team, have been moved to injured reserve and will not travel to St. Louis as they work back from a non-COVID illness. Later in the day, the team recalled Michael Sgarbossa and Zachary Fucale from the taxi squad.
- The New York Rangers have recalled Jonny Brodzinski and Tim Gettinger from the taxi squad, moving Dryden Hunt to injured reserve. Zac Jones has also been moved back to the taxi squad as the Rangers needed a way to add some forward depth while Julien Gauthier deals with the COVID protocol.
Central Division
- Following the injury to Kirill Kaprizov, the Minnesota Wild have recalled Kyle Rau to the taxi squad. Kaprizov is expected to miss at least one game, with further evaluation still ongoing to determine how long he’ll be out of the lineup.
- The Nashville Predators have reassigned Matt Luff to the taxi squad once again, his fourth transaction in the last four days. The 24-year-old forward played and scored last night for the Predators, despite seeing just seven minutes of ice time.
- The Dallas Stars have assigned Thomas Harley to the Texas Stars, giving the 20-year-old defenseman a chance to play at the minor league level once again. Harley has played in eight games for Dallas but 17 for Texas this season.
Pacific Division
- The Los Angeles Kings have assigned Samuel Fagemo to the taxi squad, after he failed to dress for last night’s game. Fagemo has yet to make his NHL debut since being drafted 50th overall in 2019.
- Forward Adam Ruzicka is back on Calgary’s active roster, coming up from the taxi squad. Ruzicka scored his first NHL goal earlier this season.
This page will be updated throughout the day.