AHL Shuffle: 04/06/22

After a couple of wild matchups yesterday between playoff teams, today’s NHL schedule is a bit more subdued with only five games on the docket. Still, that includes an all-important game for the Vancouver Canucks and Vegas Golden Knights, with the former essentially out of the playoff race if they fail to take home two points in regulation. Vancouver now sits nine points behind the Dallas Stars with just 12 games to play, a gap that is probably insurmountable even if they did end up winning tonight. The Golden Knights meanwhile still find themselves out of a spot but have won five straight and made it a race again, even creeping closer to a Pacific Division spot as the Los Angeles Kings scuffle toward the finish line. As those teams and others prepare for action, we’ll keep track of all the minor league shuffling.

Atlantic Division

• The Detroit Red Wings have recalled Kyle Criscuolo once again, his fifth transaction in less than a week. The 29-year-old has played three games this season for Detroit and 12 in his career, spending most of his time in the minor leagues.

Metropolitan Division

Central Division

• The Arizona Coyotes have assigned both Hudson Fasching and Ivan Prosvetov to the AHL, as Harri Sateri joined the team today. Prosvetov, 23, has played in 40 games for the Tucson Roadrunners this season, logging the lion’s share of the minor league work.
• Matt Tennyson has been returned to the minor leagues by the Nashville Predators, where he can continue to help the Milwaukee Admirals in their Calder Cup pursuit. The veteran defenseman has 14 points in 46 games for Milwaukee this season.

Pacific Division

• Yesterday, the Vancouver Canucks recalled Jack Rathbone, with Quinn Hughes absent from practice. Rathbone is up under emergency conditions, meaning he does not yet count toward the four post-deadline recalls that the Canucks are allowed.
• Juuso Valimaki is back up with the Calgary Flames, recalled today from the minor leagues. Valimaki has played just eight games with the NHL club this season, recording two points.

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