NHL Injuries: Ducks, Hurricanes, Avs, Red Wings, Wild, Canadiens, Rangers, Canucks, and more

Derek Lee: The Anaheim Ducks activated forward Mason McTavish from IR.

Dan Arritt: Ducks forward Leo Carlsson left last night’s game in the second half with an upper back injury after hitting the post.

Walt Ruff: Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov is in the concussion protocol. There is no timetable for his return.

Brind’Amour: “You see some guys bounce back quickly, and others take a long time.”

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Corey Long: Colorado Avalanche forward Jonathan Drouin missed last night’s game with an upper body injury.

Jonathan Mills: Detroit Red Wings forward Patrick Kane missed last night’s game.

Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde on Kane: “he needs another day, maybe an everyday situation.”

Jesse Pierce: Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov is back after missing one game with a lower-body injury,

Striker Juakob Lauko left last night’s game in the third period with a lower back injury.

Renaud Lavoie: Montreal Canadiens forward Patrik Laine practiced in a regular jersey.

Stefan Rosner: New York Islanders defenseman Alexander Romanov missed last night’s game due to illness.

Forward Anthony Duclair and defenseman Adam Pelech went solo.

Larry Brooks: New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider is dealing with an upper body injury.

Forward Filip Chytil skated with the team.

Bruce Garrioch: Ottawa Senators defenseman Artem Zub will be out for a while with a broken foot.

Matt Vensel: Pittsburgh Penguins forwards Blake Lizotte and Cody Glass practiced with the team but were not allowed to be touched. Both have been out due to problems.

Sheng Peng: San Jose Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic is nearing his return. He will go with the team and have a choice.

Curtis Pashelka: Sharks forward Mikael Granlund missed last night’s game.

Curtis Pashelka: The Sharks signed forward Nico Sturm.

Eduardo A. Encina: Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper said he expects Nick Paul to be out another week “and we’ll see.”

Corey Long: Lightning forward Mitchell Chaffee left last night’s game in the second half with an undisclosed injury.

Iain MacIntrye: Vancouver Canucks Brock Boeser practiced yesterday and if all goes well this morning, he could play tonight. Boeser said he felt happy yesterday.

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Rick Dhaliwal: Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko was on top throughout practice and looked good according to Dan Murphy.

Vegas Golden Knights: Defenseman Zach Whitecloud missed last night’s game and is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.