NHL Buzz: Jarnkrok week to week for Maple Leafs with hand injury
Martin signs 1-year contract with Hurricanes; Myers to return for Canucks
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Toronto Maple Leafs
Calle Jarnkrok is week to week for the Maple Leafs after sustaining a hand injury in a 6-2 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.
He left the game with 13:37 remaining in the second period after sliding into the boards in the neutral zone and did not return.
Jarnkrok was replaced on a line by Pontus Holmberg at right wing with left wing Tyler Bertuzzi and center Auston Matthews.
Forward Mitch Marner will miss his third straight game with a high ankle sprain when Toronto hosts the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday (7 p.m. ET; SN, BSSO). He skated on his own Thursday and Friday but did not skate Saturday and will not skate Sunday.
Coach Sheldon Keefe had said earlier in the week that Marner, who is third on the team with 76 points (25 goals, 51 assists) was day to day.
"I would say it's more than that at this point," Keefe said Friday. "He won't skate tomorrow and then we have a day off so a couple days for him to settle and then sort of start to ramp it back up for next week." -- Dave McCarthy
Carolina Hurricanes
Spencer Martin signed a one-year, $775,000 contract with the Hurricanes on Saturday.
The 28-year-old goalie, who was claimed on waivers from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Jan. 19, is 4-0-1 with a 1.97 goals-against average and .922 save percentage in five games with the Hurricanes.
He could have become an unrestricted free agent after the season.
"Spencer has been an excellent addition to our team," Hurricanes general manager Don Waddell said. "He stepped right in and played well for us, and we're excited to sign him for next season."
Martin is 7-8-2 with a 3.14 GAA and .896 save percentage in 18 games (15 starts) this season and 21-25-7 with a 3.47 GAA and .889 save percentage in 56 NHL games (51 starts) for the Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Vancouver Canucks and Colorado Avalanche.
Forward Teuvo Teravainen has an upper-body injury and will not play against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday (7 p.m. ET; SN, BSSO). He has 47 points (21 goals, 26 assists) in 66 games this season.
Vancouver Canucks
Tyler Myers returned to the lineup against the Washington Capitals on Saturday.
The defenseman practiced Tuesday for the first time since sustaining a lower-injury in a 5-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Feb. 29. He was listed as week to week and had missed the past four games.
Myers, who did not play in the Canucks' 4-3 overtime loss to the Avalanche on Wednesday, has 23 points (four goals, 19 assists) and is plus-12 in 62 games this season. He is averaging 18:57 of ice time, including 2:11 on the penalty kill, third-most on the team. -- Kevin Woodley
Colorado Avalanche
Zach Parise is expected return for the Avalanche against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday (10 p.m. ET; CBC, SNE, SNO, SNW, TVAS2, ALT).
The forward has missed the past three games with a lower-body injury sustained in a 7-2 win against the Detroit Red Wings on March 6.
Forwards Jonathan Drouin (lower body, one game missed) and Artturi Lehkonen (illness, two games missed), are also each expected to return. Forward Miles Wood and defenseman Cale Makar will each be a game-time decision because of an illness.
"We're hopeful," Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. "Both those guys are under the weather. It's kind of rolling through our team right now, and some other teams. But we're hopeful that giving them a rest here this morning that both of those guys will be (playing).
"This might be the first time in a long time that we have a healthy scratch or healthy scratches, especially at the forward position." -- Gerry Moddejonge
Chicago Blackhawks
Lukas Reichel will be in the lineup for the Blackhawks when they play the San Jose Sharks on Sunday (6 p.m. ET; NBCSCH, NBCSCA).
On Friday, the 21-year-old forward was recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League, where he had seven points (one goal, six assists) in nine games.
"He looked great out there today in practice and excited to go," Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson said after practice Saturday. "So, we're hoping that we’ll see a more confident, dominant performance tomorrow from him."
Reichel has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in 50 games with the Blackhawks this season.
"I'm just the same player that I was since I'm here," Reichel said. "I played down there, I played right wing, I used to play center all the time in Rockford, but it was good. I feel more confidence now and I want to show that tomorrow."
Reichel is expected to play left wing on the third line with center Andreas Athanasiou and right wing Nick Foligno. -- Tracey Myers
