NHL Buzz: Murray day to day for Maple Leafs with head injury

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Toronto Maple Leafs

Matt Murray is day to day for the Maple Leafs after sustaining a head injury during a 5-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday.
The goalie, who allowed two goals on seven shots, left at 16:16 of the first period when Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond inadvertently slid into him after losing an edge, taking Murray's feet out from under him. Murray fell backwards and was tested for a concussion after leaving the game.
"Right now it's going to be a day-to-day thing in terms of sorting through exactly where he's at and what the timeframe might be," Toronto coach Sheldon Keefe said. "It will be difficult to put any real timeline on it until we give him more time to settle.
"He's got a head injury, so we will have to see where that is. He's got some other stuff as well, but it will have to be a take it a day at a time in terms of seeing really where he's at."
It is the third significant injury Murray has dealt with this season after missing 15 games from Oct. 13-Nov. 12 because of an adductor muscle injury and five weeks from Jan. 29-March 2 because of an ankle injury. Murray is 14-8-2 with a 3.01 goals-against average and a .903 save percentage in 26 games this season.
Joseph Woll
started against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday after being recalled on an emergency basis from Toronto of the American Hockey League. Ilya Samsonov was the backup.
Ryan O'Reilly skated with center John Tavares and right wing Mitchell Marner at the morning skate but did not play Tuesday. The forward has missed 14 games since sustaining a broken finger during a 4-1 loss against the Vancouver Canucks on March 4.
"He's really close," Keefe said. "He wants to play, I think. He's excited to get going. ... He's going to get another follow-up and another picture of the finger today and that will set the course for the rest of the week."
Defenseman Erik Gustafsson, who has been away from the Maple Leafs since March 25 because of a personal matter, returned to the team and took warmups Tuesday but did not play. -- Dave McCarthy

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New Jersey Devils

Nathan Bastian returned against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.
The forward missed 11 games after sustaining an upper-body injury March 12. Bastian played right wing on the fourth line with center Michael McLeod and left wing Miles Wood, replacing Yegor Sharangovich.
"Obviously, it [stinks] to miss games," Bastian said. "It's pretty easy to feel not a part of it. So, to get another chance with that line, I'm excited."
Bastian has 12 points (six goals, six assists) in 39 games this season.
A shoulder injury Nov. 26 kept Bastian out 22 games. He returned against the Seattle Kraken on Jan. 19.
"What [the fourth line was] bringing just before he got hurt again," Devils coach Lindy Ruff said. "It's an element of physicality. Get to the net hard, be around the front of the net. When that line has gone good, it's an element that's important to our hockey club."-- Wes Crosby

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Detroit Red Wings

Ville Husso started against the Montreal Canadiens after missing seven games because of a lower-body injury.
The Red Wings were 4-3-0 since Husso's previous start, when he made 20 saves in a 5-2 loss to the Florida Panthers. Husso is 25-19-6 with a 3.01 goals-against average, .899 save percentage and three shutouts in 51 games.
Alex Nedeljkovic started five of the past six games and finished his emergency recall from Grand Rapids of the AHL with three consecutive wins.
"I feel like those guys work hard and it's never easy having the three goalies, even in practice, there's only two nets," Husso said. "It's good for us. We were pushing each other, and I'm happy for 'Ned,' he's been playing well."
Forward Marco Kasper did not play because of a lower-body injury. Kasper, a first-round pick (No. 8) in the 2022 NHL Draft, had one shot in 14:49 in his NHL debut in a 5-2 win at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday.
"I don't think this will be long," Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. "We hope to have him for Thursday, but he will see game action again sometime this year, just not tonight." -- Sean Farrell

Minnesota Wild

Kirill Kaprizov skated with skating coach Andy Ness before practice Monday for the first time since sustaining a lower-body injury March 8.
The forward has been out since he was injured in an awkward collision with Winnipeg Jets defenseman Logan Stanley.
"He's progressing," Wild coach Dean Evason said prior to a 4-3 shootout loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday. "It's just a normal progression. We'll evaluate today and decide what we do. We're taking tomorrow off. We'll decide if he comes with the group (to Pittsburgh on Thursday) or not."
Kaprizov leads Minnesota with 39 goals and 74 points in 65 games.
"Try to be patient with him (but) he's just begging the trainers the last couple weeks," Evason said. " … That he's ready to play. That's what I'm hoping. Probably not going to happen right away but I'm hoping he's ready to play sooner rather than later. He hopes that he's ready to play sooner rather than later.
"We want him back in the lineup, but we're going to do the right things."
Mason Shaw will miss the rest of the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs with a torn ACL in his right knee. The forward sustained the injury during the first period of a 4-1 loss at the Golden Knights on Saturday.
The 24-year-old has undergone three previous ACL surgeries, one on his right knee and two on his left. He has 17 points (seven goals, 10 assists) and is second on the Wild with 79 penalty minutes in 59 games.
"(General Manager) Billy (Guerin) asks young players all the time: 'Will you do anything it takes to play in the National Hockey League? Anything.' And Mason Shaw epitomizes that," Evason said. "He did anything and everything to play in the National Hockey League and he will again."
The Wild play at the Penguins on Thursday.-- Jessi Pierce