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New York Rangers
Igor Shesterkin and Jonathan Quick were unavailable for the Rangers against the Minnesota Wild at Madison Square Garden on Thursday.
Shesterkin missed his third straight game and is day to day because of minor soreness, and the Rangers have been cautious with their No. 1 goalie. He last played Nov. 2, when he made 26 saves in a 2-1 win against the Carolina Hurricanes. Shesterkin is 6-2-0 with a 2.36 goals-against average and .913 save percentage in eight games.
Quick is day to day with an upper-body injury.
Louis Domingue and Dylan Garand were recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. Domingue started against the Wild; he was Quick's backup the previous two games.
Quick made 25 saves in a 5-3 win against the Detroit Red Wings at the Garden on Tuesday after making 35 saves in a 5-4 shootout loss at Minnesota on Saturday. He is 3-0-1 with a 1.77 GAA and .935 save percentage in five games this season.
Garand is 3-1-1 with a .914 save percentage in five AHL games; Domingue is 3-1-0 with a .934 save percentage in four games for Hartford.
The Rangers also recalled defenseman Connor Mackey from Hartford, who was a healthy scratch Thursday. -- Dan Rosen
Pittsburgh Penguins
Tristan Jarry is day to day and won't play for the Penguins against the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday (10:30 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, BSW, SNP, SNO, SNE, SN1).
Jarry made 21 saves before leaving with 1:36 remaining in the second period of a 2-0 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday after getting hit in the face with a shot from Anaheim forward Ryan Strome. The goalie had just collided with Ducks forward Adam Henrique above the crease, jarring his mask loose.
Jarry did not practice Wednesday but was on the ice with Penguins goalie coach Andy Chiodo on Thursday.
"'Jars', all the testing came back positive," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. "The only challenge is his eye's closed with the swelling, so he's got a little bit of limited vision with just the swelling in his eye. When that goes down, I think he'll be good to go. His status right now would be day to day. We’ll just have to wait and see."
Jarry is 4-5-0 with a 2.51 GAA and .913 save percentage in nine games this season.
"Obviously you're worried about him first off; he's a great friend," said Magnus Hellberg, who made 11 saves after replacing Jarry in the game Tuesday. "He had a really good game as well."
Arizona Coyotes
Jason Zucker returned for the Coyotes against the St. Louis Blues on Thursday after missing seven games with a upper-body injury.
The forward had not played since he was injured in a 2-1 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Oct. 21. He has two goals in five games this season after signing a one-year contract with Arizona on July 1.
Zucker played on a line with center Logan Cooley and forward Michael Carcone. He replaced Travis Boyd in the lineup.
"First of all, he's a vocal guy who brings the energy, that's for sure," Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny said. "The other thing he brings is speed, experience, maturity in our lineup, been there, done that. He will help us on our breakout, will help us on our speed in general and our forecheck. It's another good veteran to play with young Cooley."
Buffalo Sabres
Matt Savoie could make his NHL debut against the Minnesota Wild on Friday (7 p.m. ET; BSNX, BSWI, MSG-B, SN1).
The forward, selected by the Sabres in the first round (No. 9) of the 2022 NHL Draft, was recalled from Rochester of the AHL on Monday after a conditioning loan. Savoie missed nearly all of training camp with an upper-body injury sustained in the final game of the Prospects Challenge on Sept. 18.
He had five points (two goals, three assists) in six games with Rochester.
"We are leaning towards using him and the possibility is tomorrow," Sabres coach Don Granato said "But because of guys coming back and looking better and some question marks to answer tomorrow morning, we'll see how everybody feels. That decision won't be made until tomorrow. But, yes, we'd like to get Savoie in."
Savoie played right wing on a line with Tage Thompson and Jeff Skinner at practice Wednesday and Thursday and also worked on the first power-play unit. Alex Tuch, who is usually in that spot, is day to day with an upper-body injury and did not practice either day.
Dylan Cozens practiced for a second straight day in a no-contact jersey and wearing a full face shield, and looked "really good," Granato said. The center has missed two games with an upper-body injury sustained in a 5-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Nov. 3.
Defenseman Mattias Samuelsson and goalie Eric Comrie each returned to practice Thursday. Samuelsson (lower body) was injured in the first period against the Flyers and has missed two games. Comrie sustained a lower-body injury against the New Jersey Devils on Oct. 27.
"I definitely need to get back into the rhythm of things and get back into the swing of things," Comrie said. "But I feel like I'm getting closer every single time I get on the ice." -- Heather Engel
Washington Capitals
Anthony Mantha is day to day and will not travel with the Capitals on their two-game road trip.
The forward was hit in the left ear with a shot in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers on Thursday. Mantha scored two goals in the game before teammate Evgeny Kuznetsov's shot deflected off the stick of Florida defenseman Mike Reilly and hit him at 12:13 of the third period.
The Capitals play the New Jersey Devils on Friday (7 p.m. ET; MNMT2, MSGSN) and the New York Islanders on Saturday.
Defensemen Trevor van Riemsdyk and Joel Edmundson also won't go on the trip. Van Riemsdyk will miss his second consecutive game with a lower-body injury and remains day to day. Edmundson, who is working his way back from a fractured hand he sustained during training camp, practiced Thursday, but remains on long-term injured reserve.
Forward Nic Dowd, who hasn't played since Oct. 16 against the Calgary Flames because of an upper-body injury, also practiced Thursday, and could join the Capitals on the trip. Washington has no extra healthy forwards on its roster and is expected to recall one before playing New Jersey. -- Tom Gulitti
Vegas Golden Knights
Chandler Stephenson is out at least one more game for the Golden Knights, coach Bruce Cassidy said Wednesday.
"Hopefully, some rest will do him some good and we'll get him back on the road trip," Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said prior to a 4-1 loss against the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday. "We're going to roll without him for these two."
Cassidy said Stephenson was injured in a 7-0 win against the Avalanche on Saturday but played through it and reaggravated the injury in a 4-2 loss at Anaheim on Sunday.
The Golden Knights host the San Jose Sharks on Friday (10 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, SCRIPPS, SN, TVAS) before beginning a six-game road trip at Washington on Tuesday.
Stephenson has 10 points (two goals, eight assists) in 13 games this season.
He was replaced Wednesday by Jonas Rondbjerg, who was recalled from Henderson of the AHL on Tuesday. He has one goal and one assist in three games with Vegas this season. -- Paul Delos Santos
