NHL Buzz: Kakko out for Rangers against Capitals
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Anaheim Ducks
Adam Henrique became positioned on waivers by the Ducks on Saturday.
The center has scored four choices (three targets, one help) and has a minus-8 rating in 16 games this season and became a healthy scratch in a 4-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Jan. 31.
“Or no longer it’s a no longer easy day, he’s no longer in this by myself,” Ducks coach Dallas Eakins acknowledged Saturday. “Or no longer it’s a day of big adversity, nonetheless that is no longer always truly a ‘Give up, you would possibly even be done here’ either. If he’s easy with our group, we and I are never going to ever quit on a man.”
Henrique led the Ducks in scoring with 43 choices and became first with 26 targets in 71 games final season. He has scored 20 targets 5 times, including an NHL profession-excessive 30 for the Contemporary Jersey Devils in 2015-16.
The Ducks, who host the Minnesota Wild on Saturday (9 p.m. ET; ESPN+, PRIME, FS-SD, FS-N, FS-WI, NHL.TV), admire scored two or fewer targets in 13 of 17 games this season, and contaminated final in targets per recreation in the League (1.88).
“Let’s be very determined on one ingredient, it’s correct no longer Adam,” Eakins acknowledged. “We’ve had quite a lot of gamers clutch extensive strides and are taking up the recreation. And we’ve quite a lot of gamers which are, for whatever reason, we will call it caught in mud, and we can’t truly pinpoint it attributable to we’ve obtained some guys which are doing very, thoroughly. correct now. And we’ve three or four which are caught.” — Dan Arritt
Boston Bruins
David Krejci is no longer any longer going to play against the Philadelphia Flyers in the Honda NHL Outside Sunday at Lake Tahoe (7: 30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, TVAS).
The ahead left a 3-2 loss to the Contemporary Jersey Devils in the second length Thursday with a decrease-body damage. He has 10 assists in 15 games this season.
Defenseman Kevan Miller moreover is no longer any longer going to play. He has two assists in 15 games this season.
“It became correct such a the place we understanding there became a ruin in the time desk, a six-hour flight and then a bus run, Friday and Sunday,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy acknowledged. “To miss this one recreation and fetch that week of fetch of recovery, it’s such a, I mediate they call it ‘load management’ in the NBA. … We entirely search data from of him to be in the lineup for us in Contemporary York (against the Islanders) on Thursday and prepared to fling after we observe after we fetch support to Boston.”
Forward Jack Studnicka and defenseman Urho Vaakanainen will play.
Contemporary York Rangers
Kaapo Kakko became no longer in the lineup for a 4-1 clutch against the Washington Capitals on Saturday and became positioned on the NHL COVID-19 protocol list.
“I truly have not talked to him,” Rangers coach David Quinn acknowledged. “This occurred this morning, so we’ve no longer had a gamble to chat yet. Clearly you would possibly even be eager any time any individual will get establish on this list, so we will focus on here quickly and gaze how he feels. From what I gain there hasn’t truly been any indicators yet, so we will gaze. I’ll know a lot extra later on the present time.”
The ahead scored a shootout purpose in a 3-2 clutch against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday. He has scored three choices (two targets, one assists) in 14 games this season.
Forward Julien Gauthier, who became a healthy scratch Thursday, replaced Kakko in the lineup.
Defenseman K’Andre Miller returned to the lineup after lacking the previous two games with an upper-body damage.
Ottawa Senators
Marcus Hogberg will almost definitely be out 1-2 weeks with a decrease-body damage.
The goalie left 12 minutes into the critical length of a 7-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday after allowing one purpose on 5 photos.
“[Hogberg] will almost definitely be out for determined for a week or so, seemingly a couple weeks,” coach D.J. Smith acknowledged Saturday.
Hogberg is 2-5-0 with a 4.34 targets-against moderate and .859 establish percentage in 10 games (seven begins) this season.
Joey Daccord became recalled from Belleville of the American Hockey League and assigned to the taxi squad on Saturday. He is anticipated to support up Matt Murray against the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday (7 p.m. ET; SN, RDS, NHL.TV).
Smith acknowledged that Thomas Chabot will almost definitely be a recreation-time possibility Sunday. The defenseman did no longer play Thursday nor observe Saturday thanks to an upper-body damage.