The Washington Capitals will be without defenseman John Carlson for Friday's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.Carlson is day to day with a lower-body injury, the team announced. The 28-year-old has played in every game so far this season.Head coach Todd Reirden is hopeful Carlson will be back in the fold for Sunday's game against the Arizona Coyotes, according to Isabelle Khurshudyan of The Washington Post.The Capitals also placed veteran blue-liner Brooks Orpik on long-term injured reserve retroactive to last Sunday due to a lower-body injury. The designation means Orpik will miss at least the next six games (10 total), according to NHL.com's Tom Gulitti. A date with the Chicago Blackhawks on Nov. 21 is the earliest he could return to the lineup.

The Montreal Canadiens will place forward Tomas Plekanec on unconditional waivers at noon Friday in order to terminate his contract, the team announced.The veteran forward has struggled to remain in the lineup for any significant period of time this year, having played in just three of the Canadiens' 16 games this season.The 36-year-old rejoined the Habs this offseason following a deal ahead of the trade deadline last year that sent him from Montreal to the Toronto Maple Leafs for their stretch run.Plekanec played in his 1,000th career game earlier this season, scoring his lone goal of the campaign. He ranks seventh on the franchise's all-time games played list (984) and is tied for second in Canadiens history with 20 shorthanded goals.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

It's a matter of time before Joel Quenneville finds his way behind an NHL bench again, but he'll do so on his own terms.Quenneville was fired by the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday after 10-plus seasons with Chicago and three Stanley Cups. The 60-year-old definitely wants to coach again and will wait for the opportunity he believes is best, a source told Scott Powers of The Athletic.There are no current openings, but several teams across the league would jump at the opportunity to add a coach of Quenneville's caliber. The future Hall of Famer ranks second in NHL history with 890 wins and is coming off the most successful coaching tenure of the salary-cap era.He's free to join a new team at any point, though there's one season left on his contract with the Blackhawks at $6 million.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Reading Royals, the Philadelphia Flyers' ECHL affiliate, will don special 3-D jerseys for their Veteran's Day Game on Nov. 17.

The Montreal Canadiens expect a lot from Carey Price, who makes $10.5 million annually. The struggling goaltender is demanding more from himself, too."Lets just cut to the chase, I just didn't play very good tonight," Price told reporters after allowing six goals on only 31 shots during his team's 6-5 loss Thursday to the Buffalo Sabres.Despite plenty of scoring, the Canadiens weren't able to walk away with two points on Thursday, losing a crucial game in the surprisingly competitive Atlantic Division."I'm just not playing as well as I did earlier," Price added. "It's all upstairs, I gotta figure it out."A breakdown of Price's performance this season shows that Thursday's poor outing wasn't a one-off result for the veteran:Save percentage GamesBelow .8452.846 - .8905.891 - .9192Above .9203Price's last two appearances have been his worst of the season, as he's turned aside just 52 of 63 shots.He won't have much time to dwell on Thursday's loss. The Canadiens return to the ice on Saturday to take on the Vegas Golden Knights.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Dallas Stars will be without defenseman John Klingberg for at least the next three weeks after he suffered an upper-body injury, according to NHL.com's Mark Stepneski.Klingberg was on the ice for nearly 21 minutes against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, but he seemingly played through the ailment.It's a major loss for the Stars because of Klingberg's ability to generate offense from the back end. In 16 appearances this season, Klingberg has registered five goals and eight assists. He finished second among defensemen in scoring last season with 67 points, one shy of Washington's John Carlson.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

With the Vegas Golden Knights up 4-3 against the Ottawa Senators in the third period on Thursday, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored a key insurance marker to give his club a two-goal lead.However, the Senators argued goaltender Craig Anderson was taken out by Knights forward William Carrier and challenged the call.

At what point do the Arizona Coyotes take any infraction simply to go on the penalty kill?While that's an absurd notion for any team, it's amusing to consider because Arizona has now notched nine short-handed goals this season through only 14 games, including two on the same minor penalty during Thursday's overtime loss to the Philadelphia Flyers.The Coyotes now have a shot at the short-handed goals record. The 1983-84 Edmonton Oilers are the current record holders after scoring 36 short-handed goals.The Coyotes' penalty kill is a rare offensive threat, and the team is also shutting down the opposition in that situation, as Arizona is killing off a league-best 91.1 percent of its penalties. The Coyotes have the best penalty kill success rate since the New Jersey Devils finished the 2011-12 campaign at 89.6 percent."It's a combination of everything: system, execution, players, courage, and following instruction. They all play a part and I wouldn't say there is one particular thing that matters most," Coyotes assistant coach Scott Allen, who runs the team's penalty kill, told The Athletic's Craig Morgan earlier this month."Aggressive with purpose is my philosophy," he added. "There are reasons behind it and how we do it. It's not on a whim. It's structured aggressiveness."On Thursday, the Flyers couldn't find the back of the net on their two power-play opportunities. Scoring has been a rare occurrence this season against a Coyotes penalty-kill unit that's allowed just four goals, and the club is plus-five with a man in the box, the NHL's best showing in more than 40 seasons.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Dave Tippett is enjoying life in the front office and isn't interested in making a return to being behind the bench."I didn't come here to coach," Tippett told theScore's Puck Pursuit Podcast. "If I wanted to coach, I could probably be back coaching. I came here with the mindset of helping build an organization and working with great people."In June, Tippett was named senior advisor to the potential ownership group that hopes to bring an expansion franchise to Seattle."It's been a really interesting and fun process for me. Different from coaching," Tippett said. "I look back, I was a player for a long time, I was a coach for a long time, and having the ability to be involved in the startup of an organization that could end up being a legacy organization in the league, that's a pretty neat project."Tippett last coached the Arizona Coyotes in 2017, but also doubled as the executive vice-president of hockey operations in his final season.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Montreal Canadiens forward Joel Armia will miss six-to-eight weeks with a right knee injury he suffered during Tuesday's tilt with the New York Rangers, the team announced Thursday.Armia has tallied three goals and four assists in 15 games during his first season in Montreal.The 25-year-old Finnish winger was traded from the Winnipeg Jets to Montreal this offseason along with goaltender Steve Mason, a 2019 seventh-round pick, and a 2020 fourth-round pick for prospect Simon Bourque.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Welcome to Puck Pursuit, a weekly NHL podcast hosted by John Matisz, theScore's National Hockey Writer.Subscribe to the show on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play.On this episode, NHL in Seattle senior advisor Dave Tippett and hockey historian Mike Commito join John for a pair of segments.Topics include:

Could the NHL find a permanent home in Europe? Deputy commissioner Bill Daly seems to think so - at least eventually."Do I see it happening someday? Yes," Daly said Thursday on TSN 1050. "Do I see it happening in the short term? Probably not. ..."The number of our players who are born and trained in Europe and add to the talent level of the NHL, the interest in the sport in a number of countries in Europe, make it almost inevitable that at some point the NHL will have teams in Europe."Nearly 30 percent of NHL players are from Europe, according to Quant Hockey.Daly noted that it's not a short-term priority for the league and added that many logistical issues would need to be addressed, including NHL-caliber arenas, travel capabilities, and willing owners. He also questioned whether some of the markets could support NHL franchises.The NHL has played regular-season games in both Finland and Germany this season, but the idea of putting teams in European cities has never gained serious traction."I don't think you can expand by just one or two teams in Europe," Daly said. "I think you'd have to have some medium number of teams that can play each other and make travel and schedule far more efficient than it would be with one or two teams."The idea of adding enough teams to form some sort of European division makes overseas expansion more challenging for the NHL than it is for the NFL, which could potentially put a single team in London, England thanks to football's comparatively limited travel.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

It was January 2014 when Peter Hermodsson had seen enough from his underperforming outfit. So, the president of Mora IK in HockeyAllsvenskan, Sweden's second-tier pro league, did what hockey executives do: he found a new leader.This time, though, Hermodsson bypassed the typical external search process for a coach. The club's savior was hiding in plain sight. Injured captain Jeremy Colliton, who commonly popped into Hermodsson's office to discuss X's and O's, was a no-brainer."He was 28 at the time but it was like I was talking to a 50-year-old guy," Hermodsson told theScore. "He had a really strong mind, knew what he would do as the coach."While Hermodsson believed the cerebral Colliton would transition seamlessly, he had to convince the Mora's board members, business partners, and fan base to take a chance on a Canadian who had never coached in an official capacity at any level of hockey.Swedish teams tend to be very ingrained in their community, especially in small towns such as Mora, so the optics of hiring an unknown commodity irked stakeholders."Sponsors would come by and say, 'What the f--- are you doing hiring a guy who is 28 years old with concussions?'" Hermodsson explained.But eventually, the tension eased. Colliton's clear and concise plan for on-ice improvement and his knack to "own a room" moved the process along. Within days, Hermodsson says, widespread skepticism had morphed into head-nodding confidence.A few years later, in Colliton's final season behind Mora's bench, the small-budget franchise earned promotion into the Swedish Hockey League. The town rejoiced, and Hermodsson felt vindicated.Todd Reicher / Rockford IceHogsOn Tuesday, Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman chose Colliton, head coach of the team's AHL affiliate, to replace three-time Stanley Cup champion Joel Quenneville.It was another person of authority betting on Colliton's potential in an attempt to mine whatever possible from the roster."This is certainly a very difficult decision. But I believe it is in the best interests of the Blackhawks organization," Bowman said in a press release announcing the shocking shift, ditching the league's longest-tenured head coach for the up-and-comer."We need to maximize each and every opportunity with our playoff goals in mind and create continued growth and development throughout our roster at the same time. After much deliberation the last several days, with great respect to what Joel has meant to the Blackhawks, we knew we had to make a change."The Player-CoachThe first thing you need to know about Colliton is he caught the coaching bug early.So early, in fact, that former teammates aren't surprised the 2003 second-round pick of the New York Islanders needed only five full seasons of coaching - four in HockeyAllsvenskan for Mora and just over one more in the AHL for the Rockford IceHogs - to graduate to the NHL."If there's anybody who can handle that job at 33, it's Jeremy Colliton. This guy is so prepared to be a head coach in the National Hockey League," said Jeff Tambellini, who played parts of four seasons with Colliton in the mid-2000s. "Even as a player, at 20, 21, he was writing down drills. He was talking to the coach staff, saying, 'Why were we doing this breakout? This forecheck? What do you think of this penalty kill?'"Some people are geared to excel in particular roles and environments, regardless of age. In this case, Colliton - who led Rockford to a 40-28-8 regular-season record and a conference final appearance last season - is simply wired to coach. It's second nature."Jeremy would sit there and go through tape, but he wouldn't just ask for the clips," Tambellini said. "He'd ask about the philosophy of what we're trying to do and what we're trying to accomplish. 'Why are we doing this?' He wanted to gain a real understanding of not just where he was supposed to go on the ice but the purpose of why the team was doing what it was doing."Mike Stobe / Getty ImagesColliton's NHL tenure as a player was sporadic and brief. Injuries plagued a promising career kickstarted by back-to-back appearances at the World Junior Hockey Championship. He recorded six points in 67 career games over five seasons with the Islanders, dressing mainly in the AHL.In the minors, with the spotlight dimmed, the 6-foot-3 forward from Blackie, Alberta, would sometimes grab a whiteboard and play coach between shifts."There are a lot of different ways guys carry themselves. A lot of guys just try to get through the game, do their best and try to score, do that whole thing. But I remember him coaching me on the bench," said Justin Bourne, who shared the odd shift with Colliton for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers during the 2007-08 AHL season.There was no yelling in these teaching moments, Bourne notes, only a fully engaged instructor."Instead of being like, 'Ah, whatever, you know, fine play. Nothing bad happened!'" Bourne said. "Jeremy would be on the bench like, 'If you moved that to the middle, we'd kick it back out to the other side ... ' He just wanted everyone to be better around him and he was always thinking about how his line and his team could be better."The ChallengeGiven his immediate transition into coaching, it should come as no surprise that the man tasked with reopening the Blackhawks' window of success offers a blend of the old and new approaches used to lead a pro hockey team.Colliton, who last played a full season in 2011-12, is years, not decades removed from the on-ice action, and has coached exclusively in the age of speed, skill, and puck possession.When compared to longtime coaches out of a job right now, such as Alain Vigneault or Darryl Sutter, Colliton offers a fresher perspective on the tactical side of the game and also how to deal with today's players."I like my teams to play with a lot of pace, work away from the puck," Colliton said during his introductory press conference. "We want to pressure the puck all over the ice. If you do that, hopefully you have the puck a lot and we want to keep it (and) play in the offensive zone. I think the best way to defend is to do it in the offensive zone."CATEGORYCHI RANKPOINTS %T-20TH (.500)GOALS/GAME15TH (3.07)GOALS AGAINST/GAME30TH (3.73)POWER PLAY27TH (14%)PENALTY KILL23RD (26.6%)SHOTS/GAME10TH (32.8)SHOTS AGAINST/GAME24TH (33.5)Accountability is important to Colliton, Rockford assistant coach Sheldon Brookbank says, but his preferred communication method is closer to a conversation than a yelling match. While he is personable, it's obvious he's still the boss. There is an intensity to Colliton."When you're doing a drill, or when you're playing in a game, you better do it right. Otherwise, he's going to notice. There's not many things that get past him," Brookbank said."You can tell when his blood gets flowing a little more. He's not a guy who snaps, someone who yells and screams at everybody, but he definitely has a little edge to him. If you're not paying attention, not doing it right, he's going to let you know."Four Hawks players - goalies Corey Crawford and Cam Ward, forward Chris Kunitz, and defenseman Duncan Keith - were born before Colliton. Will that crew and $10.5-million men Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews be coddled by the new guy or will they know who's in charge in the post-Quenneville world?"He's not going to hold back or be intimidated," Brookbank said of Colliton's integration into the 6-6-3 squad's dynamic."He finds a way to get his best players and his older guys to buy into his philosophy and concepts he wants to bring to the team," Tambellini added. "If you can do that and sell that to the top group, it funnels right through the entire lineup. That's a real strength of his."Icon Sportswire / Getty ImagesThe year in Rockford is a tremendous plus. Recent call-ups Erik Gustafsson, Alexandre Fortin, and Luke Johnson are already well-acquainted with Colliton's schemes as a coach and boundaries as a leader. But similar to the challenge ahead for Willie Desjardins in Los Angeles, winning over a veteran core who grew up under a certain voice (Quenneville in Chicago, Sutter and John Stevens in L.A.) won't be so automatic.Colliton's depth of personality, which several former teammates mentioned, should help bridge the gap."He's a little bit of a mad scientist," said Peter Mannino, another ex-Bridgeport teammate, referring to Colliton's active mind and knowledge in various non-hockey areas, including the stock market, country music, and politics."It's really tough to be deadly serious about your work and hold people accountable, and still be likeable," Bourne pointed out.A crucial part of Colliton's leap to the NHL, and how he will ultimately be judged by Bowman and the Blackhawks' fan base, will revolve around how this team looks as a group. Wins are important, so are steps in the right direction."I want every guy in the room to play for the team, put team success before individual success," said Colliton, who debuts Thursday at home against the Carolina Hurricanes. "We've got a lot of good players. If they all have team priorities, then there's going to be a lot of good things happening on the ice."John Matisz is theScore's National Hockey Writer. You can find him on Twitter @matiszjohn.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Injured Montreal Canadiens forward Paul Byron will be evaluated on a week-to-week basis, according to head coach Claude Julien.Byron sat out the Canadiens' last four games with a lower-body injury and did not travel with the team on their latest road trip.The injury was sustained in a home contest versus the Dallas Stars on Oct. 30. Byron left the game and did not return.Byron sits eighth in team scoring with seven points in 11 games.In other injury news, forward Joel Armia underwent an MRI after leaving Tuesday night's game with a lower-body injury. The team is currently waiting on the results, Julien said Wednesday.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Vancouver Canucks have sent Brock Boeser back to Vancouver to see a specialist, the team confirmed Thursday.Boeser missed Tuesday's contest against the Detroit Red Wings - the first leg of his team's current six-game road trip - with a groin injury.The 21-year-old will miss Thursday's matchup with the Boston Bruins, but the Canucks haven't ruled out the possibility of Boeser re-joining at some point during their current road swing, which won't conclude until next Thursday."He's gotten better, but he isn't over the hump yet," head coach Travis Green said.Boeser had begun to turn things around after a slow start to the season, notching two goals and four points against the Colorado Avalanche on Friday.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Rookie Brady Tkachuk will return to the Ottawa Senators' lineup Thursday for their clash with the Vegas Golden Knights after missing the past nine games with a torn ligament in his leg, the team announced.Tkachuk has been limited to just four appearances early in his first NHL season, as Thursday's contest will mark his first since Oct. 15. The 19-year-old has been incredibly productive when healthy, having put up three goals and six points in four games.After suffering through more off-ice distractions earlier in the week, the Senators will be looking to build off Tuesday's commanding 7-3 win over the New Jersey Devils.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Like sands through the hourglass, prospect rankings are fluid - especially early in the season, when we're still learning who these players are and what they can do with their opportunities. While the top two prospects on our board have stayed the same from version 1.0, there's been plenty of movement down the rest of this list.Here's the second edition of theScore's 2019 NHL Prospect Big Board:1. Jack HughesC | 5-foot-10 | 161 lbs | U.S. National Team Development Program

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will not face supplemental discipline for his hit on Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie on Wednesday, according to Sportsnet's Chris Johnston.Malkin was deemed to have been bracing for impact just before making contact with Oshie and didn't change the angle of his elbow or his stick prior to the collision, Johnston notes.The Pittsburgh center was ejected from the game and assessed a match penalty on the play. Oshie had the last laugh, as he returned to the game and scored the game-winning goal with just over a minute left in regulation.Oshie said postgame that after picking up the 2-1 win, he wasn't concerned about Malkin's hit and didn't care whether the league determined it required discipline.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ondrej Palat will miss four weeks with a lower-body injury, the team announced Thursday.The 27-year-old missed Tampa Bay's last six games after blocking a shot in an Oct. 26 contest against the Vegas Golden Knights. With little progress being made in the recovery, the team decided to shut him down for a few weeks, head coach Jon Cooper noted Wednesday, according to Joe Smith of The Athletic.Palat has struggled to begin the 2018-19 campaign. Through nine games he remains goalless with just five assists and 10 shots.The Lightning, meanwhile, have been rolling with three straight victories and four in their last five contests, propelling them to the top of the Eastern Conference.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford is growing impatient.The Penguins have dropped five straight games and Rutherford voiced his displeasure with his team's poor start and said changes will be made if it can't turn things around soon."Certainly if this continues, in short order, we're going to have to make some changes," Rutherford said during a radio appearance Wednesday before the club's 2-1 loss to the Washington Capitals, according to Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.The Pens did make two moves Tuesday, calling up Zach Aston-Reese and Garrett Wilson from the AHL."Actions are louder than words," Rutherford said. "This will be the first move of a few if we don't get it going."Rutherford didn't use specific names but called out members of the team's supporting cast."It's almost like the guys come to the games and say, 'Let's just let the top guys do it. Let's let (Sidney Crosby), (Evgeni Malkin), (Phil Kessel), and (Kris Letang) carry us,'" Rutherford said. "We'll just get through the game and move on to the next game, forget about the work ethic it takes or forget about the role they play."But when those guys can't get it done, whether they're shut down or they're not having a good game, that's when we need those other guys to come in and contribute and help win games. We're not getting it."Outside of those big names Rutherford mentioned, Derick Brassard, Daniel Sprong, Carl Hagelin, Bryan Rust, and Riley Sheahan have combined for just four goals through the club's first 14 games. Meanwhile, Crosby, Malkin, and Kessel are all averaging better than a point per game.Rutherford wasn't done there, though. He also commented on the team's "inconsistent goaltending," as well as players who recently received big contract extensions."They get bigger contracts, and they kind of settle in," he said.Rutherford questioned whether his team - which has won back-to-back Stanley Cups - is growing stagnant."Has this team been together too long? It's something I always have to watch for," Rutherford said. "When do you have to make those changes? The players are doing everything they can to tell me now's the time."Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin was handed a five-minute major and a game misconduct for his illegal check to the head of Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie during the third period of Wednesday's matchup between the rival clubs.

The Arizona Coyotes have placed goaltender Antti Raanta on injured reserve retroactive to Nov. 6, sources told The Athletic's Craig Morgan.The earliest he can return is Nov. 13 against the Red Wings, meaning the veteran will miss a minimum of three games, Morgan adds.Earlier Wednesday, the Coyotes announced Raanta is day to day with a lower-body injury.Raanta has arguably been the Coyotes' most valuable player so far this season. He owns a .929 save percentage and a 2.10 goals-against average in nine games, even amid the league-wide scoring spike.Backup netminder Darcy Kuemper, who has also been stellar to begin the season, will likely start between the pipes in Raanta's absence.Hunter Miska has also been recalled from the AHL to be Kuemper's backup.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Philadelphia Flyers forward Jakub Voracek came to the defense of the seven Ottawa Senators players who appeared in a video during an Uber ride while the team was on the road in Arizona.During the ride, the seven players - Matt Duchene, Chris Wideman, Chris Tierney, Thomas Chabot, Alex Formenton, Dylan DeMelo, and Colin White - bashed their assistant coach, Marty Raymond, and the team's poor penalty kill, among other topics.Voracek argued that similar dialogue between colleagues happens very often."I guarantee that every single person who has a boss, every sports team in the world can guarantee it happens everywhere," Voracek told NBC's John Boruk. "And I can guarantee that the coaches behind the door talk about the players. It happens everywhere all the time."You go out for a beer, you go out for dinner, it happens. The coaches vent about the players when they go out to dinner about who f---ing sucks, who's playing bad, who's playing better. It happens everywhere. So now it comes out, they're making a big deal. I don't think they said anything bad, just that their PK and their PP sucks."The general manager of Uber Canada released a statement shortly after the video went public, stating that filming or recording passengers without their consent is "totally unacceptable" and that the company has made efforts to have the video taken down.More recently, the Ottawa Citizen rejected the Senators' request to have the video taken down.The seven players in the Uber have since issued an apology to Raymond, their coaches, and teammates.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Ottawa Citizen rejected a request from the Ottawa Senators to take down a video that shows several players criticizing the team and its coaching staff while in an Uber, according to The Canadian Press.None of the players knew they were being recorded while taking the Uber in Phoenix, and Senators forward Matt Duchene later apologized to assistant coach Martin Raymond, who was the primary target of criticism.Lawyers representing the Senators wrote to the Ottawa Citizen's editor-in-chief, Michelle Richardson, requesting that the video be taken down due to violating the players' privacy and not being a matter of public interest. However, Richardson argued that there is public interest in the Senators, which extends beyond their on-ice presentation."We will always protect the best interests of our team," Senators COO Nicolas Ruszkowski said in a statement relayed by TSN's Ian Mendes. "Martin Raymond and our players have earned our support through years of hard work, leadership, and devotion to their community. Privacy is paramount, and we won't allow a precedent to be set in which peoples' reputations can be impaired by voyeuristic journalism."Duchene, Thomas Chabot, Chris Wideman, Colin White, Chris Tierney, Alex Formenton, and Dylan DeMelo were the players captured in the video.Ottawa defeated New Jersey 7-3 on Tuesday evening.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Edmonton Oilers forward Milan Lucic was fined $10,000 for roughing Tampa Bay Lightning forward Mathieu Joseph during Tuesday's game, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced.Lucic had a hearing for the incident Wednesday and was punished with the maximum allowable fine under the collective bargaining agreement.Here is the play from Tuesday night:The Edmonton forward received minor penalties for roughing and interference on the play, as well as a 10-minute misconduct. The Oilers were trailing 5-2 halfway through the third period at the time of the penalties.He was retaliating to Joseph's hit on Oilers defenseman Kris Russell earlier in the third period, which wasn't penalized.Lucic is pointless in his last six games with one goal and three assists on the season. The rookie Joseph has a goal and an assist in 15 games.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Vegas Golden Knights head coach Gerard Gallant said forward Erik Haula will miss at least three games after suffering an apparent leg injury in Tuesday night's loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.Haula will travel with the team for the remainder of its road trip, and a status update is expected soon, Gallant added.The initial prognosis could be considered positive for the Golden Knights, as Haula was stretchered off the ice in considerable pain after taking a hit from Patrick Marleau.

Edmonton Oilers enforcer Milan Lucic will have a hearing Wednesday for roughing Tampa Bay Lightning forward Mathieu Joseph on Tuesday night, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced.Here's the play in question:Earlier in the third period, Joseph caught Oilers defenseman Kris Russell with a hit from behind, and Lucic clearly took exception with his team trailing 5-2. His antics resulted in two minors for both interference and roughing, as well as a 10-minute misconduct.Lucic has been held off the scoresheet in each of his last six contests and has one goal and three assists on the season. Joseph, meanwhile, has one goal and one helper 15 games into his rookie campaign.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

As the season stretches onward, we start to get a better sense of who players are - not just first-year draft-eligible prospects waiting to hear their names called in June, but those already in the NHL as well. Here's a look at the prospects making headlines so far this season:Prospect spotlightOne player worth your attention: Kirby Dach of the WHL's Saskatoon Blades.The towering center kicked off the year with a gold medal at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, where he finished fourth in scoring with two goals and seven points in five games. He has carried the momentum over into the WHL season, racking up 11 goals and 21 assists in 19 games while making a compelling case for being selected inside the top five.Dach is a strong skater, elusive despite his 6-foot-4 frame, and has the skill to match his size. He's a gifted puck-handler and might be the best passer in this year’s forward class. His hockey sense is high-end, allowing him to read the ice and make decisions that get opposing defenders out of position. He passes more often than he shoots, but he does have a powerful wrist shot.Dach, named an A-rated prospect by NHL Central Scouting, is also part of Team WHL for the ongoing Canada-Russia Series.In the minorsIcon Sportswire / Icon Sportswire / GettySeveral top prospects have recently made their way to the AHL.The St. Louis Blues sent Jordan Kyrou to the San Antonio Rampage on Oct. 30, and the Anaheim Ducks reassigned Sam Steel to the San Diego Gulls the following day. Kyrou scored his first AHL goal - a shorthanded empty-netter - Saturday against the Stockton Heat.Erik Brannstrom, one of the Vegas Golden Knights’ best defensive prospects, is racking up the points with the Chicago Wolves. Brannstrom, who won't turn 20 until next September, has nine points in nine games, including two goals.Florida Panthers forward prospect Henrik Borgstrom has 11 points, including four goals, in nine games with the Springfield Thunderbirds. Borgstrom had a four-point game on Oct. 28.Jordan Greenway was sent to the AHL by the Minnesota Wild and made an immediate impact, scoring three goals while adding an assist in his second game against the Colorado Eagles. The Wild called him back up almost immediately, and he scored in the team's next game against the Vancouver Canucks.The New York Rangers assigned defenseman Sean Day to the Maine Mariners of the ECHL on Monday. It’s a disappointing demotion for the former OHL exceptional status player, but could also be an opportunity for Day to get his game back on track.The class of 2019Icon Sportswire / Icon Sportswire / GettyLeft winger Jakob Pelletier of the QMJHL's Moncton Wildcats is off to a hot start of his own with 25 points, including nine goals, in 16 games. Pelletier, who was named QMJHL Forward of the Month for October, stands at 5-foot-9 and 160 pounds, but his vision, puck skills, and skating are outstanding.After missing most of the beginning of the season with injury, top prospect Alex Turcotte is back with the U.S. National Team Development Program. Turcotte had a goal and an assist in his first three games.Arthur Kaliyev of the Hamilton Bulldogs continues to terrorize OHL opponents, scoring his 15th and 16th goal of the season on Sunday against the Owen Sound Attack. He's already more than halfway to his rookie tally of 31 goals in 68 games.Current top-ranked prospect Jack Hughes has 20 points, including three goals, in 14 games with the USNTDP. Whether Hughes still has a lock on the No. 1 spot over second-ranked Kaapo Kakko remains to be seen.While it’s unlikely that Kakko will ultimately supplant Hughes, he has still made a strong argument for himself with his start in the Finnish Liiga. Through 16 games with TPS, he has 10 points.Around the CHLJeff Vinnick / National Hockey League / GettySan Jose Sharks prospect and Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL) forward Ivan Chekhovich was named CHL Player of the Week for the period ending Oct. 28. Chekhovich had eight points in three games, including a five-point night against the Quebec Remparts. Bolstered by a hat trick, it was the second time this season that Chekhovich tallied five points in a game.Fellow Sharks prospect Ryan Merkley is also off to a fast start. The Guelph Storm defenseman has 22 points in 15 games and is third in the OHL in assists (19), and inside the top 20 in points (22).Undrafted right wing Justin Brazeau, captain of the North Bay Battalion, leads the OHL in points with 36. Brazeau, 20, could catch the eye of an NHL team and win an entry-level contract as an overager.On campusRichard T Gagnon / Getty Images Sport / GettyThe Boston University men’s hockey team earned its first win of the season on Saturday, marking the first victory for new head coach Albie O’Connell. Defenseman Dante Fabbro (Nashville Predators) scored two goals in the Terriers’ 4-1 defeat of Northeastern, with forwards Bobo Carpenter and Patrick Curry - both undrafted - each scoring a goal.Rangers prospect K’Andre Miller is off to a terrific start at the University of Wisconsin, kicking off the campaign with seven points in six games. That was enough to earn the Hockey Commissioners Association National Rookie of the Month award after leading all NCAA first-year defensemen in scoring in October.While Harvard University suffered a 7-6 overtime defeat at the hands of Dartmouth University on Oct. 27, Carolina Hurricanes defensive prospect Adam Fox was a bright spot. Fox, acquired as part of the Dougie Hamilton trade, had a goal and four assists in the loss.In other news Chase Agnello-Dean / National Hockey League / GettyIt’s early yet, but countries playing in the World Junior Championship may be missing a few key players due to their NHL success. Finland’s blue line could potentially see a significant impact if Henri Jokiharju (Chicago Blackhawks) and Miro Heiskanen (Dallas Stars) are still with their NHL teams. Finland might also have to do without Jesperi Kotkaniemi should the Montreal Canadiens decide not to release him.Canada might also be missing a couple of marquee players, with Los Angeles Kings prospects Gabriel Vilardi and Jaret Anderson-Dolan both injured.Vilardi, still recovering from a summer back procedure, recently started skating with the Kings but was sidelined again with hip flexor tightness. The injury doesn't appear to be serious and he should return in a few days, but whether he’ll be back in full game shape - and playing at a level that satisfies Hockey Canada - remains to be seen. Anderson-Dolan is also back in Los Angeles (he was recently reassigned to the Spokane Chiefs of the WHL) for wrist surgery. He’s expected to be sidelined for six-to-eight weeks.Two players Canada will most likely have on its roster are Alex Formenton (Ottawa Senators) and Evan Bouchard (Edmonton Oilers). Both players are currently with the London Knights of the OHL, so it’s not unreasonable to think you’ll see them donning the maple leaf in Vancouver come Boxing Day.Hannah Stuart keeps a close eye on both drafted and draft-eligible prospects and can usually be found trying to learn more about hockey analytics. She has previously written for FanRag Sports, The Hockey Writers, and Hooked On Hockey Magazine, and can also be found at High Heels and High Sticks. Find her on Twitter at @HockeyWthHannah.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Ottawa Senators forward Matt Duchene faced the music for the first time since a video showing him and six of his teammates in an Uber in Phoenix mocking assistant coach Martin Raymond went viral Monday.Following the Senators 7-3 win over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday, Duchene spoke to reporters apologizing profusely to Raymond for the team's remarks."I can only say what I'm about to say on the matter, I want to take this opportunity to extend my absolutely sincerest apologies to Marty Raymond," Duchene said, according Murray Pam of Sporting News Canada. "He's a heck of a person, a coach, and he did not deserve what we said."None of the seven players featured in the video (Duchene, Thomas Chabot, Chris Wideman, Colin White, Chris Tierney, Alex Formenton, and Dylan DeMelo) spoke earlier Tuesday during the team's morning skate and none were expected to speak following Tuesday's contest.Mark Stone spoke to reporters Tuesday morning, where he noted that the team had already addressed the situation and were looking to move past it.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Vegas Golden Knights forward Erik Haula had to be stretchered off the ice midway through the third period of Tuesday night's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs after falling awkwardly on his right leg following a hit from Patrick Marleau.Play was immediately halted as Haula was in considerable pain.

The 2018-19 season has not kicked off the way the St. Louis Blues envisioned it.After making a splash this offseason, bringing in the likes of Ryan O'Reilly, Tyler Bozak, and David Perron, the club seemed destined for greatness. However, 12 games through the regular season, the club finds itself two points out of last place in the Western Conference."Unfortunately, we're at the bottom here," Jake Allen said Monday, according to Tom Timmermann of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Rock bottom probably basically for us in the last ... ever since I’ve been here. We’ve got to dig deep to find our way out."The Blues have lost three of their last five games including Saturday night where they were shelled 5-1 by the Minnesota Wild."We've just got to be more consistent in our game," Allen said. "We got down a couple goals there last game and we sort of just took our foot off the gas. I thought we had two great games before that, building something here, building some positivity, some fun, a great environment. And we let the wheels fall off there last game."Last game shouldn't be something we’re proud of. Obviously it's a disappointing effort for us, especially at home. We’ve got to find it here. There's really no more answers, and no more questions, and no more talking."The club's biggest crutch has been their inability to keep the puck out of their net. The Blues are averaging 3.92 goals-against, second-last in the league, despite the fact they sit in the middle of the pack in shots against per game. Surprisingly, their offense has been the fourth-most productive unit in the league, scoring an average of 3.5 goals per game.As for what the Blues do to get themselves back in the hunt, Allen insists it will be a grind."It’s going to be a process," Allen said. "It really is. We put ourselves in a spot where we're really going to have to grind and find a way to get points. … It's going be a really complicated math problem and we've just got to find a way to study and get into it and get out of it."Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Ottawa Senators say the organization was aware of the video that surfaced Monday prior to it being made public.The video was recorded during Ottawa's recent road trip through Arizona, and included players taking numerous jabs at assistant coach Martin Raymond about his special teams and video session methods.In the aftermath of its release, the players involved in the video (Matt Duchene, Chris Wideman, Alex Formenton, Thomas Chabot, Dylan DeMelo, Colin White, and Chris Tierney) weren't made available for comment, but members of the team's leadership group addressed the topic and shed light on how the organization handled the situation."We dealt with this long before this video was released," assistant captain Mark Stone told reporters, according to TSN. "As a coaching staff, as management, and as players, it was dealt with internally and the way it should be. We're going to move forward and grow with it."We don't want negative stuff surrounding our team," Stone said. "This is a hiccup, but I think guys have made a great effort to repair relationships. This is only going to make our team stronger moving forward."The Senators are 5-6-3 on the season, good for sixth place in the Atlantic Division.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Vegas Golden Knights forward Max Pacioretty is expected to return to the club's lineup Tuesday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs, head coach Gerard Gallant announced.Pacioretty's been day to day since suffering an upper-body injury on Oct. 26 versus the Tampa Bay Lightning.Through his first 10 games with Vegas, Pacioretty's notched just two goals, but perhaps the trip to Toronto will help. He's scored 19 career goals versus the Maple Leafs - the most against any opponent.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Chicago Blackhawks have fired head coach Joel Quenneville after 10 seasons, the team announced Tuesday.Jeremy Colliton, formerly the head coach of the AHL's Rockford IceHogs, has been named his replacement. The 33-year-old is now the youngest coach in the NHL, while Quenneville's run as the league's longest-tenured bench boss has come to an abrupt end.Along with Quenneville, assistants Kevin Dineen and Ulf Samuelsson were also fired.The Blackhawks have gone 3-6-1 in their last 10 games and currently sit two points out of a wildcard spot in the Western Conference. Their latest loss came Saturday evening, when the Calgary Flames scored four unanswered goals to erase Chicago's 3-1 lead.Quenneville turned the Blackhawks into a dynasty after being hired in 2008, winning three Stanley Cups from 2010 to 2015 along with three Central Division titles and a Presidents' Trophy in 2013. His overall record with the club was 446-243-93.He signed a three-year extension with the Blackhawks in 2016 and is owed the remainder of this year's salary as well as $6 million for next season, according to TSN's Pierre LeBrun.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Welcome to Puck Pursuit, a weekly NHL podcast hosted by John Matisz, theScore's national hockey writer.Subscribe to the show on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play.This week, Postmedia national hockey writer Michael Traikos and Cory Conacher of the Tampa Bay Lightning join John for a pair of segments. First, Michael serves up his October disappointments and surprises. Then, Cory sheds light on his difficult journey to the NHL, his favorite coaches along the way, and what it's like to play for Julien BriseBois.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The seven members of the Ottawa Senators who were seen criticizing the team's coaching staff in a leaked video responded to the incident Monday.Forwards Matt Duchene, Alex Formenton, Chris Tierney, and Colin White, plus defensemen Thomas Chabot, Dylan DeMelo, and Chris Wideman issued the following statement:"We want to apologize publicly to Marty Raymond, our teammates, and coaches for our comments in Phoenix, Ariz. on Oct. 29," the players said, according to TSN. "Our private conversation was recorded without our knowledge or consent. We're passionate about our team, and focusing on growing together. We are grateful for the support of our fans and organization. This is an important learning experience, and we will do better."Senators head coach Guy Boucher also issued a statement, coming to the defense of his coaching staff and noting that the incident is now considered an internal matter."Nothing is more important to us during this rebuild than making sure our players and coaches are fully committed to our plan, our values and our system of play," Boucher said, according to TSN. "We have every confidence in Marty Raymond's coaching; in the effort and determination of our team; and in the sincerity of our players' apology. We are now treating this as a team matter, and will be making no further comment to the media."Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Warning: Video contains coarse languageA video was posted to the internet Monday that shows seven members of the Ottawa Senators (Matt Duchene, Chris Wideman, Alex Formenton, Thomas Chabot, Dylan DeMelo, Colin White, and Chris Tierney) riding in an Uber while in Arizona for a recent road trip. During their ride, they can be heard mocking members of the team's coaching staff, including assistant coach Martin Raymond, while criticizing their off-ice video sessions and poor penalty kill.

The injury bug has bitten the Philadelphia Flyers' top two netminders.Brian Elliott will not dress Monday night in a road game against the Arizona Coyotes after being hurt in a collision with teammate Travis Konecny in practice on Sunday, according to NHL.com's Adam Kimelman.The Flyers also placed backup goalie Michal Neuvirth on injured reserve Monday in a move retroactive to Oct. 30. He can't play Monday but could return as soon as Thursday, when Philadelphia is scheduled to play Arizona again, this time at home.Flyers general manager Ron Hextall said on Monday that he thinks Neuvirth is about four days away from returning, according to the Courier-Post's Dave Isaac.Philadelphia recalled Alex Lyon from its AHL affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, in a corresponding move.Calvin Pickard is expected to start Monday night. He gave up four goals on 35 shots in a 4-3 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks on Saturday and has an .851 save percentage across four appearances this season.The Flyers have the worst save percentage in the NHL so far during the 2018-19 season, according to Hockey Reference.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Winnipeg Jets forward Brendan Lemieux has been suspended two games for his headshot on Vincent Trocheck of the Florida Panthers, the NHL's Department of Player Safety announced Monday.Lemieux was given a match penalty after he caught Trocheck up high in the second period of Friday's game in Finland.Trocheck appeared shaken up but remained in the game.In the video explanation of the decision, the league emphasized that Trocheck's head was the main point of contact, and "the head contact on this hit was avoidable."Lemieux had no history of supplemental discipline before this ruling.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Max Pacioretty says he isn't bitter about the Montreal Canadiens trading him to the Vegas Golden Knights.The left winger told reporters, including NHL.com's Mike Zeisberger, on Monday that he holds "no hard feelings" toward Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin or the club. Pacioretty was dealt to Vegas in September in exchange for forward Tomas Tatar, prospect Nick Suzuki, and a 2019 second-round pick."Hey, P.K. (Subban) was traded so anything can happen," Pacioretty added, referring to the blockbuster Subban-for-Shea Weber swap that the Canadiens and Nashville Predators swung in summer 2016.Pacioretty, the Canadiens' former captain, practiced at full contact on Monday for the first time since suffering an injury that's forced him to miss the Golden Knights' last four games.Vegas head coach Gerard Gallant said he isn't sure if Pacioretty will play on Tuesday against the Toronto Maple Leafs, according to TSN's Pierre LeBrun. After that game, the Golden Knights face the Ottawa Senators on Thursday, and then the Canadiens in Montreal on Saturday.

Bryson DeChambeau isn't a hockey player, but he apparently has no problem playing through an injury to win a title.The PGA golfer fired a final-round 66 on Sunday to win the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open by one stroke. However, he did that after hurting his hand while being the Vegas Golden Knights' guest on Saturday night during their win over the Carolina Hurricanes.Following his victory on Sunday, DeChambeau told reporters he injured his right hand while winding up the air horn at T-Mobile Arena during the second intermission."I ripped part of my hand off, which is nice,” he told reporters, via Golf Channel's Ryan Lavner. DeChambeau added that his blister was “a little bigger than dime size.”

If it wasn’t already, the clock is officially ticking on this iteration of the Los Angeles Kings.Head coach John Stevens, fired Sunday morning by general manager Rob Blake, has taken the fall for a 4-8-1 squad sitting last in offense and 23rd in defense a month into the 2018-19 NHL season. (Don Nachbaur, one of Stevens' handpicked assistants, was also fired.)Promoted to his post in April 2017 following the dismissal of longtime bench boss Darryl Sutter, Stevens made it through only 13 games of his second season. For perspective, it took until the end of the 2017-18 regular season before a coach (the Rangers' Alain Vigneault) lost his job. November firings just don't happen often.So, why now? On a conference call, Blake emphasized the 2012 and 2014 Stanley Cup champions have struggled with emotional investment since training camp, and the sluggish attitude had to be addressed "immediately." As is tradition, the coach is the first one out the door.Andrew D. Bernstein / Getty ImagesWillie Desjardins, who led Team Canada at the Pyeongchang Olympics following three years behind the Canucks bench, has been tabbed as the interim head coach. According to Blake, the "interim" period for Desjardins spans the rest of the regular season and, if successful, possibly longer."You know, right from the start of camp, we’ve been keeping an eye on the team and it hasn’t gone the way expected it to and we haven’t played the way we expected to," Blake said Sunday afternoon, 15 days after the club held a closed-door meeting without Stevens."Fast forward here today, I think what Willie will bring, what we want to bring back is we’ve got to get the compete level up on our players and we’ve got to get the passion back in our game and we expect fully that he can right that and take us in that direction."Desjardins, 61, will be joined by new assistant Marco Sturm next week, once the ex-NHL forward finishes up his duties with the German national team. The Kings will continue to employ assistant Dave Lowry and goalie coach Bill Ranford.The players, meanwhile, are not off the hook. If anything, the pair of firings amid a seven-game homestand serve as a warning of sorts. "The evaluation going forward continues," Blake said.Icon Sportswire / GettyThis is where the situation gets tricky for L.A.’s brain trust, because relieving Stevens of his duties does not solve the recent Western Conference titan’s primary issues.It doesn’t make the second-oldest roster in the NHL any younger. Nor does it rid the Kings of their continued struggle to play even remotely fast, a matter which is on display seemingly every time they take the ice and was underlined this past spring over the course of their first-round playoff loss to the speed-happy Golden Knights.After inking 35-year-old sniper Ilya Kovalchuk to a three-year deal but doing little else to beef up, the hockey world seemed hot and cold on the Kings heading into camp. Kovalchuk would help their scoring woes, the typical line of thinking went, but, man, that lineup screams average. Split the difference and L.A. was a projected fringe playoff team in a top-heavy Pacific Division.So far, the Kings have been a mess at even strength - with and without the puck - and mediocre on special teams. Goalie Jonathan Quick is out indefinitely to recover from knee surgery. And losses to three rebuilding clubs (the Islanders, Sabres, and Senators) could really sting down the stretch.Making matters worse, the attack, led by premier center Anze Kopitar and all-world blue-liner Drew Doughty, is having a hell of a time penetrating the middle of the ice. It turns out that not only are the Kings old and slow, they’re also easy to tame.Below are two heat maps illustrating 5-on-5 shot volume and location. The Pittsburgh Penguins, tied with the Washington Capitals for first in goals per game heading into Sunday's slate of NHL games, are shown first. The Kings, 31st in goals per game, are second. Red is good, blue is bad.Micah Blake McCurdy / HockeyViz.comMicah Blake McCurdy / HockeyViz.comBasically nothing but blue in front of the goalmouth and in the slot area for the Kings. It’s no wonder L.A. ranks 29th in all-situations shooting percentage, converting on just 7.5 percent of their 371 shots on goal.Perhaps, like Blake said, this team has a serious compete problem. Not just in regards to penetrating the middle of the ice; a general compete problem. However, it is surely not the lone factor sending the Kings down a path of irrelevance. Now on their third coach since winning the 2014 Cup, they are in danger of missing the playoffs for the third time in five years.The roster, first and foremost, is in need of major reconstruction. While Doughty and Kopitar are locked up for nine and six years, respectively, a healthy Jeff Carter is still a force, and the prospect pool is solid, the list of long-term positives is a short one.Eleven players remain from the 2014 team, with nine over the age of 27. It may be time to finally pull the plug on this group and press the refresh button, signaling a semi-rebuild. It's up to Blake to determine if that's the prudent play.Some of the work will be done organically, thanks to a few expiring contracts. As for the rest, if he's truly motivated to move on from the old guard, Blake will be forced to get creative (see: term and money still owed to Dion Phaneuf, Dustin Brown, others).The Desjardins era begins Tuesday when the Kings host the Anaheim Ducks. How different will the coaching staff and lineup look next Nov. 6?Tick. Tock.John Matisz is theScore's National Hockey Writer. You can find him on Twitter @matiszjohn.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. 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Every Monday, theScore will offer a weekly fantasy hockey column detailing five moves you should make. Ownership percentages (as of Nov. 4) and position eligibility are courtesy of Yahoo.Trade for a Ducks playerThe most frustrating part about setting your weekly fantasy hockey lineup is having too many players in action on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, but nearly vacant lineups the other four days. Trading for an Anaheim Ducks player can help mitigate this.The Ducks have 44 games left on non-busy days, which is six more than any other team in the league. If you can acquire a Ducks player for someone evenly matched on, say, the Blue Jackets, Kings, Canadiens, or Lightning (all of which have a league-low 20 games remaining on non-busy days), it could go a long way to helping you win your weekly matchups.Rickard Rakell and Jakob Silfverberg would make for prime trade targets.Drop Juuse Saros in keeper leaguesChristian Petersen / Getty Images Sport / GettyTeam: Predators

Anaheim Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf is day to day with an upper-body injury that kept him out of Sunday's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, the team announced prior to puck drop.The news came at a tough time for the Ducks as the team had dropped seven straight games, but they did prevail in overtime against the Blue Jackets on Sunday night.Anaheim has found it difficult to find the back of the net, ranking 29th in goals per game. Getzlaf has been the team's most constant producer, putting up 10 points in just nine contests this season.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin is in the lineup for Sunday's game against the New York Rangers.Dahlin was a game-time decision after he didn't return for the third period of Saturday's contest against the Ottawa Senators due to an undisclosed injury.The first overall pick in June's draft has gotten off to a strong start to his NHL career with a goal and five points in his first 14 games.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Los Angeles Kings have fired John Stevens and named Willie Desjardins as interim head coach, the team announced Sunday.Stevens' dismissal comes with the Kings sitting in last place in the Western Conference with a 4-8-1 record. A 4-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday was evidently not enough to save his job."This is a critical time in our season and our results to date have fallen well below our expectations," Kings general manager Rob Blake said in a statement. "With that in mind, this was a difficult decision but one we feel was necessary."Stevens was in his second season as head coach. He posted a 45-29-8 record last season before Los Angeles was swept in the first round of the postseason by the Vegas Golden Knights. Stevens previously served as an assistant to former bench boss Darryl Sutter and was a part of two Stanley Cup wins in Los Angeles in 2012 and 2014.

Jason Spezza likes life in Dallas, so much so that he won't let salary cap concerns stop him from sticking with the Stars.The veteran forward is in the final season of a four-year, $30-million pact he inked in 2014, but handing out another big-money extension to the aging talent may not be an option for the Stars, particularly with a lucrative new contract set to kick in next year for Tyler Seguin.Fortunately, there appears to be plenty of room for negotiation on Spezza's side of the table."I really don't care (about the value of the next contract), like I really could care less," Spezza told Sportsnet's Chris Johnston. "I have lots of money."Now in his fifth season with the Stars, Spezza is experiencing an offensive renaissance under new bench boss Jim Montgomery, already with 10 points in 13 games, while the turnaround also appears to have erased any possibility of the 35-year-old hanging up his skates any time soon."I want to stay and play, and as long as I have a good role they can take my money and give it to someone else and give us more depth," Spezza added. "I'd take it, you know?"Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith received a five-minute major and was ejected for his hit on Calgary Flames forward Dillon Dube on Saturday night.

Brad Marchand was up to Brad Marchand things on Saturday night.In the closing minutes of the first period between the Boston Bruins and Nashville Predators, Marchand managed to rack up 14 penalty minutes in one play. He was initially called for a high stick on Colton Sissons, even though his stick clearly missed Sissons' face.

Happy Birthday, Pekka Rinne.The Nashville Predators and their star goaltender have agreed on a two-year, $10 million extension, the team announced Saturday.Rinne, who turned 36 Saturday, was set to become an unrestricted free agent after this season.The 2018 Vezina Trophy winner is off to a strong start so far this year. He missed nearly two weeks due to an injury, but owns a sparkling .940 save percentage and 1.91 goals-against average in six games.The instant analysis of Rinne's contract can be summed up in one word: bargain. When his contract kicks in next season, his $5-million cap hit will rank tied for 13th in the league with Frederik Andersen among the league's highest-paid goaltenders - and that doesn't include pending free agents Sergei Bobrovsky or Semyon Varlamov.Rinne's contract also includes a 10-team no-trade list, according to The Athletic's Adam Vingan.Oddly enough, Rinne signed his previous extension - a 7-year, $49-million deal - on his birthday as well.Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.