NHL Buzz: Kakko out for Rangers against Capitals

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Anaheim Ducks

Adam Henrique was positioned on waivers by the Ducks on Saturday.

The facility has actually racked up 4 factors (3 objectives, one aid) and also has a minus-8 ranking in 16 video games this period and also was a healthy and balanced scrape in a 4-1 loss to theSt Louis Blues onJan 31.

“It’s a tough day, he’s not in this alone,” Ducks instructor Dallas Eakins claimedSaturday “It’s a day of great adversity, but this isn’t a ‘Give up, you’re done here’ either. If he’s still with our organization, we and I are never going to ever give up on a guy.”

Henrique led the Ducks in racking up with 43 factors and also was initially with 26 objectives in 71 video games last period. He has actually racked up 20 objectives 5 times, consisting of an NHL career-high 30 for the New Jersey Devils in 2015-16.

The Ducks, that organize the Minnesota Wild on Saturday (9 p.m. ET; ESPN+, PRIME, FS-SD, FS-N, FS-WI,NHL TELEVISION), have actually racked up 2 or less objectives in 13 of 17 video games this period, and also ranking last in objectives per video game in the League (1.88 ).

“Let’s be very clear on one thing, it’s just not Adam,” Eakins claimed. “We’ve had a number of players take great strides and are taking over the game. And we have a number of players that are, for whatever reason, we’ll call it stuck in mud, and we can’t really pinpoint it because we’ve got some guys that are doing very, very well. right now. And we have three or four that are stuck.”– Dan Arritt

Boston Bruins

David Krejci will certainly not play against the Philadelphia Flyers in the Honda NHL Outdoors Sunday at Lake Tahoe (7:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, TVAS).

The onward left a 3-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils in the 2nd duration Thursday with a lower-body injury. He has 10 aids in 15 video games this period.

Defenseman Kevan Miller additionally will certainly not play. He has 2 aids in 15 video games this period.

“It was just one of those where we thought there was a break in the schedule, a six-hour flight and then a bus ride, Friday and Sunday,” Bruins instructor Bruce Cassidy claimed. “To miss this one game and get that week of sort of recovery, it’s one of those, I think they call it ‘load management’ in the NBA. … We fully expect him to be in the lineup for us in New York (against the Islanders) on Thursday and ready to go when we practice when we get back to Boston.”

Forward Jack Studnicka and also defenseman Urho Vaakanainen will certainly play.


New York Rangers

Kaapo Kakko was not in the schedule for a 4-1 win against the Washington Capitals on Saturday and also was positioned on the NHL COVID-19 method listing.

“I really haven’t talked to him,” Rangers instructor David Quinn claimed. “This happened this morning, so we haven’t had a chance to talk yet. Obviously you’re concerned any time someone gets put on this list, so we’ll talk here shortly and see how he feels. From what I gather there hasn’t really been any symptoms yet, so we’ll see. I’ll know a lot more later today.”

The onward racked up a shootout objective in a 3-2 win against the Philadelphia Flyers onThursday He has actually racked up 3 factors (2 objectives, one aids) in 14 video games this period.

Forward Julien Gauthier, that was a healthy and balanced scrape Thursday, changed Kakko in the schedule.

Defenseman K’Andre Miller went back to the schedule after missing out on the previous 2 video games with an upper-body injury.

Ottawa Senators

Marcus Hogberg will certainly be out 1-2 weeks with a lower-body injury.

The goalkeeper left 12 mins right into the very first duration of a 7-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday after enabling one objective on 5 shots.

“[Hogberg] will be out for sure for a week or so, probably a couple weeks,” instructor D.J. Smith claimed Saturday.

Hogberg is 2-5-0 with a 4.34 objectives-against ordinary and also.859 save portion in 10 video games (7 beginnings) this period.

Joey Daccord was remembered from Belleville of the American Hockey League and also appointed to the taxi team onSaturday He is anticipated to support Matt Murray against the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday (7 p.m. ET; SN, RDS,NHL TELEVISION).

Smith claimed that Thomas Chabot will certainly be a game-time choiceSunday The defenseman did not play Thursday neither method Saturday due to an upper-body injury.