LAS VEGAS (AP) — Connor Hellebuyck stopped 19 shots, Arseny Gritsyuk and Jack Hughes each scored twice and the New Jersey Devils beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 on Friday.
Hellebuyck, who spent his first 11 seasons in the NHL with the Winnipeg Jets, had his second win since the Devils acquired him Oct. 23. The three-time Vezina Trophy winner was also in goal Tuesday night in Dallas in a 5-1 win.
Gritsyuk has scored at least a goal in six of the last eight games and has 10 points during the stretch. Luke Hughes also scored for New Jersey. The Devils improved to 10-1-0 when the Hughes brothers score in the same game.
Mark Stone and Ivan Barbashev scored for the Golden Knights, and Adin Hill stopped 26 shots.
Luke Hughes got things going early in the first when he rifled a one-timer from the top of the left circle past Hill.
Stone tied it when he deflected Mitch Marner’s blast from the point past Hellebuyck. Barbashev gave the Knights a 2-1 lead moments later when he tapped Marner’s pass home after a picture-perfect cross-crease pass.
The lead didn’t last one minute, as Gritsyuk took advantage of a turnover and sniped Hill top shelf from the left circle.
Jack Hughes put New Jersey back in front when he stole the puck from Jack Eichel in the neutral zone, then passed it to himself through Stone’s legs before beating Hill.
Gritsyuk scored his second goal by backhanding his rebound after Hill blocked his first attempt.
NEW YORK (AP) — Ottawa Senators forward Hayden Hodgson has been suspended two games for charging and boarding Los Angeles Kings defenseman Brandt Clarke.
The 30-year-old playing his 24th game in the league lined up Clarke from several strides away and drove his opponent’s head into the glass midway through the teams’ game Thursday night in LA. Hodgson was given a five-minute major penalty for boarding and ejected with a game misconduct.
Clarke did not return but was on the ice for practice Friday.
Hodgson was fined $2,018, the maximum allowed under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, in October 2025 for boarding Montreal's Alex Newhook in a preseason game. He has a long history of suspensions — 20 games worth — in the American Hockey League for elbowing and other offenses over the past five seasons.
He’ll forfeit $8,763 in salary as a result of the suspension. He'll miss games Saturday at San Jose and Sunday at Anaheim. He's eligible to return Wednesday at Buffalo.
The Senators recalled wingers Xavier Bourgault and Philip Tomasino from Belleville of the AHL.
New York Rangers goaltender Joonas Korpisalo (70) plays during the first period of an NHL preseason game against the New Jersey Devils, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026.
Goalie Joonas Korpisalo rejoined the Rangers for practice Friday for the first time since contracting a foot infection at the beginning of the season.
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Participating for around 30 minutes, Korpisalo saw plenty of shots and got some work in before heading off the ice a bit earlier than the rest of the team. The 32-year-old only just resumed skating last weekend, to put his abbreviated practice in perspective.
“It’s a big step for Korpy,” head coach Mike Sullivan said after practice. “He’s still under the guise of the workload management with our medical department, so it was by design he didn’t stay the whole time out there today. It’s a big step for him, joining the team.”
Shortly after the Rangers put Korpisalo on injured reserve, the Finn was given a four-week timeline to return.
New York Rangers goaltender Joonas Korpisalo (70) plays during the first period of an NHL preseason game against the New Jersey Devils, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
If he’s on schedule, Korpisalo could play his first game of the season as soon as the Rangers’ upcoming road trip to Seattle, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver. Once Korpisalo makes his Blueshirts debut, he will have played for five NHL organizations.
Eeli Tolvanan again did not participate in practice due to personal reasons.
After missing Tuesday’s practice due to an upper-body injury, goalie James Reimer returned to the ice as well.
Among defense pairs who have logged at least 150 minutes of five-on-five ice time entering Friday’s slate of games, Adam Fox and Vladislav Gavrikov’s 11.01 expected goals is the fifth best in the NHL. The only duos they trail are the Hurricanes’ Jaccob Slavin and Jalen Chatfield (14.71), the Golden Knights’ Brayden McNabb and Shea Theodore (13.72), the Mammoth’s MacKenzie Weegar and Mikhail Sergachev (11.62) and the Devils’ Dougie Hamilton and Jonas Siegenthaler (11.41).
The Wolf Pack named Marc Del Gaizo the 16th captain in franchise history earlier this week.
Since signing a two-year, two-way deal with the Rangers in July, Del Gaizo has skated on Hartford’s top pair.
Forwards Anton Blidh, Justin Dowling and Glenn Gawdin were also named alternate captains. The plan is for the trio to rotate wearing the ‘A’ during the season.
Nikita Kucherov (86) of the Tampa Bay Lightning plays against the Winnipeg Jets in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026.
Add Nikita Kucherov to the list of disillusioned NHL stars.
The 2025-26 Hart Trophy winner has requested a trade from the Lightning, with whom he’s spent his entire 13-year career, according to a report by SportsNet’s Elliotte Friedman.
The report didn’t include a reason for Kucherov requesting the trade, but he has told teammates and the organization that he will not be re-signing at the end of the season and wants out.
The two-time MVP is in the final year of an eight-year, $76 million deal.
Nikita Kucherov (86) of the Tampa Bay Lightning plays against the Winnipeg Jets in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026. NHLI via Getty Images
The Lightning, hours after the trade request surfaced, responded that they have no plans to trade the star.
“We are aware of the media reports regarding the future of Nikita Kucherov with the Lightning,” general manager Julien BriseBois said in a statement. “We unequivocally have no intention of trading Nikita.”
The trade request is the latest shocker in an NHL season that has been full of them. Red Wings star Dylan Larkin is currently suspended by the team without pay after he told the team he wouldn’t play unless he was traded.
Goalie Connor Hellebuyck, the 2024-25 Hart Trophy Winner, was suspended by the Jets for the same reason to open the season before a trade to the Devils last week.
Former Senators captain Brady Tkachuk requested a trade during the offseason and joined his brother, Matthew, on the Panthers in June.
While Larkin’s frustration with the Red Wings came from the organization’s lack of playoff success in his career, Kucherov’s request raises more eyebrows. The Lightning have won two Stanley Cups with him on the top line and have generally been contenders year after year.
Kucherov, the Lightning’s all-time scoring leader, is in the middle of what is for him a low-scoring season — with four goals in 12 games — despite averaging over a point per game on the season for the 10th straight year.
In 13 seasons with the Lightning, Kucherov has 405 goals and 734 assists. He’s led the league in scoring three times.
Selected by Calgary in the first round (No. 24 overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft, Zary has dealt with a history of knee injuries dating back two seasons, which have significantly impacted his development and progression.
While the surgery was successful, another extended recovery raises questions about Zary’s ability to get back on track and establish himself as a consistent NHL contributor.
If he can return healthy and regain his previous form, he could eventually become a trade candidate. However, his recent injury history and dip in production may make it difficult for the Flames to find a suitable market.
The Senators are getting some much-needed reinforcements for their forward lines.
According to the AHL transactions page, the Sens have called up forwards Philip Tomasino and Xavier Bourgault from their American Hockey League affiliate ahead of Saturday afternoon's road game against the San Jose Sharks (4pm Eastern).
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The callups come after the Senators lost Warren Foegele to a lower-body injury Tuesday in Vegas, followed by Andre Burakovsky in Thursday's wild 6-5 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings.
Making matters worse, Hayden Hodgson is likely to be suspended for a bad hit on Kings defenceman Brandt Clarke on Thursday night.
Hodgson's ejection, combined with Burakovsky's first-period departure, has left the Senators with just 10 forwards as they get ready for back to back games in San Jose and Anaheim this weekend.
The situation has become a nightly game of roster whack-a-mole for Green. Just when the Senators appear to be getting healthy, another player goes down.
Foegele is expected to miss an extended period with his injury, while the severity of Burakovsky's latest setback is still unclear. Burakovsky had already missed four games earlier this season with an upper-body injury.
The Senators are also without William Eklund, who remains sidelined following ankle surgery.
Tomasino and Bourgault have been fantastic in the AHL this season. Both are former NHL first-rounders and have combined for 20 points in 10 games in Belleville. With Burakovsky scuffling again this season with zero points in 8 games, the duo must have been wondering if an NHL opportunity might be looming.
Tomasino is certainly one to watch. Not only does he have 11 points in 10 games with Belleville, but he also has 218 games of NHL experience with Nashville and Pittsburgh.
In a corresponding move, the B-Sens have signed Ottawa native Kyle McDonald to a PTO. The 6-foot-5, 210 pound winger spent the past three years with the AHL's Texas Stars.
The Chicago Blackhawks are a lousy 4-9-0 to open the 2026-27 season, and it looks like another year destined for last place in the Central Division. This was supposed to be a year in which they took a step, and they show no sign of doing that.
They have tons of young talent, but that talent isn't growing together into a winning team. It still could, and should, happen, but they need a spark. Whether it's a coach, front office executive, or a roster move, change is likely coming at some point.
One change that could save their rebuild is the addition of a generational forward. One of them may be available, as Nikita Kucherov has requested a trade from the Tampa Bay Lightning. He informed them that he would be re-signing with them once his contract is up, and his preferred choice is to be traded.
It may be 100% impossible, as Kucherov has a 10-team list of approved destinations, but that doesn't mean the Blackhawks shouldn't check in on the situation. He is also a free agent with the right to sign with any of the other 31 teams on July 1st. His age may keep him from being the highest-paid forward in the league on his next contract, but he will certainly be paid handsomely.
Although he isn't 25, Kucherov is still a top-tier NHL player. At 33 years old, he is coming off his second career Hart Trophy-winning season. During that campaign, he had 44 goals and 86 assists for 130 points. His career high in assists is 100, which puts him in elite company in terms of NHL history, as very few players have ever reached that number.
In Kucherov's 891-game NHL career, he has 405 goals and 734 assists for 1139 points. He is dangerous as both a shooter and playmaker, which has allowed him to put up such prolific numbers. Kucherov has won the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer three times in total and is a two-time Stanley Cup champion.
A player like this, with such a rich resume, would be a great veteran for young players like Connor Bedard, Anton Frondell, Frank Nazar, and Oliver Moore, among others, to have around. As a winger who could line up next to any one of those centers, Kucherov would help them become prolific during a very important time in their development.
There is also the Roman Kantserov factor. Russian players do enjoy having a countryman to work with, which is exactly what this duo would be. Kucherov has an incredible ability to make plays, which would help a sniper like Kantserov get even better if given the chance.
Besides the Kantserov factor, the Blackhawks are a young team with a lot of talent trying to come together. Kucherov has been a part of a franchise dealing with the same motions as the Lightning were coming up in the mid-2010s. If he saw the potential there, he may think he could be of help. You never know what a player who has already won and made money is thinking.
Again, it's a hope and a prayer for an idea. However, if it somehow happened, it would potentially be a "rebuild-saving" move. Would not getting a trade like this done mean that they can't save their rebuild? No, absolutely not, but they have to think about big moves to get back on track.
It's hard to gauge what a trade for Kucherov would look like. With him being a pending UFA and the news of his request being out, it's not the typical value that a player of his caliber should have. The market will become more clear as reports start to come out in the coming days, weeks, or months.
At the end of this saga, someone is going to get one of the five best forwards to walk the earth during his era.
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Toronto has put up a 1-2-0 record on this Western Conference road trip, with this clash in Vancouver being the last stop. After that, they'll return to base for a six-game home stand, beginning on Tuesday.
Friday marked the second time the Maple Leafs were able to practice on this road trip. The only other time was in Calgary, the day before Monday's game.
"We've practiced maybe two or three times in the last month, so it's really, really been something that I believe has hurt our game," Leafs head coach Jim Hiller said after Friday's practice. "So we took some time today to go a little slower and work through some things. And November is going to set up pretty well for us that way. I'm not going to tell you what they were, but I think we made some progress in some areas that we've been struggling."
The bench boss may not have shed some light on what needs to be improved by the team ahead of meeting the Canucks, but a couple of the players know what needs to be better.
"I think turning the puck over," defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson admitted. "I think we gave him a little bit too many easy looks that ended up in our net. So that's an area that I think we have to clean up. And if we do that, that will help us out. Obviously, going the other way, I think, playing with the puck a little bit more. But yeah, turning a little bit too many pucks over the last two games."
The Maple Leafs had 27 giveaways in the past two outings, nine of which were in the defensive zone, according to MoneyPuck. As of Thursday, Toronto are among the top 10 for the most giveaways to their opponent and giveaways in the defensive zone.
"I think there's something you can always change up," Troy Stecher said. "We didn't really sustain in the O-zone, but I think if you look at our season, you'd be like, 'oh, we score a lot of goals.' So it's like a catch-22."
"I think we do need to improve offensively, neutral zone, I don't think we've been getting as many stops as we would like. It almost seems like we kind of default to our squad. And then defensively, I think any team in the league would always want to improve on their system just naturally. It's still early in the year, so I think we have a conscious effort of trying to improve in all aspects right now," Stecher added.
The Maple Leafs meet the Canucks, who are last place in the NHL and have allowed the most goals in the league to this point, with 68 goals against in 15 games.
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ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues have recalled defenseman Theo Lindstein from Springfield of the American Hockey League on Friday afternoon.
The 21-year-old, who was sent down last week, has played in two games with the Thunderbirds during his recent stint and recorded two points (one goal, one assist).
The first-round pick (No. 29) in the 2023 NHL Draft played in four games for the Blues this season and had one assist.
The Blues (6-6-1) begin a four-game road trip on Saturday against the Detroit Red Wings.
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It has been long stated that disgruntled Detroit Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin has no interest in choosing to play for the Philadelphia Flyers, but that may not stop the team from getting in on the action in the end.
Larkin, 30, has a full no-trade clause, allowing him to dictate which teams he would approve a trade to. The Flyers, by various accounts, are not one of those teams.
However, the Minnesota Wild are, and they are a team that has reportedly been in the hottest pursuit of the former Red Wings captain. Desperately attempting to retain Team USA teammate Quinn Hughes, the Wild are hoping to win now and give their roster a major boost down the middle with Larkin.
But, it's worth noting that Larkin has an $8.7 million cap hit, and the Wild have just $1.674 million in cap space while already exceeding the cap ceiling with goalie Filip Gustavsson on LTIR.
The Flyers, with the fifth-most cap space in the NHL, $12.88 million, are reportedly willing to help, but that service will cost the Wild a fee.
NHL insider Anthony Di Marco shared in his latest report for Daily Faceoff, "Speaking with team sources, DFO was told that the Flyers would be willing to act as a third-party broker to help facilitate a trade between the Wild and Red Wings."
Di Marco specifically named winger Yakov Trenin, a Russian power forward with wing and center flexibility, as a potential cap casualty for Minnesota.
Trenin, 29, has two seasons remaining on his contract at a $3.5 million cap hit, with a 10-team no-trade list.
The former second-round pick enjoyed his second-most prolific season in the NHL last year, scoring 23 points for the Wild while playing in all 82 regular season games for the first time. This season, though, Trenin has just two points, both assists, in 15 games.
According to Flyers sources, they would be willing to absorb Trenin’s contract for the right price. [Center prospect Charlie Stramel] is a player that the Flyers have a level of interest in and would potentially be the cost of doing business for them to take on the remaining term on Trenin’s contract," Di Marco added.
"The Red Wings have the cap space to eat Trenin’s salary if they wanted to, as a Central Division executive pointed out to DFO, but the Flyers are willing to play a part in a deal if there’s a necessity for it."
How Charlie Stramel fits the Flyers
Michigan State's Charlie Stramel moves the puck during hockey practice on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, at Munn Arena in East Lansing. (Photo: Nick King, Lansing State Journal)
For Flyers fans unfamiliar with Charlie Stramel, the Wild center prospect was drafted 21st overall in the first round of the 2023 NHL Draft, though EliteProspects had ranked him 47th.
The challenge for the 21-year-old has been consistency, dating back to his pre-draft days.
"There was just so much promise coming into the year, and why not? Stramel had just capped off a distinguished, productive draft minus-one season spent bouncing between the USNTDP U18 and U17 squads with nearly a point a game at the U18s. If we’re drafting a year ago, he’s probably a top-15 pick," EliteProspects said of Stramel in their 2023 draft guide.
"Then he went to Wisconsin as a true freshman, and it was pretty much all downhill from there, with the exception of a solid showing in his country’s colours at the World Juniors. Thrust into a top-six matchup role in the nation’s top conference with little support and on a team that played with almost no structure, his results reflected as much."
In two years at Wisconsin between 2022-23 and 2023-24, Stramel scored just eight goals, 12 assists, and 20 points in 67 games, compiling a -14 rating over that span.
Then, the first-round talent packed his bags and turned things around at Michigan State, scoring nine goals and 27 points in 37 games in 2024-25, and 19 goals and 44 points in 37 games last season.
Notably, Stramel was teammates at MSU with Flyers prospects Porter Martone and Shane Vansaghi, which would assuredly be a factor in acquiring him in a potential three-way Dylan Larkin trade.
Stramel fits what the Flyers have long been looking for in their lineup: a big-bodied, right-shot center.
Jacob Gaucher hasn't really been able to fill that role, and that's led to the Flyers giving more opportunities to aging vets like Noel Acciari and Luke Glendening over the last year.
Stramel has developed a ton since his draft year, evidenced by his scoring evolution at Michigan State, and now he's playing in the pro ranks, having produced a goal and two assists in 10 AHL games for the Iowa Wild this season.
In the long-term, Stramel is a worthy bet for the Flyers to take, especially for something as painless as taking on a bad contract to facilitate a trade; they're not giving up assets to do this.
And in the interim, we all know that the Flyers have been bleeding players at the AHL ranks.
Gaucher has been up and down between the AHL and NHL like a yo-yo, and the Flyers have turned to players like Cole Knuble, Oliver Bonk, Jack Studnicka, and even Garrett Wilson at times to deal with a rash of injuries.
By adding a longer-term project like Stramel, the Flyers would give Jett Luchanko some support on the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, given that he's the only top forward to have not been called up, and given that Danila Klimovich has played just two games this year.
The Phantoms need help and the Flyers need help, and potentially adding Stramel would support both clubs at different points in the timeline.
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All any team can do is beat the teams in front of them. It has been fortuitous for the Buffalo Sabres, in the midst of their struggles to start the season, that their schedule took them to California to face two struggling talented clubs in the San Jose Sharks and Anaheim Ducks, and the Los Angeles Kings, who won their first home game against Ottawa on Thursday.
Buffalo followed up a win over the Sharks in which they clinged to a 1-0 lead until Zach Benson’s empty-net goal with a chaotic 7-6 victory over the Ducks at the Honda Center. The Sabres continued their trend of falling behind, trailing 3-1 in the first period after surrendering a pair of power play goals, but rallied with six straight goals, including a natural hat trick from Tage Thompson.
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The Sabres came dangerously close to blowing a four-goal lead, as Cutter Gauthier, Tristan Luneau, and Beckett Sennecke narrowed the lead to one, but the Ducks ran out of time to score the equalizer on Colten Ellis, who made a sprawling save with seconds remaining to preserve his second straight victory.
“I didn’t like the way we started the game, I didn’t like our discipline for the type of penalties we took early, but then you’ve got to like the middle 50 minutes, you’ve got to like the fact that our power play scored a couple,” Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff said after the game. “All you need to do is concentrate on playing good defense, and you are going to get more offense. Your rush coverage, read where guys are going, we’re better than that.”
The win moved Buffalo to 6-4-3 and into a tie with Detroit and the NY Rangers, just one point behind Florida for the second Eastern Conference wildcard spot. Sam Carrick returned to the lineup and had an assist on Tyson Kozak’s first period goal, taking the place of injured rookie Konsta Helenius.
Helenius sustained an upper-body injury in San Jose on Tuesday, and was sent back to Buffalo to be evaluated.
One of the newest names to hit the trade rumour mill is Washington Capitals winger Ivan Miroshnichenko. The 22-year-old has struggled to get ice time with the Capitals and has dressed for just three games this season. Initially drafted 20th overall in 2022, it appears that the best option at this point is for Washington to find Miroshnichenko a new home.
According to David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period, the Vancouver Canucks are one of the teams reportedly interested in Miroshnichenko. As for Jeff Marek of Daily Faceoff, he reported the price being "at least a first-round pick." The question now is whether the Canucks should send the Capitals at least a first-round pick for Miroshnichenko.
The short answer is no. While Miroshnichenko is a talented young player, Vancouver is not in a position to send a first-round pick and potentially another asset for a player who has struggled in the NHL. For reference, the Russian winger has played 55 games so far in his career and recorded 14 points.
Now, in Miroshnichenko's defence, he hasn't been given many opportunities in the NHL either. He has spent the majority of the last four years in the AHL and has yet to play more than 22 NHL games in a season. That said, he has yet to show Washington he's earned a full-time spot in the lineup, which is why the situation has unfolded as it has.
Ultimately, while Miroshnichenko fits the Canucks' current rebuild timeline, the price of at least a first-rounder is too high. If he were a 20-year-old defender or center, the conversation would be different, but unfortunately, that is not the case. In the end, at this stage of the rebuild, Ryan Johnson and his team should be focused on acquiring as many picks as possible, rather than trading them away.
Mar 16, 2024; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson (43) and forward Ivan Miroshnichenko (63) celebrate Wilson’s goal against the Vancouver Canucks in the second period at Rogers Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports
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The Calgary Flames have recalled two players from the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers ahead of Saturday night’s matchup against the Seattle Kraken.
Following injuries to goaltender Devin Cooley and forward Brennan Othmann during Wednesday’s Battle of Alberta against the Edmonton Oilers, the Flames announced Friday that goaltender Arsenii Sergeev and forward William Stromgren have been recalled.
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Stromgren has been off to a strong start with the Wranglers, recording three goals and eight assists for 11 points through 11 games. His point total currently ranks tied for fourth in the AHL.
The Flames selected Stromgren in the second round (45th overall) of the 2021 NHL Draft. He made his NHL debut last season, appearing in three games during his recall.
Sergeev has also put together a solid start in the AHL, posting a 4-2-0 record with a 2.86 goals-against average and a .907 save percentage through six appearances.
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A seventh-round selection (205th overall) by Calgary in 2021, Sergeev made his NHL debut last season and picked up his first career NHL victory in the process. He turned aside 27 of 28 shots in a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on April 16, 2026, in the Flames’ regular-season finale.
With Cooley’s availability uncertain following Wednesday’s injury, Sergeev could be in line for an opportunity with the Flames once again.
Calgary will look to get back on track Saturday night when they host the Seattle Kraken at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Following their 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins, the St. Louis Blues assigned top prospect Otto Stenberg to the AHL.
Stenberg was recalled on Oct. 18 and played three games in his call-up stint. He recorded one assist, two shots on goal, three hits, and one block while averaging 10:31 of ice time. Stenberg last played on Oct. 24 against the Carolina Hurricanes, serving as a healthy scratch for the previous two games.
The 21-year-old has now played 35 NHL games, tallying three goals and 11 points.
Stenberg returns to the AHL, where he's scored one goal and four points in six games, tied for third on the team in points behind Aleksanteri Kaskimaki and T.J. Tynan, and tied with Justin Carbonneau.
The return to the AHL was coming. Alexey Toropchenko returned from his injury on Oct. 27, and Ross Johnston is expected to be back soon. Not only would they not have the roster space, but sitting in the press box is not what's best for Stenberg's development.
He needs game action. In the AHL, he'll play higher in the lineup and in more goal-scoring situations than in the NHL, where he played on the fourth line in a checking role.
The Thunderbirds are 3-3-2 to start the season and sit in sixth place in the Atlantic Division. However, they rank fifth by points percentage.
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