Toronto Maple Leafs
Aston Matthews returned to the Toronto Maple Leafs when he visited the Florida Panthers on Saturday (CBC, SNO, SNW, SNP, BSFL, ESPN +, NHL LIVE).
The center replaced Jason Spezza after missing three games with an undisclosed injury. He led the NHL with 58 goals and is two of those to become the first NHL player since Stephen Stamkos of Tampa Bay Lightning in 2011-12 to score 60 a season.
“It was a little hard to just try to get over it,” Matthews said Saturday. “I feel comfortable coming back tonight. We have important matches ahead of us, so it’s exciting.
“I think you can always take the positive and the negative. Obviously I don’t like not playing. It’s never fun to sit, it’s never fun to watch matches when you want to be able to be there. But you have to take the good with the bad and I hope a little rest is helpful. Obviously, I would much rather play. “
Maple Leafs (51-21-6) were second in the Atlantic Division, six points ahead of Lightning after playing another game. Toronto plays at the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
“We are focused on today,” said Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe. “[Matthews] feels really good today. We talked about the fact that we will play again tomorrow. He could take a day off, but he really wanted to play tonight. He feels ready. He skated yesterday, he didn’t want to skate this morning, he feels ready to go. “
Jake Mouzin was left with an undisclosed injury, but Keefe said the defender could play on Sunday. “Alain Pupart.”
Boston Bruins
David Pastrnak, Hampus Lindholm and Linus Ulmark returned to Bruins in a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers.
“Everyone is involved today,” Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said before the game. “They felt good yesterday, so the plan was to get them into one of the games this weekend. They weren’t going to play next to each other, which may be a little premature, but that was the initial message I got.”
Pastrnak, a striker who missed eight games with an undisclosed injury, scored a goal and an assist.
Lindholm, a defender who missed seven games with a lower body injury, led the Bruins with 24:41 ice time.
“I doubt Lindholm and Pastrnak will travel [to Montreal on Sunday]. This is the original plan. We hope they get through today’s game, feel great and come back on Tuesday [against the Florida Panthers] for good.”
Pastrnak has scored 73 points (39 goals, 34 assists) in 70 games; Lindholm has four assists in eight games since being acquired in an exchange with Anaheim Ducks on March 19.
Goalkeeper Ulmark missed three games with a lower body injury. He made 30 saves in the victory. “Patrick Donnelly.”
New York Rangers
Andrew Copp and Philip Chittle did not play for the Rangers in a 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday and the strikers are every day.
Kopp suffered a lower body injury during the Rangers’ 6-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday. He scored a natural hat-trick in the first period before injuring himself in the third. He did not play in the final 8:05 of the match.
Chitil suffered an upper body injury against the islanders. He played 13:01 and had no point, his fourth game after missing two with an injury.
Kopp has set an NHL career record of 21 goals and 53 points in 71 games this season, including 18 points (eight goals, 10 assists) in 15 games since the Rangers bought him in an exchange with the Winnipeg Jets on March 21.
Chitil has scored 21 points (seven goals, 14 assists) in 64 games this season.
Winnipeg Jets
Mark Schaefele and Cole Perfetti will probably not play for the Jets until the end of the season.
Schaefele, striker, last played on April 10. He missed five games with an injury to his upper body. He is second to the Jets in goals (29) and points (70) behind Kyle Connor (44 goals, 88 points).
Perfetti, the striker, has not played since February 17 with an injury to his upper body. He has seven points (two goals, five assists) in 18 games this season.
The Jets, who have four games left, have been eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Jeff Carter and Evgeni Malkin played when the Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 7-2 on Saturday.
Carter left late in the third period with a 4-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday due to a lower body injury. He has one assist at 15:17 icy weather on Saturday.
Malkin returned after a four-match ban for cross-checking Nashville Predators defender Mark Borowiecki on April 10. He scored two goals in 16:22 ice time on Saturday.
Sidney Crosby remained center of the first line and Teddy Bludger centered the fourth line.
“We haven’t had the resemblance of our four central ice players in the squad very often this year,” coach Mike Sullivan said before the game. “To have these guys in the middle, we believe we have a strong environment with these four centers that we can transfer over the boards.” “Wes Crosby.”
Ottawa Senators
Thomas Chabot returned to the Senators after missing 19 games with a broken arm.
The defender had to play in the top pair against the Montreal Canadiens (CITY, SNE, TVAS, ESPN +, NHL LIVE).
Shabo, who scored 34 points (6 goals, 28 assists) in 55 games and led the NHL during the ice game (26:23), had not played since being injured against the Columbus Blue Jackets on March 16.
“He is our best player,” said Senators coach DJ Smith. “He does everything from breaking the puck to power play. … He plays the most minutes. We have a lot of good players, but it would be really hard to keep winning matches or keep doing anything here in Ottawa without him. “
Striker Connor Brown (upper body injury) and defender Nikita Zaitsev (non-COVID-19 disease) did not play for the senators. Striker Scott Saburin played after being called up by Belville from the American Hockey League. “Callum Fraser.”
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