Just five games are on the schedule for this evening but they bring a lot of fireworks. The Tampa Bay Lightning welcome in the Boston Bruins in a crucial Atlantic Division matchup, while the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues battle for second in the Central. As those teams and others prepare, we’ll keep track of all the minor league shuffling around the league.
Atlantic Division
- The Ottawa Senators have sent Cole Reinhardt back to the AHL, after he made his NHL debut last night. The 22-year-old forward played just over eight minutes, recorded two hits, and took a hooking penalty that ended up costing the Senators the game. In 60 appearances with the Belleville Senators, he has 26 points.
- Josh Brook has been assigned all the way down to the ECHL by the Montreal Canadiens, as he tries to get his career back on track. The 22-year-old defenseman has played just six games this season because of injury and is still quite a ways from being the impact NHL player that some expected of him. Brook spoke about his season and his career in a recent column from Arpon Basu and Marc Antoine Godin of The Athletic.
- The Detroit Red Wings have assigned winger Taro Hirose to the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins. With the return of Mitchell Stephens, who has been out since November 13th, the team needed to make room on their roster, so Hirose gets sent down. Hirose, 25, has gotten into 12 NHL games this season and has posted four points. He has been a crucial player for the Griffins this season, where he has 45 points in 52 AHL games. Hirose has 20 points in 54 career NHL games, going back to when he made his NHL debut in the 2018-19 season.
Metropolitan Division
- The New Jersey Devils have recalled defenseman Kevin Bahl from the AHL’s Utica Comets to meet the team in Dallas. Bahl, 21, was famously part of the Devils’ return from their trade of Taylor Hall to the Arizona Coyotes in 2019, and the 2018 55th overall pick has 13 NHL games to his name. He has 16 points in 54 games in the AHL this season as well.
Central Division
Pacific Division
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