Ice Chips: Maple Leafs activate Minten, send him to Marlies.
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Toronto Maple Leafs
The Maple Leafs activated forward Fraser Minten has been activated from non-roster designation and assigned him to the AHL's Toronto Marlies.
Minten played four games with Maple Leafs last season, failing to register a point.
The 20-year-old had 19 goals and 38 points in 36 games with the WHL's Saskatoon Blades.
Montreal Canadiens
Defencemen Kaiden Guhle and Justin Barron as well as forward Juraj Slafkovsky were all on the ice for Canadiens practice Tuesday morning wearing regular jerseys.
Slafkovsky confirmed afterwards that he will return Tuesday against the Seattle Kraken. He clarified he has not been sidelined with a shoulder injury, but remained vague on details.
"It was something else, weird injury,” he said.
Slafkovsky played 15:57 on Oct. 19 in a shootout loss to the New York Islanders before missing the past three games. The 21-year-old has one goal and five assists in six games this season.
Guhle has missed the last four games with an upper-body injury, last playing on Oct. 17 in a 4-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings. The 22-year-old has one goal and three assists this season while averaging 21:45 minutes of ice time.
Barron suffered an upper-body injury on Oct. 22 against the New York Rangers after taking a big hit from captain Jacob Trouba. He has one goal in seven games this season.
Per TSN's Kenzie Lalonde, Slafkovsky was taking line rushes with Alex Newhook and Joel Armia on the second line this morning with Kirby Dach remaining on the top line with Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield.
Ottawa Senators
Goaltenders Linus Ullmark and Anton Forsberg are both on the ice for the Senators this morning.
Ullmark was the first goaltender to leave the ice, suggesting he will start against the St. Louis on Tuesday.
Forsberg allowed four goals on 29 shots on Sunday in a 5-4 loss the Colorado Avalanche. He had to leave the game twice due to skate issues with Ullmark having to relieve him. He is 2-2-0 this season with an .895 save percentage and 3.27 GAA.
Ullmark last started on Oct. 25 against the Vegas Golden Knights in a 6-4 loss before playing 4:46 minutes on Sunday in relief of Forsberg. The 31-year-old is 1-2-0 this season with an .885 save percentage and 3.35 GAA.
Ottawa also recalled forwards Adam Gaudette and Zack Ostapchuk from AHL Belleville.
Gaudette, 28, has two goals and one assist with Ottawa this season.
Ostapchuk, 21, has one goal and four assists in six games with Belleville.
The Senators are back home Tuesday night against the St. Louis Blues.
Lines at Sens practice per TSN's Claire Hanna:
Tkachuk-Stutzle-Greig
Giroux-Norris-Batherson
Gregor-Ostapchuk-Amadio
Cousins-Gaudette-MacEwen
Sanderson-Hamonic
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-JBD
Ullmark and Forsberg
No Shane Pinto or Artem Zub
Pittsburgh Penguins
Joel Blomqvist was the first goaltender off of the ice at the team's optional skate Tuesday, suggesting he will start against the Minnesota Wild.
The 22-year-old rookie is 2-3-0 in his first NHL action this season with a .911 save percentage and a 3.34 goals-against average.
Minnesota Wild
The Wild assigned defenceman Daemon Hunt to the AHL's Iowa Wild.
The 22-year-old is without a point in one game with the NHL Wild this season, owning one assist in two AHL games.