Jan 6, 2021
Ice Chips: Team Blue dominates Leafs' skate
Team Blue dominated the first inter-squad scrimmage of training camp for the Toronto Maple Leafs, picking up a 6-0 win with goals from Auston Matthews, Wayne Simmonds, Morgan Rielly, Jason Spezza, Joey Anderson and Mitch Marner.
TSN.ca Staff
As NHL training camps continue on Tuesday, keep updated on all the injury news and roster updates from around the with daily Ice Chips.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Team Blue dominated the first inter-squad scrimmage of training camp, picking up a 6-0 win with goals from Auston Matthews, Wayne Simmonds, Morgan Rielly, Jason Spezza, Joey Anderson and Mitch Marner.
Team Blue:
Thornton-Matthews-Marner
Barabanov-Spezza-Simmonds
Robertson-Brooks-Anderson
Rielly-Brodie
Sandin-Dermott
Rosen-Hollowell
Campbell
Hutchinson
Team White:
Vesey-Tavares-Nylander
Mikheyev-Engvall*-Hyman
Petan-Chartier-Boyd
Muzzin-Holl
Lehtonen-Bogosian
Marincin-Liljegren
Andersen
Dell
Prior to the scrimmage, Pierre Engvall was elevated to the team's NHL group on Wednesday, replacing Alex Kerfoot.
Kerfoot is considered day-to-day after sustaining an injury on Tuesday.
Defenceman Joseph Duszak was also added to the team's training camp roster. The 23-year-old had three goals and 18 points in 23 games with the AHL's Toronto Marlies last season.
Chicago Blackhawks
Defenceman Nikita Zadorov was ruled unfit to participate and missed Wednesday's skate.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Team captain Sidney Crosby left the team's scrimmage early on Wednesday, but returned a short time later.
Josh Yohe of The Athletic reports did collide with teammate Cody Ceci earlier in the session, but also had been dealing with issues with his skates.
Buffalo Sabres
Forwards Dylan Cozens and Jack Quinn were added to the team's training camp roster on Wednesday and will join the team on ice in the coming days after competing in the World Junior Championship.
Cozens, selected seventh overall in the 2019 NHL Draft, finished second in tournament scoring with eight goals and 16 points in seven games en route to winning a silver medal with Canada.
Quinn, selected eighth overall in the 2020 NHL Draft, posted one goal and five points in seven games with Team Canada.
Captain Jack Eichel and goaltender Linus Ullmark skated for the first time since camp began on Wednesday.
The Sabres also added defenceman Ryan Jones to the roster on a professional tryout contract on Wednesday. Jones, a fourth-round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016, spent the past four seasons at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
Winnipeg Jets
Team Blue picked up a 3-2 win over Team White in the Jets' scrimmage on Wednesday, with Trevor Lewis and Jansen Harkins each posting a goal and an assist.
Here's the rosters for each team:
Montreal Canadiens
The team used the following lines during their first skate Wednesday:
Tatar - Danault - Gallagher
Drouin - Suzuki - Anderson
Toffoli - Kotkaniemi - Armia
Lehkonen - Evans - Byron
Frolik - Poehling - Perry
Chiarot - Weber
Edmundson - Petry
Kulak - Romanov
Ouellet - Mete
Price
Allen
Primeau
Edmonton Oilers
The team said the following lines would be used during Wednesday's skates:
Forwards
Group 1
Ennis-Draisaitl-Yamamoto
Archibald-Turris-Puljujarvi
Quine-Marody-Cracknell
Griffith
Group 2
RNH-McDavid-Kassian
Nygard-Khaira-Chiasson
Benson-McLeod-Russell
Defence
Group 1
Nurse-Bear
Koekkoek-Bouchard
Lagesson-Lennstrom
Group 2
Russell-Barrie
Jones-Larsson
Niemelainen-Stanton
Ottawa Senators
Head coach D.J. Smith praised centre Colin White after Wednesday's scrimmage.
"I thought Colin White continues to impress," Smith said. "I thought Anisimov scored another goal today and get a breakaway. I thought Chabot was probably at his best skating really well, being physical, and there was a lot of guys that played well but those 3 particular stuck out."
The team used the following lines at Wednesday's scrimmage:
Paul White Batherson
Paquette Norris C.Brown
Haley Beaudin Shaw
Kelly Sokolov
Chabot Gudbranson
Coburn Zub
Aspriot Jaros
Murray
Daccord
Team B
Tkachuk L.Brown Dadonov
Galchenyuk Anisimov Watson
Formenton Chlapik Balcers
Peca
Reilly Zaitsev
Wolanin J.Brown
Lajoie Thompson
Alsing
Hogberg
Mandolese
Boston Bruins
The team was using the following lines during their first skate on Wednesday:
Marchand – Bergeron – Studnicka
Bjork – Kuraly – Wagner
Frederic/Filipe – Lindholm – Senyshyn
Lauzon – McAvoy
Zboril – Miller
Ahcan – Kampfer
Rask
Vladar
Booth
Washington Capitals
Zdeno Chara took part in his first skate with the Capitals on Wednesday.
The team used the following lines during Wednesday's skate, per Tom Gulitti of NHL.com
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Vrana-Backstrom-Oshie
Sheary-Eller-Panik
Hagelin-Dowd-Hathaway
Orlov-Carlson
Dillon-Schultz
Chara-Jensen
Samsonov
Anderson