Ice Chips: Mailloux, Roy among Habs cuts to prepare for season
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Montreal Canadiens
Forward Joshua Roy and defenceman Logan Mailloux were among seven players assigned to the AHL's Laval Rocket on Monday.
Roy, 21, appeared in four preseason games recording two assists.
The 6-foot centre appeared in 23 games with the Canadiens last season, recording four goals and nine points.
Mailloux, 21, appeared in four preseason games recording an assist with a plus-6 rating.
The 6-foot-3 defenceman recorded 14 goals and 47 points in 72 games with the Rocket last season.
The Canadiens used these lines during practice, according to Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette:
Slafkovsky - Suzuki - Caufield
Newhook - Dach - Armia
Barre-Boulet - Dvorak - Anderson
Heineman - Evans - Gallagher
Matheson - Guhle
Hutson - Savard
Xhekaj - Barron
Philadelphia Flyers
Prospect Jett Luchanko has made the team as the Flyers announce their opening night roster.
Luchanko was drafted 13th overall by the Flyers last June's entry draft and recorded 20 goals and 74 points in 68 games with the OHL's Guelph Storm.
The 18-year-old forward will become the youngest player in Flyers history.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Defenceman Jake McCabe participated in Maple Leafs' practice on Monday while forward Calle Jarnkrok was absent.
McCabe missed Saturday's preseason finale to rest an upper-body injury.
The 6-foot-1 defenceman appeared in 73 games last season recording eight goals and 28 points.
Jarnkrok has been dealing with a nagging lower-body injury throughout training camp which has kept him off the ice.
The 33-year-old appeared in 52 games last season, recording 10 goals and 21 points.
The Maple Leafs used these lines at practice on Monday, according to TSN's Mark Masters:
Knies - Matthews - Marner
Domi - Tavares - Nylander
Pacioretty - Holmberg - Robertson
Lorentz - Kampf - Reaves
McMann, Dewar
Rielly - Tanev
Ekman-Larsson - McCabe
Benoit - Timmins
Myers - Liljegren
Hakanpaa
Woll
Stolarz
Ottawa Senators
The Senators returned defenceman Carter Yakemchuk to the WHL's Calgary Hitmen on Monday.
Yakemchuk was drafted seventh overall by the Senators in last June's draft and recorded two goals and seven points in four preseason games.
The Senators used these lines during Monday's practice, according to Bruce Garrioch of Postmedia:
Tkachuk - Stutzle - Cousins
Greig - Norris - Batherson
Perron - Pinto - Amadio
Gregor - Ostapchuk - MacEwen
Sanderson - Zub
Chabot - Jensen
Kleven - Hamonic
Extra: Bernard-Docker
Ullmark
Forsberg
Calgary Flames
The Flames have placed forward Yegor Sharangovich on injured reserve with a lower-body injury and has a week-to-week timeframe for his return.
Sharangovich, 26, appeared in all 82 games last season with the Flames, recording 31 goals and 59 points.
Winnipeg Jets
The Jets assigned forwards Brad Lambert and Nikita Chibrikov to the AHL's Manitoba Moose on Monday.
Lambert, 20, was the Jets first-round draft pick in 2022 and recorded 21 goals and 55 points in 64 games with the Moose last season.
Chibrikov, 21, was drafted 50th overall by the Jets in 2021 and recorded 17 goals and 47 points in 70 games with the Moose last season.
The Jets used these lines during Monday's practice:
Connor - Scheifele - Vilardi
Perfetti - Namestnikov - Ehlers
Niederreiter - Lowry - Appleton
Barron - Kupari - Iafallo
Gustafsson rotating
Morrissey - DeMelo
Samberg - Pionk
Fleury - Miller
Salomonsson - Coghlan
Washington Capitals
The Capitals assigned forward Ivan Miroshnichenko to the Hershey Bears on Monday and returned forward Andrew Cristall to the WHL's Kelowna Rockets.
Miroshnichenko, 20, appeared in 21 games with the Capitals last season, recording two goals and six points. He also recorded nine goals and 25 points in 47 games with the Bears last season.
Cristall, 19, was drafted 40th overall by the Capitals in 2023 and registered 40 goals and 111 points in 62 games in the WHL last season.
The Capitals used these lines during Monday's practice, according to Tarek El-Bashir of the Monumental Sports Network.
Ovechkin - Strome - Mangiapane
McMichael - Dubois - Wilson
Milano/Vrana - Lapierre - Protas
Duhaime - Dowd - Raddysh
Chychrun - Carlson
Roy - Fehervary
Sandin - van Riemsdyk
Alexeyov - McIlrath
Lindgren
Logan Thompson absent for personal/family reasons
Detroit Red Wings
The Red Wings have signed forward Austin Watson to a one-year, two-way contract.
Watson, 32, joined the Detroit Red Wings on a professional tryout agreement in August and recorded an assist in four preseason games
He played last season with the Tampa Bay Lightning, recording two goals, four points and 93 penalty minutes in 33 games. He did not make an appearance in the playoffs.
New York Rangers
Forward Artemi Panarin returned to practice on Monday after missing Sunday's session with a lower-body injury, according to Peter Baugh of The Athletic.
Panarin left Tuesday's 5-4 preseason victory over the New Jersey Devils with the injury, which is the second time in the preseason he exited early.
The 6-foot winger is considered to be day-to-day.
Defenceman Ryan Lindgren skated on his own prior to practice while forward Jimmy Vesey has not returned to the ice, according to Baugh.
Lindgren is out week-to-week with an upper-body injury he sustained in the team's 6-4 win over the New York Islanders on Sept. 24 while Vesey is out week-to-week with a lower-body injury he sustained in practice on Sept. 30.
The Rangers used these lines at practice on Monday according to Baugh:
Kreider - Berard - Smith
Panarin - Trocheck - Lafreniere
Cuylle - Chytil - Kakko
Edstrom - Carrrick - Rempe
Miller - Fox
Schneider - Trouba
Mancini - Jones
Shesterkin
Quick
Pittsburgh Penguins
Forward Rutger McGroarty remains with the Penguins at Monday's practice as the team draws closer to the regular season.
McGroarty was acquired by the Penguins from the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for prospect Brayden Yager on Aug. 22.
The 20-year-old winger skated on the Penguins' third line with Lars Eller and the duo of Jesse Puljujarvi and Valtteri Puustinen, who were rotating.
McGroarty has a goal and six points in six preseason games.
The Penguins used these lines during Monday's practice:
O'Connor - Crosby - Beauvillier
Bunting - Malkin - Rakell
McGroarty - Eller - Puljujarvi/Puustinen
Hayes - Glass - Acciari
Grzelcyk - Letang
Pettersson - Karlsson
Graves - St. Ivany
Shea- Brunicke
The Penguins returned defenceman Harrison Brunicke to the WHL's Kamloops Blazers on Monday.
Brunicke, 18, was drafted 44th overall in last June's draft and recorded an assist in four preseason games.
Minnesota Wild
The Wild used these lines during Monday's practice, according to Michael Russo of The Athletic:
Kaprizov - Rossi - Zuccarello
Johansson - Eriksson Ek - Boldy
Foligno - Hartman - Trenin
Lauko - Khusnutdinov - Gaudreau
Ohgren
Brodin - Faber
Middleton - Spurgeon
Chisholm - Bogosian
Merrill
Gustavsson
Fleury
Wallstedt
Boston Bruins
Forward Tyler Johnson did not participate in Monday's Bruins practice, according to Fluto Shinzawa of The Athletic.
Johnson, 33, joined the Bruins on a professional tryout agreement in August and recorded a goal and two points in four preseason games.
He played last season with the Chicago Blackhawks, recording 17 goals and 31 points in 67 games.
The Bruins used these lines for Monday's practice:
Zacha - Lindholm - Pastrnak
Marchand - Coyle - Geekie
Jones - Frederic - Brazeau
Beecher - Kastelic - Koepke
Poitras
Lindholm - McAvoy
Lohrei - Carlo
Zadorov - Peeke
Wotherspoon - Mitchell
Korpisalo
Swayman