Ice Chips: Nylander at centre with Domi, Jarnkrok
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Toronto Maple Leafs
Group 2 has hit the ice with William Nylander skating at centre with Max Domi and Calle Jarnkrok on the wings.
Nylander, 28, had 40 goals and a career-high 98 points in 82 games last season.
Max Pacioretty, who is in camp on a PTO and expected to sign, is skating with Pontus Holmberg and prospect Nikita Grebenkin.
On defence, Oliver Ekman-Larsson is skating with Jake McCabe while Timothy Liljegren is paired with Cade Webber.
Defenceman Simon Benoit is absent from practice this morning as he and his partner welcomed their first child.
On the ice in Group 1, Matthew Knies is skating on the top line with new captain Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner while John Tavares is centering the second line with Bobby McMann and Nick Robertson.
Top prospect Easton Cowan is at left wing on the third line with Jacob Quillan and Alex Nylander.
Group 1 also features what is expected to be Toronto's top defence pairing to open the season in Morgan Rielly and Chris Tanev.
The Maple Leafs open their regular season on Oct. 9 against the Montreal Canadiens.
Group 2 of 3
Domi - Nylander - Jarnkrok
Pacioretty - Holmberg - Grebenkin
Lorentz - Kampf - Reaves
Ekman-Larsson - McCabe
Webber - Liljegren
Kokkonen - Niemela
Stolarz
Hildeby
Absent: Benoit (baby)
Group 1 of 3 lines
Knies - Matthews - Marner
McMann - Tavares - Robertson
Cowan - Quillan - A. Nylander
Rielly - Tanev
Chadwick - Timmins
Rifai - Villeneuve
Mermis - Myers
Woll
Murray
Montreal Canadiens
Summer acquisition Patrik Laine is skating alongside Kirby Dach and Alex Newhook to kick off the first practice of training camp.
Laine was acquired from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Aug. 19 along with a 2026 second-round pick in exchange for defenceman Jordan Harris.
He appeared in just 18 games with Columbus last season, scoring six goals with nine points. He entered the NHL/NHLPA Players Assistance Program in January and was cleared to return on July 26.
Last year's top line of Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky have been reunited this morning.
Per The Athletic's Arpon Basu, today's third group consists of Joshua Roy, Brendan Gallagher, Josh Anderson, Joel Armia, Christian Dvorak and Jake Evans.
Calgary Flames
Tyson Barrie, who is skating in training camp on a PTO, is paired with Joel Hanley in the first on-ice session.
Barrie, 33, had one goal and 15 points in 41 games last season with the Nashville Predators.
The other defence duos on the ice are MacKenzie Weegar with Daniil Miromanov, who came over at the trade deadline in the deadl that sent Noah Hanifin to the Vegas Golden Knights.
Prospect Hunter Brzustewicz, who was acquired last season in the Elias Lindholm trade with the Vancouver Canucks, is skating with free agent signing Jarred Tinordi.
Up front, captain Mikael Backlund is skating with Connor Zary and Blake Coleman while Nazem Kadri is centering Andrei Kuzmenko and Yegor Sharangovich.
Boston Bruins
The Bruins have signed goaltender Kasimir Kaskisuo to a professional tryout agreement on Thursday.
Kaskisuo, 30, played in 13 games with the AHL's Laval Rocket last season, putting up a 7-4-0 record with a .909 save percentage and 2.90 GAA.
He has appeared in 108 career AHL games split between the Toronto Marlies, Chicago Wolves and Rocket. He has appeared in two NHL games, one with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2019-20 and one with Nashville in 2020-21.
Boston is without No. 1 goalie Jeremy Swayman, who is currently a restricted free agent in need of a new deal. Swayman, 25, went 25-10-8 last season with a.916 save percentage and 2.53 GAA.
New Jersey Devils
Star centre Jack Hughes is on the ice in the Devils' group at training camp after off-season shoulder surgery.
Hughes missed 20 games with shoulder issues in 2023-24 before having season-ending surgery in April.
The 23-year-old had 27 goals and 74 points in 62 games last season. He had a career year in 2022-23, scoring 43 goals with 99 points in 78 games.
Detroit Red Wings
Captain Dylan Larkin is on the ice for the first day of training camp as he's coming off off-season upper-body surgery in June.
The 28-year-old had a career-high 33 goals along with 69 points in 68 games last season.
Larkin is flanked by Alex DeBrincat and Lucas Raymond, who signed an eight-year, $64.6 million contract extension on Monday.
Michael Rasmussen is practising alongside Andrew Copp and Christian Fischer and per The Athletic's Max Bultman, the 25-year-old has recovered from the upper-body injury that kept him out of the final seven games of the regular season.
He had a career high 33 points in 75 games last season.
Utah Hockey Club
Forward Nick Bjugstad and defenceman John Marino are week-to-week with upper-body injuries.
Bjugstad spent the 2023-24 season with the franchise in Arizona, scoring 22 goals with 45 points in 76 games.
Marino was acquired by Utah from the New Jersey Devils on June 29 in exchange for draft picks.
The 27-year-old had four goals and 25 points in 75 games last season with the Devils.