Ice Chips: Flames recall Barrie, Klapka from AHL
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Calgary Flames
Forward Adam Klapka and defenceman Tyson Barrie have been recalled from the American Hockey League.
Klapka, 24, hasn't recorded a point in six games with the Flames this season, but has 13 goals and 12 assists over 29 games with the Calgary Wranglers of the AHL.
Barrie, 33, has one goal and one assist over nine games with the Flames in 2024-25, adding a goal and two assists in two AHL games. The 14-year NHL veteran has been a healthy scratch for most of the season.
Rookie goalie Dustin Wolf will get the start in net against the visiting Washington Capitals on Tuesday.
Montreal Canadiens
Samuel Montembeault will be between the pipes for Montreal when they host the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night.
The 28-year-old is 17-17-3 record with a 2.99 goals-against average and a .899 save percentage over 37 games with the Habs this season.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Calle Jarnkrok was among the injured players to skate ahead of the team's practice on Tuesday.
Jarnkrok was joined by fellow forwards Matthew Knies and John Tavares during the session.
The 33-year-old forward has yet to play this season after undergoing groin and hernia surgery in November. He was labelled month-to-month after the surgeries, with head coach Craig Berube stating on Jan. 14 he remained "a ways away" from a return.
Jarnkrok was limited to 52 games last year and recorded 10 goals and 21 points. He is on the third season of a four-year, $8.4 million deal with an annual cap hit of $2.1 million.
Drafted 41st overall by the Detroit Red Wings in 2010, Jarnkrok has 136 goals and 301 points in 699 career games split between the Nashville Predators, Seattle Kraken, Calgary Flames, and Maple Leafs.
Knies remains day-to-day with an upper-body injury suffered last week, while Tavares has not played since suffering a lower-body injury in practice on Jan. 16. Berube said Tavares could return to practice later this week.
Forward Max Pacioretty and goaltender Anthony Stolarz both took part in Tuesday's practice as returns for both players appear to be drawing closer.
Stolarz, 31, hasn't played since Dec. 12 as he works to get himself back in the lineup from a knee injury. He was originally expected to miss four to six weeks with the injury.
In his first season with the Maple Leafs, the American has posted a 2.15 goals-against average and .927 save percentage over 17 games.
Pacioretty has missed the last three games after taking a puck to the head on Jan. 18. The 36-year-old winger has five goals and 12 points in 32 games this season.
The Maple Leafs will host the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday, with the Edmonton Oilers in town Saturday.
Ottawa Senators
Forward Noah Gregor and was on the ice before the team's optional skate while goalie Linus Ullmark participated in the skate.
The 26-year-old Gregor hasn't played since Jan. 9 with a lower-body injury. Ullmark hasn't played since Dec. 22 with a back injury.
Gregor has four goals and two assists over 35 games this season, his first in the nation's capital.
Ullmark, 31, has a 2.38 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage alongside three shutouts over 23 games.
Vancouver Canucks
Forward Aatu Räty has been recalled from the American Hockey League.
The 22-year-old has two goals and two assists over 20 games with the Canucks this season, adding eight goals and 15 assists in the AHL.
Minnesota Wild
Star forward Kirill Kaprizov was placed on the injured reserve after the team revealed earlier Monday that the 27-year-old Russian is scheduled to undergo surgery on the lower-body injury he has dealt with since December.
Kaprizov will miss at least four weeks following the surgery.
Defenceman Jonas Brodin was also placed on the long-term injured reserve, retroactive to Jan. 7.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Lightning superstar Nikita Kucherov left Tuesday's practice after taking a fall, but head coach Jon Cooper told reporters after practice that he is fine and is expected to be in the lineup for Tampa's game against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks.
The 31-year-old has 23 goals and 50 assists in 46 games this season.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Forward Boone Jenner was once again on the ice with his Blue Jackets teammates on Tuesday.
Jenner had shoulder surgery in October and hasn't played a game this season.
The 31-year-old had 22 goals and 13 assists over 58 games last season.
Nashville Predators
Defenceman Kevin Gravel was recalled to NHL club while forward Kieffer Bellows has been reassigned to the AHL.
The 32-year-old Gravel has three goals and nine assists in 35 games in the minors this season.