Ice Chips: Coyle, Nelson to debut for Avs vs. Maple Leafs
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Colorado Avalanche
Head coach Jared Bednar confirmed that trade deadline acquisitions Charlie Coyle and Brock Nelson will make their Avalanche debuts tonight against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood gets the start in net.
Coyle was acquired on Friday from the Boston Bruins along with a 2026 fifth-round pick in exchange for Casey Mittelstadt, forward prospect Will Zellers and a 2025 second-round selection.
Coyle, 33, had 15 goals and 22 points in 64 games this season with Boston.
Nelson and William Dufour were traded to the Avalanche late Thursday with Calum Ritchie, Oliver Kylington, a first-round pick in the 2026 or 2027 NHL Entry Draft, and a conditional third-round selection in 2028 going to the New York Islanders.
Nelson had 20 goals and 43 points in 61 games with the Islanders this season.
The Avs are third in the Central Division with 76 points and have won four straight games.
Dallas Stars
Mikko Rantanen is at Stars practice skating alongside Roope Hintz and Jason Robertson ahead of tonight's game against the Edmonton Oilers.
Dallas acquired Rantanen from the Carolina Hurricanes at the trade deadline on Friday in exchange for forward Logan Stankoven, two first-round picks and two third-round selections after Rantanen informed the Hurricanes he would not sign an extension.
As part of thedeal, the Stars signed Rantanen to an eight-year, $96 million contract with a cap hit of $12 million and a full no-move clause through the 2032-33 season.
The Stars are second in the Central Division with 84 points and have won four games in a row.
Edmonton Oilers
Trade deadline acquisition defenceman Jake Walman is on the ice for practice this morning as the Oilers prepare to face the Dallas Stars tonight.
TSN's Ryan Rishaug adds defencemen Mattias Ekholm and John Klingberg are not at practice and that Walman could pair with Ty Emberson. The forward lines remain the same.
Walman was acquired just before the trade deadline from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for forward Carl Berglund and a 2026 first-round pick.
The 29-year-old scored six goals and 26 assists for a career-high 32 points in 50 games for San Jose this season.
The Toronto native is in the second-year of a three-year, $10.2 million deal that carries an AAV of $3.4 million.
Ottawa Senators
Newest trade acquisition forward Fabian Zetterlund will not be in the lineup today against the New York Rangers but centre Dylan Cozens and defenceman Dennis Gilbert will make their Sens debuts.
The Senators acquired Cozens, Gilbert and a 2026 second-round pick from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for forward Josh Norris and defenceman Jacob Bernard-Docker on Friday at the trade deadline.
The team later acquired Zetterlund, forward Tristen Robins, and a fourth-round pick from the San Jose Sharks for Zack Ostapchuk, Noah Gregor and a 2025 second-round pick.
Defenceman Tyler Kleven will return to the lineup after dealing with an injury. Fellow defenceman Nikolas Matinpalo was not on the ice today.
Goaltender Linus Ullmark will get the start.
Projected lines vs. Rangers
Tkachuk-Stutzle-Giroux
Perron-Cozens-Batherson
Greig-Pinto-Amadio
Gaudette-Highmore
Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-Hamonic
Gilbert
Ullmark starts
Forsberg
New York Rangers
Igor Shesterkin will get the start today in goal against the Ottawa Senators.
He is 3-1-1 in his last five starts, coming off a 3-2 overtime loss to the Washington Capitals where he stopped 23 of 26 shots on the night.
The 29-year-old is 21-21-3 in 45 appearances for the Rangers this season, with a .905 save percentage and 2.86 goals-against average.
The Rangers are third in the Eastern Conference wild-card race and have the same number of points as the Senators (67) but Ottawa has one game in hand.
Philadelphia Flyers
Goaltender Samuel Ersson gets the start this afternoon against the Seattle Kraken at home.
Ersson, 25, is 18-11-4 in 36 appearances this season with an .889 save percentage and 2.94 GAA.
Forwards Rodrigo Abols and Olle Lycksell draw into the lineup along with defenceman Emil Andrae.
Defenceman Cam York will sit with Andrae drawing in.