Kreider (back) skated with Mika Zibanejad and Alexis Lafreniere during Thursday's practice, Vince Z. Mercogliano of USA Today reports.

Kreider missed the last six games of the 2020-21 campaign with a back injury, but he appears to be ready to rock ahead of the start of the 2021-22 season. The 30-year-old winger was his usual productive and well-rounded self last year, finishing the campaign with 20 goals, 30 points, 102 shots and 115 hits in 50 contests.