NHL Player News
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Zach Bogosian D | MIN
Wild's Zach Bogosian: First point since return
Bogosian logged an assist in Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Flames.
The helper was Bogosian's first point of the season. He's been back for seven games since he missed a month with a lower-body injury. Bogosian has been a fixture on the third pairing when healthy, and his relatively limited role will keep his scoring numbers down. In addition to the assist, he's earned 11 shots on net, 12 hits, 13 blocked shots and a plus-4 rating through 12 appearances this season.
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Zeev Buium D | VAN
Wild's Zeev Buium: Plucks apple in loss
Buium notched an assist in Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Flames.
Buium has four helpers (two on the power play) and a plus-1 rating over his last 11 contests. He's added just seven shots on net, so he'll need to be generating more chances for his offense to become reliable. He's at three goals, 10 assists, 29 shots on net, 14 blocked shots and a minus-9 rating through 28 outings on the year.
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Joel Hanley D | CGY
Flames' Joel Hanley: Deals assist in win
Hanley logged an assist in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Wild.
Hanley helped out on a Matthew Coronato goal in the third period. This ended a 10-game point drought for Hanley, who was also a healthy scratch three times in that span. Hanley, Jake Bean and Brayden Pachal have been in contention for two spots in the lineup for much of the last month or so, and that will continue with Zayne Parekh (upper body) expected to be loaned to Canada's World Junior Championship team soon. Through 26 outings, Hanley has four helpers, 17 shots on net, 22 hits, 36 blocked shots, 13 PIM and a minus-2 rating.
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Rasmus Andersson D | CGY
Flames' Rasmus Andersson: Earns pair of points Thursday
Andersson scored an empty-net goal on six shots, dished an assist, went plus-3 and blocked four shots in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Wild.
The defenseman set up Jonathan Huberdeau's opening goal in the middle frame before adding the empty-netter in the third period. Andersson has slowed down a bit recently but still picked up six helpers during his six-game goal drought prior to Thursday. For the season, he's up to six goals, 20 points, 66 shots on net, 57 blocked shots, 34 PIM and an even plus-minus rating through 29 appearances in what's shaping up as a bounce-back campaign.
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Brandon Montour D | SEA
Kraken's Brandon Montour: Set to play Thursday
Montour (undisclosed) is expected to play Thursday in Edmonton, per the NHL media site.
Montour has five goals and 13 points in 20 appearances in 2025-26. He was considered questionable for Thursday's game because he missed practices, but the 31-year-old didn't end up spending any time out of the lineup due to the injury.
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Justin Barron D | NSH
Predators' Justin Barron: Still out Thursday
Barron (lower body) won't play Thursday versus the Panthers, Brooks Bratten of the Predators' official site reports.
Barron remains out on a day-to-day basis with the injury. It's unclear if he'll get back into the lineup immediately once healthy, thanks to the strong play of Nick Blankenburg recently. The Predators face the Hurricanes on Saturday.
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Nicklaus Perbix D | NSH
Predators' Nick Perbix: Out Thursday
Perbix (upper body) isn't available Thursday versus Florida, Brooks Bratten of the Predators' official site reports.
Perbix has two goals and four points in 25 outings in 2025-26. He was also out of the lineup for Tuesday's 5-1 win over Calgary. Adam Wilsby is set to play in his second straight game due to Perbix's absence.
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K'Andre Miller D | CAR
Hurricanes' K'Andre Miller: Sitting out Thursday
Miller (illness) is not expected to play Thursday versus the Maple Leafs, Ryan Henkel of The Hockey News
Miller was deemed questionable to play prior to the contest, but it looks like he'll have to miss at least one game. Mike Reilly figures to step into the lineup in place of Miller, who will try to be ready for Saturday's game versus the Predators.
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Domenick Fensore D | CAR
Hurricanes' Domenick Fensore: Recalled by Carolina
Fensore was recalled from AHL Chicago on Thursday, Walt Ruff of the Hurricanes' official site reports.
Fensore was sent to the minors in mid-November, but he'll rejoin the Hurricanes ahead of Thursday's game against the Maple Leafs to provide additional depth since K'Andre Miller is considered questionable due to an illness. Fensore has made just three career NHL appearances, logging no points, six blocked shots, four hits, two PIM and a minus-2 rating while averaging 19:10 of ice time.