NHL Player News

Kaiser registered an assist and two blocked shots in Thursday's 4-3 overtime win over the Jets.

This was Kaiser's third helper of the campaign. He also logged 21:41 of ice time Thursday, his third time getting over the 20-minutes mark this season. The 24-year-old defenseman has added six shots on net, six PIM, six hits, 14 blocked shots and a minus-3 rating through eight appearances. He's more of a shutdown defenseman and likely won't score enough to help in most fantasy formats.

Levshunov scored the game-winning goal and added two hits in Thursday's 4-3 overtime win over the Jets.

Levshunov converted in overtime on a drop pass from Connor Bedard. This was Levshunov's first goal of the campaign, and he's added two assists, 11 shots on net, 11 hits, eight blocked shots and a minus-1 rating over eight appearances. The 20-year-old is still a bit raw defensively, but he's seeing steady top-four minutes, albeit without a significant power-play assignment.

Hughes scored two goals Thursday in a 7-1 win over the Rangers.

It was his first career multigoal game in the NHL; the first one stood as the game winner. Hughes has three goals, one assist and 22 shots in seven games so far this season. He's averaging 24:06, which is a full minute more than last season (23:01). Hughes hasn't been a prolific goal scorer in his career, so these kinds of nights are few and far between. But he's entering the season with good health and hope for his first 50-point season.

Montour (lower body) won't finish Thursday's game versus the Lightning.

Montour sustained the injury early in the contest, though he attempted to play through it before getting ruled out. The 32-year-old defenseman can be considered day-to-day until a more specific update is available. If he misses Saturday's game versus the Panthers, Cale Fleury will draw into the lineup.

Nurse (upper body) wasn't on the ice for warmups, indicating he'll miss Thursday's game versus the Predators, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports.

Nurse will have to miss at least one game after getting hurt in a fight Tuesday versus the Bruins. Nolan Allan is expected to take Nurse's place in the lineup. The Sharks' road trip continues Saturday in Detroit, and Nurse will likely be a game-time decision leading up to that game.

Nurse (upper body) is expected to be a game-time decision against Nashville on Thursday, per Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now.

Nurse didn't finish Tuesday's game against Boston after participating in a fight versus Nikita Zadorov. The 31-year-old defenseman did take part in Thursday's morning skate, which is encouraging, but he also stayed on with the extras. If Nurse is unable to play in San Jose's tilt against the Predators, then Nolan Allan will likely draw back into the lineup.

Makar was held scoreless on two shots with two hits, a blocked shot and a plus-1 rating during Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the Stars.

Makar missed Tuesday's game against Dallas while awaiting the birth of his twin sons, but he returned to action during the rematch in the second half of the back-to-back set. The 27-year-old was held off the scoresheet for the second time in his first six appearances of the season, but he saw a regular workload and should be available for Colorado moving forward.

Lambos was called up by Minnesota on Thursday.

Lambos has a goal and an assist in four appearances with AHL Iowa in 2026-27. Justin Kirkland was reassigned to Iowa in a corresponding move. The Wild are missing defensemen Brock Faber (skull), Olli Maatta (upper body) and Jared Spurgeon (upper body), so Lambos provides Minnesota with a seventh healthy defenseman going into Thursday's game against St. Louis.

Heinola was recalled from AHL Henderson on Thursday.

Heinola racked up three assists during a quick stop down in the minors, but he will link back up with the Knights ahead of Thursday's clash with the Flames. Even with his promotion, Heinola will likely serve as a healthy scratch rather than replacing Dylan Coghlan in the lineup.

Head coach Scott Arniel said Thursday that Morrissey (wrist) is considered week-to-week, Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press reports.

Morrissey sustained a wrist injury against the Avalanche on Oct. 7 and was initially considered day-to-day. He's slated to miss a third consecutive game Thursday against the Blackhawks and will require more time to recover than the Jets initially expected. Arniel said that Morrissey isn't expected to require surgery to address the issue, but it's not yet clear when the defenseman will be back in action.