It’s one of the busiest nights of the hockey year. Unlike in years past, the Winter Classic is no longer a standalone event. The NHL has 12 other games on the docket, all backlit by Team Canada taking on Team USA in an exhilarating World Junior Championships tournament. The heap of action has pulled together sparked plenty of news from around the league. Most notably, Tampa Bay … [Read more...] about Snapshots: Guentzel, Holmstrom, Chernyshov, Bains
Lightning’s Jake Guentzel Day-To-Day, Michael Eyssimont Returns
The Tampa Bay Lightning will be without star scorer Jake Guentzel for the short term, as he’s been listed day-to-day with an upper-body injury. The injury forced Guentzel out of Tampa Bay’s lineup in their Sunday matchup against Montreal. This marks Guetnzel’s first absence of the season. He’s otherwise been a core pillar of Tampa Bay’s top line, racking up 20 goals and 37 … [Read more...] about Lightning’s Jake Guentzel Day-To-Day, Michael Eyssimont Returns
Eyssimont Day-To-Day With Lower-Body Injury
Lightning winger Michael Eyssimont is listed as day-to-day with a lower-body injury, relays team reporter Gabby Shirley (Twitter link). The 28-year-old has played in 31 games so far this season, picking up three goals and two assists in just under 11 minutes a night of ice time. Tampa Bay has two open roster spots at the moment so if they need to call up someone from AHL … [Read more...] about Eyssimont Day-To-Day With Lower-Body Injury
Conor Geekie Day-To-Day With Upper-Body Injury
The Tampa Bay Lightning have announced that forward Conor Geekie is listed as day-to-day with an upper-body injury. The 20-year-old went hard into the boards in the second period of last night’s game against the Florida Panthers and left for a brief period. He was able to return to action later on and finished out the game but did not dress for tonight’s second half of a … [Read more...] about Conor Geekie Day-To-Day With Upper-Body Injury
Lightning’s J.J. Moser Out 8-10 Weeks
The Lightning announced that defenseman J.J. Moser will miss an additional eight to 10 weeks with a lower-body injury, likely knocking him out of the lineup through at least the 4 Nations Face-Off. Moser has been on injured reserve since Saturday and hasn’t played since Dec. 12 against the Flames, so there’s no corresponding roster move to be made. Moser made an early exit from … [Read more...] about Lightning’s J.J. Moser Out 8-10 Weeks