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 NHL notebook: Blackhawks G Crawford regains starting spot
Chicago goalie Corey Crawford will be back in net when the
Blackhawks face the Minnesota Wild in the teams' Central Division
Championship series later this week.
Crawford relieved Scott Darling in Game 6 against Nashville and
sparked the Blackhawks as they clinched their first-round playoff
series against the Predators.
Darling had started four of six games against Nashville.
In his last start, Crawford gave up six goals to the Predators in
Game 2 of their series.
--The New York Rangers announced that forward Mats Zuccarello will
be sidelined indefinitely after suffering an upper-body injury.
The New York Post reports Zuccarello has a concussion.
Zuccarello was injured in the first period of Saturday's Game 5
series-clinching win against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
James Sheppard, who was acquired from San Jose at the deadline,
likely will replace Zuccarello.
-- Shea Weber, star defenseman for the Nashville Predators, is
recovering from surgery to repair a subluxed kneecap and is expected
to be healthy in 4-6 weeks, the team said.
Weber was injured in Game 2 of Nashville's 4-2 series loss against
the Chicago Blackhawks and did not play the rest of the series.
--NHL Hall of Fame defenseman Marcel Pronovost died Sunday. He was
84.
The former Detroit Red Wings star won the Stanley Cup four times
while playing in the Motor City. He won a fifth title while a member
of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Pronovost played in 1,206 games, was named to four postseason
All-Star teams and skated in 11 NHL All-Star Games.
--The St. Louis Blues assigned forward Ty Rattie and goaltender
Niklas Lundstrom to their AHL affiliate, Chicago Wolves.
The Wolves are tied 1-1 in their Western Conference quarterfinals
series against the Utica Comets. Game 3 is scheduled for Wednesday
in Utica.
--The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned their top prospect, Oskar
Sundqvist, to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League.
The 21-year-old center was the Penguins' third-round selection in
2012.
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