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[December 19, 2017] The Sports Xchange

12/18/2017 NHL Note - Chicago Blackhawks Pokka, Ville

D Ville Pokka was assigned to Rockford of the American Hockey League, the team announced Monday. Pokka was recalled by the Blackhawks on Wednesday, but did not appear in a game with the team.

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NHL Note - San Jose Sharks Couture, Logan

C Logan Couture has been ruled out of Monday's game against the host Edmonton Oilers with a head injury. Couture exited early in the third period of Friday's game versus the Vancouver Canucks following a high hit from Alexander Burmistrov, who received a minor penalty for interference.

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NHL Note - Colorado Avalanche Barrie, Tyson

F Tyson Barrie scored two goals in Monday's 4-2 win over the Penguins. Barrie broke a 1-1 tie with his second goal of the game after Pittsburgh's Ian Cole went off for crosschecking. His shot from the point went through teammates and Penguins players and beat Matt Murray at 5:56 of the second.

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NHL Note - Colorado Avalanche Varlamov, Semyon

G Semyon Varlamov had 30 saves in Monday's 4-2 win over the Penguins. He stopped Phil Kessel on a breakaway early in the first and then was able to clear away Josh Archibald's shot that dribbled through his legs and rested on the goal line in the second period.

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NHL Note - Los Angeles Kings Folin, Christian

D Christian Folin left the game Monday with an upper-body injury after the first period and did not return. He will be re-examined on Tuesday.

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NHL Note - Colorado Avalanche Andrighetto, Sven

RW Sven Andrighetto had two assists in Monday's 4-2 win over the Penguins.

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NHL Note - New York Rangers Brown, Chris

RW Dustin Brown played in his 999th NHL game Monday. The hard-hitting 33-year-old veteran has been incredibly durable in his NHL career, missing just 17 games over the past 14 seasons.

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NHL Note - Los Angeles Kings Andreoff, Andy

LW Andy Andreoff returned to the lineup Monday after sitting out the previous 10 games after he was hurt by a punch from Anaheim Ducks D Kevin Bieksa on Nov. 25.

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NHL Note - Montreal Canadiens Weber, Shea

D Shea Weber of the Montreal Canadiens is being shut down due to a nagging foot injury, the team announced Monday. Coach Claude Julien said that Weber's ailing foot has not improved and that he was being sent to Montreal to be re-evaluated. The 32-year-old has scored six goals and set up 10 others with a minus-8 rating in 26 games this season.

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NHL Note - New Jersey Devils Boyle, Brian

C Brian Boyle established a single-game career high with three assists in the Devils' win over Anaheim Monday.

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NHL Note - Boston Bruins McAvoy, Charlie

D Charlie McAvoy recorded a Gordie Howe Hat Trick -- a goal, assist and a fight -- in Monday's 7-2 win over the Blue Jackets. He scored a goal in the second period, and picked up an assist and fought Pierre-Luc Dubois of the Jackets in the third.

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NHL Note - Boston Bruins Rask, Tuukka

G Tuukka Rask improved to 6-0-1 in his last seven starts when he made 16 saves in Monday's 7-2 rout of Columbus.

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NHL Note - New Jersey Devils Noesen, Stefan

RW Stefan Noesen scored into an empty net at 19:53 on Monday, his fifth of the season and third in the last three games.

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NHL Note - New Jersey Devils Palmieri, Kyle

RW Kyle Palmieri returned to the lineup after an injury absence. Palmieri missed 12 straight games with a broken foot,

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NHL Note - Boston Bruins Heinen, Danton

C Danton Heinen had a goal and two assists in Monday's 7-2 win over the Blue Jackets. Heinen has four goals and nine points in the last seven games.

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NHL Note - Boston Bruins DeBrusk, Jake

RW Jake DeBrusk had a goal and two assists in Monday's 7-2 win over the Blue Jackets.

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NHL Note - Boston Bruins Krejci, David

C David Krejci was a surprise no-show for warmups, then was declared out with an upper-body injury and will not travel to Buffalo for Tuesday night's game -- his 13th and 14th games missed this season because of what started as an upper back problem resulting from a slash.

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NHL Note - Pittsburgh Penguins Hornqvist, Patric

RW Patric Hornqvist was sent back to Pittsburgh for further evaluation of his upper-body injury suffered in Saturday's 4-2 win In Arizona. Hornqvist has 11 goals and 10 assists in 31 games this season.

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NHL Note - Colorado Avalanche Kerfoot, Alexander

C Alexander Kerfoot returned to the lineup Monday against the Penguins after missing three games with a foot injury. Kerfoot was hurt by a shot from teammate Erik Johnson in the game in Pittsburgh on Dec. 11.

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NHL Note - New Jersey Devils Hall, Taylor

Devils LW Taylor Hall returned to the lineup after an injury absence. Hall sat out the last two ganes with a sore knee.

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NHL Note - Boston Bruins Marchand, Brad

LW Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist in Monday's 7-2 win over the Blue Jackets. He scored 14th goal of the season, extending his career-high points streak to nine straight games.

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NHL Note - New Jersey Devils Johansson, Marcus

LW Marcus Johansson (ankle) is close to returning and could play Thursday against the New York Rangers, according to Devils coach John Hynes.

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NHL Note - Colorado Avalanche Johnson, Erik

D Erik Johnson missed Monday's game against the Penguins while he served the first of his two-game suspension for boarding Vladislav Namestnikov in Saturday's loss to Tampa Bay

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NHL Note - Pittsburgh Penguins Ruhwedel, Chad

D Chad Ruhwedel had a goal and an assist in Monday's 4-2 loss to the Avalanche.

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NHL Note - Pittsburgh Penguins Murray, Matt

G Matt Murray made 33 saves on Monday's 4-2 loss to the Avalanche.

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NHL Note - Edmonton Oilers Strome, Ryan

C Ryan Strome potted two goals, including the 10,000th the Oilers have scored in the NHL, on Monday night.

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NHL Note - San Jose Sharks Couture, Logan

C Logan Couture was out Monday with a concussion suffered in Friday's overtime loss to Vancouver. He leads the Sharks with 15 goals and 26 points.

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NHL Note - San Jose Sharks Boedker, Mikkel

LW Mikkel Boedker moved from injured reserve to the roster ahead of Monday's game. Boedker hadn't played since Dec. 1 because of a lower-body injury.

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NHL Note - Edmonton Oilers Larsson, Adam

D Adam Larsson (upper-body injury) was activated from injured reserve before the game. Larsson had been out since Nov. 30.

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