Jack Eichel wasted no time in making his mark Tuesday.
After grabbing an assist on a Kyle Okposo goal early in the first period, Eichel followed up with a tally of his own, firing a slap shot by Ottawa Senators netminder Craig Anderson.
Eichel recorded both points on the power play. The Buffalo Sabres center made his season debut Tuesday after missing 21 games with an ankle injury.
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The Arizona Coyotes are all ears.
With the club sitting tied for last place in the NHL standings, the team could be willing to make a deal, more specifically one including forward Anthony Duclair.
TSN's Darren Dreger spoke on Tuesday's Insider Trading segment where he reported that though the Coyotes are not actively shopping the 21-year-old, they would consider a move if it was a significant deal that made sense to the team and saw a center come back the Coyotes' way.
Dreger would go on further to note that this is not the first time Duclair's name has come up in trade talks, adding that his name was thrown around during the draft in Buffalo this summer.
After a commendable 20 goals and 44 points in his rookie campaign last season, Duclair is falling victim to the sophomore slump, having posted just one goal and three assists in 20 games.
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The Boston Bruins will be without John-Michael Liles indefinitely as the team announced Tuesday that the defenseman has been sidelined with a concussion.
Liles has appeared in 22 games this season, scoring five points and averaging 16:15 in ice time.
The Bruins acquired Liles from the Carolina Hurricanes at last year's trade deadline.
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The San Jose Sharks need more from Mikkel Boedker.
After signing a four-year, $16-million contract with San Jose after spending his entire career with the Arizona Coyotes - save for last year's trade deadline deal that sent him to the Colorado Avalanche - Boedker has yet to find a role with the Sharks, or much of the net.
The move to Silicon Valley reunited Boedker with coach Peter DeBoer, who he had previously played under while with the OHL's Kitchener Rangers, when he scored 73 points in 62 games. But the reunion hasn't yielded immediate returns, with Boedker recording just two points in 22 contests.
In Saturday's 3-2 to the Anaheim Ducks, the Danish winger saw a season-low in ice time, coming in at 8:56 after being kept off the ice for the entire third period. DeBoer hopes the benching will spark the streaky winger.
"I would hope he's pissed off. (Benching) is always a last resort as a coach," DeBoer told Kevin Kurz of CSN Bay Area. "There's no doubt (he's squeezing his stick). He's a point producer, and his contract says he should be producing points."
Boedker scored 39 points in 62 games with the Coyotes last season before adding 12 in 18 with the Avs, tying his career-high of 51 points set in 2013-14.
"You've got to get out of that mindset. This is about winning games, and that stuff will follow," DeBoer added. "It's not an easy spot to be in where he's at, but you've got to battle through."
Boedker will be in the lineup Tuesday when the Sharks take on his former club, the Coyotes. As fate would have it, Boedker's last point on the season came in a Nov. 1 loss to Arizona.
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Team Canada named their 32 invitees to selection camp for the upcoming World Junior Hockey Championship on Tuesday, but the team is still eyeing a few other potential players.
Lawson Crouse and Anthony Beauvillier remain with their respective NHL clubs - the Arizona Coyotes and New York Islanders - at present, but Hockey Canada's director of player personnel Ryan Jankowski is hopeful both players might be loaned to Canada for the tournament.
"Scott Salmond (vice president of hockey operations) has been in touch with Garth Snow and John Chayka and those discussions continue and hopefully we'll catch a break with both of them, if not one," Jankowski told TSN's Gino Reda. "We'll keep talking and hopefully let the teams know that obviously we're interested and what an experience it would be for both those players."
Of course, Crouse would certainly be a welcomed addition after suiting up for Canada at the past two installments of the tournament, including the 2015 gold medal-winning squad. He currently has just one goal in 16 games with the Coyotes this season.
Meanwhile Beauvillier would also add more experience to the team having suited up last year, managing one goal in Canada's five games. The 19-year-old currently has two goals and six points in 17 games with the Islanders.
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It looks like Peter Holland's time in Toronto is coming to a close.
The Maple Leafs forward didn't accompany the team on their three-game road trip this week, and his agent met with general manager Lou Lamoriello, who will try to trade the 25-year-old:
Agent, Joe Resnick re: Holland. "Peter and Lou met this weekend. At this time, it appears that Peter's future with the club is limited"....
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) November 29, 2016
Resnick continued..."and, Lou will do his best to trade him. Lou also stated that Peter not go on the road trip during this time frame."
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) November 29, 2016
Holland has struggled to earn ice time this season, only appearing in eight games in which he's recorded a lone assist.
The Maple Leafs acquired Holland in 2013-14, and he's recorded 70 points in 203 NHL contests.
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Quite a bond was formed between Aaron Ekblad and Brian Campbell during their shared tenure on the Florida Panthers blue line.
In advance of Tuesday's game between the Panthers and Chicago Blackhawks, with whom Campbell signed as a free agent in the offseason, Ekblad talked about the impact Campbell had on him both on and off the ice:
Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad on former partner Brian Campbell. #Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/G4Iw6rxM1N
— Tracey Myers (@TramyersCSN) November 29, 2016
Campbell caught wind of Ekblad's comments, and responded via Twitter in the nicest of ways:
Wow. Thx Ek! Always will b ur biggest fan. Proud of U. https://t.co/wOuCv5wYRL
— Brian Campbell (@bcampbell_51) November 29, 2016
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As always, scouts will be watching Canada's World Junior Championship selection camp closely this year, with 16 NHL teams represented among the 32 invitees.
Related: Hockey Canada invites 32 players to World Junior selection camp
Here's the breakdown by number of prospects:
The lone invitee not already drafted is Nolan Patrick, who's expected to go first overall in the 2017 draft.
The full selection camp roster can be seen here.
HLK-N With h/t to Pat Iversen, SB Nation
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Bryan Little will play Tuesday for the Winnipeg Jets after suffering an injury in the first game of the season, head coach Paul Maurice has confirmed.
The center will skate on a line with Drew Stafford and Blake Wheeler against the New Jersey Devils.
Little left the season opener against the Carolina Hurricanes following a collision with Bryan Bickell midway through the first period, but not before recording an assist.
In 57 games last season, Little scored 17 goals and added 25 assists.
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