NEW YORK, N.Y. - The NHL has suspended Columbus Blue Jackets forward Jared Boll four games without pay for interference against Philadelphia Flyers forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare. The incident occurred at 3:26 of the second period of Colum...

The injury bug has struck Ryan Nugent-Hopkins once again.

The Edmonton Oilers center will be out at least one game with what head coach Todd McLellan is calling a "minor concussion." The team added that he will continue to be evaluated.

Nugent-Hopkins left Tuesday's contest against the Arizona Coyotes after taking a high hit from defenseman Connor Murphy.

The 22-year-old's latest bout with injury comes after he missed 23 games with a broken right index finger from Jan. 18 to March 12.

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Columbus Blue Jackets forward Jared Boll has been suspended four games without pay for interference on Philadelphia Flyers winger Pierre-Edouard Bellemare on Tuesday night.

As a repeat offender, Boll will forfeit nearly $83,000.

He was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct for delivering a high hit that the league described as "excessively late and incredibly forceful."

Bellemare stayed in the game after the collision.

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James Reimer wasn't expecting to be traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs.

"I don't think I want to get into all the details, but I had the feeling I would stick around in Toronto," the San Jose Sharks goaltender told ESPN's Pierre LeBrun on Thursday.

"I didn't get the feeling at all that I'd be going somewhere. So I was a little surprised when it happened. But at the same time, I wasn't shocked. You know the situation Toronto is in. I guess they felt they were building for the future and (wanted to) get some pieces."

The Leafs dealt Reimer to the Sharks in a four-player trade last month, two days before the deadline.

After the trade, the pending unrestricted free agent said returning to the Maple Leafs is "definitely an option."

The 28-year-old stated in January that he would like to be a Maple Leaf for his whole career, and that his heart was with Toronto, the organization that drafted him in 2006.

He didn't expect to reunite with Roman Polak or Nick Spaling, who were traded to San Jose from Toronto five days before his deal.

"It was kind of funny. I'm thinking I may never see them again, who knows. All of a sudden, a couple of days later, here we are," Reimer told LeBrun on Thursday, laughing.

The netminder has allowed only five goals in four appearances since the trade, notching a pair of shutouts.

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Who broke the losing skid? Ja Rule. pic.twitter.com/1kCK7VihqY

— IslesBlog (@IslesBlog) March 24, 2016

Who doesn't enjoy a little Wednesday night hockey?

Ja Rule was at Barclays Center to watch the New York Islanders defeat the Ottawa Senators.

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Tyler Myers' season is finished.

The Winnipeg Jets defenseman underwent knee surgery Thursday, and will also undergo hip surgery which will include a 16-to-20 week recovery, the team announced.

The 26-year-old will miss his anticipated return to Buffalo on Saturday, where he began his career.

Myers had appeared in all of his club's 73 games this season, posting nine goals and 27 points.

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Shane Doan appears to be leaning toward playing in 2016-17.

"Yeah, I probably would be," the Arizona Coyotes captain told "Burns & Gambo" on local radio station Arizona Sports 98.7 on Wednesday.

Doan said he's already talked to his family about his future and a collective decision will come at season's end.

"It's going to be a decision that I make personally, but at the same time, I'm very aware that my kids are getting older and my wife's been supporting me for a long time ... I'm cognizant of all that and I don't want to take that lightly."

The 39-year-old said the Coyotes haven't yet approached him about a contract for next season, but there's been no animosity between them.

"They've just been respectful in the way that they're saying that if it works for me to come back, then we'll talk then, and if it doesn't, they'll be supportive of whatever."

Coyotes general manager Don Maloney said in December that Doan is welcome to stay with the club "as long as he wants to."

Doan has spent his entire 20-year career with the Coyotes franchise after being drafted seventh overall by the original Winnipeg Jets in 1995.

He has 25 goals and 43 points in 64 games this season.

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The Carolina Hurricanes will welcome All-Star defenseman Justin Faulk back to the lineup Thursday when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Faulk has been sidelined since Feb. 23, missing the club's last 12 games and 18 of the past 19.

Carolina could use Faulk in the lineup, as it's lost five in a row and sits seven points outside the final playoff spot in the East.

The 24-year-old was enjoying a career year prior to his injury, matching a career best with 15 goals and 34 points in 55 games.

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Former Montreal Canadiens great Guy Lafleur believes it's pretty clear what his former team needs to do to get better.

Lafleur was at a charity event Wednesday where he insisted that changes need to come to the team's roster, while making a brash observation.

"The offseason? They have to get some better players (laughs)," Lafleur told Pro Hockey Talk. "The way I look at it right now, there’s no first line, second line, third line. I think they have four fourth lines."

Lafleur also questioned how the team could completely fall apart without its No. 1 goalie.

"It’s strange to see that one man could make a big difference because Carey Price doesn’t score any goals," Lafleur said. "Some of the guys, some of the leaders have to show up a bit more and they have to take charge."

After starting the season 9-0-0, the Canadiens sit sixth in the Atlantic Division, nine points out of the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

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