NHL News and Notes from Friday, April 7th, 2023

News

• The Minnesota Wild made a few injury related announcements.
  • The Wild announced that forwards Joel Eriksson Ek and Oskar Sundqvist both have lower body injuries.
    • Eriksson Ek is listed as week to week while Sunqvist is listed as day to day.

• The Wild also had an update on forward Kirill Kaprizov

• The Washington Capitals also made a couple of moves.
  • The Capitals announced that they have signed goaltender Mitchell Gibson.
    • Gibson would sign a one year NHL entry level deal that’ll go into effect next season.

• The Capitals would also re-assign forward Ludwig Persson to Hershey of the AHL from BIK Karlskoga of HockeyAllsvenskan (Sweden -2).

Game Recaps

• None

Today’s Games

• CAR v. BUF – 1230p ET
• PIT v. DET – 1p ET
• VGK v. DAL – 330p ET
• EDM v. SJ – 4p ET
• ANA v. ARI – 530p ET
• NAS v. WIN – 7p ET
• FLA v. WAS – 7p ET
• MON v. TOR – 7p ET
• NYR v. CLB – 7p ET
• TB v. OTT – 7p ET
• PHI v. NYI – 730p ET
• STL v. MIN – 8p ET
• NJ v. BOS – 8p ET
• CAL v. VAN – 10p ET
• CHI v. SEA – 10p ET
• COL v. LA – 1030p ET

Noteworthy in Hockey

• McDavid talks legacy, goals in Part 1 of exclusive Q&A with NHL.com (NHL)
• 32 Thoughts Podcast: Coffee, Grunge, & Playoff Hockey (SportsNet)
• Jonathan Toews on his NHL playing future: ‘If it’s not a hell yeah, it’s a hell no’ (The Athletic – $)

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