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Ice Chips: Auston Matthews is not on the ice at Toronto Maple Leafs practice
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Ice Chips: Auston Matthews is not on the ice at Toronto Maple Leafs practice

Keep up with all the injury news and roster updates from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.


Toronto Maple Leafs

Captain Auston Matthews is not on the ice for Maple Leafs practice.

Matthews was ruled out Tuesday with an upper-body injury and missed the 4-0 win over the Boston Bruins. The Maple Leafs had a day off on Wednesday.

Matthews played in Sunday’s 2-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild, recording one assist in 22:12 of ice time.

The 27-year-old has five goals and 11 points in 13 games this season.

The Maple Leafs are back in action Friday night against the Detroit Red Wings.


Before David Perron is on the ice this morning for practice as the Senators prepare to host the New York Islanders this evening at the Canadian Tire Centre.

He has missed the last seven games due to a family matter.

Perron has only played in five games so far this season, recording zero points while averaging 13:26 minutes of ice time.

He signed a two-year, $8 million contract on July 1.

Forward Shane Pinto and defenseman Artem Zub are also on the ice in regular jerseys.

Pinto has missed the last six games with an undisclosed injury. He played on October 22 against the Vegas Golden Knights, logging 17:22 minutes of ice time in a 6–4 loss. In six games this season, he has one goal and two assists.

Zub has not played since suffering a concussion against the Los Angeles Kings on October 14. He has played three games this season with zero points.

Lines at Senators practice according to Claire Hanna of TSN:

Tkachuk-Stützle-Greig
Giroux-Norris-Batherson
Gregor-Ostapchuk-Amadio
Cousins-Gaudette-MacEwen

Sanderson-Zub
Chabot Jensen
Kleven-Hamonic

Forsberg/Ullmark


New York Rangers

Head coach Peter Laviolette has confirmed that Igor Shesterkin will start tonight against the Buffalo Sabres.

Starting nine of the Rangers’ 11 games this season, Shesterkin is 6-2-1 with a .933 save percentage and a 2.23 goals-against average.

The Rangers are fourth in the Metropolitan Division with a record of 8-2-1 with 17 points.