With Cam Talbot out five-to-seven weeks, the Senators have claimed Hellberg to serve as their No.2 behind Anton Forsberg to open the season. Hellberg spent the last five seasons in the KHL before joining the Red Wings last April. Overall, he's 2-0-0 with a .869 SV% in five career NHL games with the Predators, Rangers, and Red Wings.
Zohorna was an undrafted free agent that signed with the Penguins in 2021 after seven years in the Czech Extraliga. The 6-foot-6, 220 lbs. winger has spent most of his time in North America in the AHL but has 10 points (4G / 6A) in 25 career NHL games.
Arvidsson is working his way back from herniated disc surgery in mid-May. The original timetable was three-to-five months, and the Kings said he's on track for the back-end of that timetable. Gabriel Vilardi and Samuel Fagemo are two candidates to replace Arvidsson on the Kings' second line to start the season.
Harrington was with the Sharks on a PTO but earned a one-year deal and could be in their opening night roster. Harrington, who spent almost all of last season in the AHL, has been skating on the top pair with Erik Karlsson recently.
Beaulieu was with the Ducks on a PTO and gets a one-year deal to serve as a depth defenseman. Beaulieu likely won't have a full-time role. Similar to last season, when he played just 24 games and averaged 10:46 TOI/gm with the Jets.
Vaakanainen crashed heavily into the end boards in Friday's preseason game and had to be stretchered off of the ice. The Ducks said that Vaakanainen was released from the hospital on Friday night and continues to improve. They have yet to issue another update but expect Vaakanainen to miss the start of the season.
Katchouk suffered the injury in Saturday's preseason game vs. the Red Wings and is expected to be sidelined until early-to-mid November. Katchouk was expected to fill a bottom-6 spot to open the season but expect Jujhar Khaira to fill that role now.
de Haan was in training camp on a PTO but earned a one-year deal to help strengthen the left side of the Hurricanes' blueline. de Haan will likely battle with Ethan Bear for playing time but seems to be the front-runner to land the 3LD spot to open the season. de Haan had four goals and four assists (eight points) in 69 games with the Blackhawks last season.
Hischier suffered the injury on Thursday and will be re-evaluated a few days before the Devils' season starts. This would be a huge loss for the Devils to open the season, and it would thrust either Erik Haula or Dawson Mercer into an elevated role.
During his two seasons in Montreal, Allen has gone 20-23-9 with a 3.01 GAA and .906 SV% in 64 games (62 starts). With Carey Price's uncertain future, Allen gets a two-year deal to help stabilize the Canadiens' crease during their rebuild.
Benn was injured in Monday's preseason game vs. the Canadiens and will miss at least three weeks. Expect Benn to be unavailable for at least the first six games of the regular season and serve as the Maple Leafs' No.7 defenseman upon his return.
Dahlstrom suffered a shoulder injury in Monday's preseason game vs. the Canadiens on a hit from Rem Pitlick. Dahlstrom's injury will require surgery and will sideline him until March.
Dellandrea broke his finger in Thursday's preseason game and is expected to be sidelined for a few weeks. Stars' head coach Pete DeBoer said that he had Dellandrea pencilled into the NHL roster, but the injury opens the door for someone else to step up.
Suzuki has been battling a lower-body injury throughout training camp but returned to the ice on Friday. Suzuki told reporters that he would have played through the injury during the regular season but that they're being careful because it's training camp. This is positive news that Suzuki should be ready to go for the Canadiens' season opener.
Hart has been battling a lower-body injury and has yet to appear in a pre-season game. Hart said he's hopeful that he'll be able to play in one of the final preseason games but that he and the team are being extra cautious to make sure he's 100 percent for the start of the season.
Since being taken in the third-round of the 2014 NHL Draft, Johansson has appeared in just 32 NHL games. He's gone 9-13-4 with a 3.46 GAA and .882 SV% with the Sabres, Avalanche and Panthers. Arizona may be the only destination where Johansson could actually land a backup role in the NHL for the 2022-23 season.
Grzelcyk had a procedure on his right shoulder in early June and had an expected recovery time of five months. Expect Hampus Lindholm to quarterback the Bruins' No.1 PP unit while Grzelcyk and Charlie McAvoy are sidelined to open the season.
McAvoy underwent a shoulder procedure in early June and the expected recovery was six months. McAvoy should miss roughly 20-to-25 games to open the season and Hampus Lindholm should play big minutes and could be the quarterback on the No.1 PP unit while McAvoy and Matt Grzelcyk are on the mend.
Marchand had surgery on both hips in May with an expected recovery timeline of approximately six months. That would put Marchand on track to return around American Thanksgiving. Expect the Bruins to roll with a top line of Taylor Hall, David Krejci and David Pastrnak while Marchand is out. He should miss roughly 20-to-25 games.
Zegras left the game after he was crunched at centre ice by Coyotes' forward Jan Jenik. Zegras was slow to get up and did not return to the game. Expect the Ducks to provide an update on his status in the coming days, but with the start of the Ducks' season just 13 days away, he could be in danger of missing the start of the campaign.
