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Bennett is expected to miss the remainder of the regular season due to an upper-body injury, Colby Guy of The Palm Beach Post reports Tuesday.

While Bennett's regular season is seemingly over, Guy relayed that the 28-year-old forward will be ready for Game 1 of the postseason. Due to Bennett's upper-body injury, Anton Lundell will slide into a top-six role. If he doesn't return before the start of the playoffs, Bennett will conclude the 2024-25 campaign having earned 25 goals and 50 points over 74 appearances.

Barkov (upper body) will return to the lineup Tuesday versus Toronto, according to Luke Fox of Sportsnet.

Barkov missed three games due to his upper-body injury but will be available for an important Atlantic Division matchup. The left-shot center will slot back into his usual role on the top line and on the No. 1 power-play unit. Sam Bennett (upper body) is expected to miss the rest of the regular season, so Barkov will have a lot of heavy lifting to do up the middle before the postseason begins. Florida's captain generated two goals and seven points over seven games prior to sustaining his injury.

Guentzel notched three power-play assists in Monday's 5-1 win over the Rangers.

The Lightning's top power-play unit dominated the game, as Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov also had three-point performances with the man advantage. Guentzel has delivered five multi-point efforts in the last nine games as he closes in on a couple of personal milestones -- the 30-year-old winger needs two more tallies for his third career 40-goal campaign and three more points to reach 80 for the second time.

Point scored two goals and added an assist, all on the power play, in Monday's 5-1 win over the Rangers.

The Lightning's top power-play unit dominated the game, as Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel also had three-point performances with the man advantage. Point's first tally of the night was his 40th, marking the third straight season he's reached that milestone and the fourth of his career. The 29-year-old needs one more point to get to 80 for the fourth time as well.

Mittelstadt scored a power-play goal and went minus-2 in Sunday's 6-3 loss to the Sabres.

Mittelstadt gave the Bruins a short-lived 3-2 lead against one of his former teams. The 26-year-old center had gone six contests without a point prior to Sunday. He's now at 14 goals, 39 points, 98 shots on net and a minus-27 rating across 77 appearances between Boston and Colorado this season.

Geekie scored a goal on four shots in Sunday's 6-3 loss to the Sabres.

Geekie has five goals and eight assists during his seven-game point streak. The 26-year-old's late surge has him up to 29 tallies, 51 points, 140 shots on net, 105 hits and a minus-2 rating over 73 appearances -- a massive improvement on his previous career highs of 17 goals and 39 points from 2023-24. Given his recent success, Geekie should be rostered in virtually all fantasy formats to close out 2024-25.

Krebs notched two assists, two shots on goal and a plus-2 rating in Sunday's 6-3 win over the Bruins.

Krebs saw a five-game point streak end Saturday versus the Lightning, but he bounced back quickly. He has three goals and five assists over his last seven contests despite a lack of power-play time during his hot stretch. Overall, the 24-year-old center has matched his career high with 26 points (nine goals, 17 assists), over 75 games, which is identical production to his 74-game effort in 2022-23. He's added 72 shots on net, 122 hits, 60 PIM and an even plus-minus rating this year as a regular in Buffalo's bottom six.

Frederic will be sidelined against the Ducks on Monday after reinjuring his ankle, Mark Spector of Sportsnet reports.

Frederic managed just 7:10 of ice time in his first game back from his ankle injury, recording two shots, two hits and a minus-2 rating. Unless Leon Draisaitl (undisclosed) is ready to return, the Oilers will need to bring a player up from AHL Bakersfield in order to fill up the roster for Monday's game versus the Ducks.

Thompson recorded a hat trick in Sunday's 6-3 win over the Bruins.

Thompson has scored in four games in a row and is having an excellent end to what has been one of the best seasons of his career. He's not going to reach the 90-point plateau as he did in 2022-23, but he's only four goals away from tying his best scoring mark (47 goals) from that campaign. He's also notched 10 points (nine goals, one assist) over his last seven appearances.

Lindholm scored a goal and took five shots in Sunday's 6-3 loss to the Sabres.

Lindholm found the back of the net for a third straight game and has been very productive of late, cracking the scoresheet in five of his last seven appearances while tallying seven points (four goals, three helpers) over that stretch. The 30-year-old has surpassed the 40-point mark with the five points he's recorded over his three-game goal streak, and it marks the ninth straight season in which he's achieved that mark.