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Nystrom was called up from AHL Chicago on Friday.

Nystrom will help replenish the Hurricanes' defensive depth while Shayne Gostisbehere (lower body) is out. Noah Philp (concussion) was placed on injured reserve in a corresponding move. Nystrom has eight helpers in 33 appearances at the NHL level this season.

Gostisbehere (illness) isn't expected to play Friday versus Florida, per Chip Alexander of The Raleigh News & Observer.

Gostisbehere has six goals and 32 points in 35 appearances in 2025-26. Jaccob Slavin is projected to draw back into the lineup Friday after being scratched for Wednesday's 3-0 loss to St. Louis.

Jiricek was called up from AHL Iowa on Friday, per Dylan Loucks of The Hockey News.

Carson Lambos was returned to Iowa in a corresponding move. Jiricek has a goal and five points in 15 outings with Iowa in 2025-26. He also has appeared in 18 games with Minnesota this season, recording no points, 12 PIM, 11 shots, five hits and 14 blocks.

Lambos was shipped down to AHL Iowa on Friday, Dylan Loucks of The Hockey News reports.

Lambos served as a healthy scratch versus the Jets on Thursday, so this move is likely just to keep him playing games rather than sitting in the press box. In a corresponding move, David Jiricek was promoted to the NHL roster. With AHL Iowa this year, the 23-year-old Lambos has generated three goals and five assists while posting a minus-7 rating.

Mackey was recalled from AHL Hartford on Friday.

Mackey has had three brief stints with the Rangers this season, but he hasn't yet entered a game for the NHL club during the 2025-26 campaign. Carson Soucy (personal) won't be with the Rangers for Saturday's matchup in Philadelphia, so Mackey should provide additional depth. Over 32 appearances with Hartford this year, Mackey has recorded two goals, five assists and 54 PIM.

Soucy will not join the Rangers for the start of their four-game road trip for personal reasons, Dan Rosen of NHL.com reports Friday.

Soucy is expected to link up with the team at some point, but he won't be an option versus the Flyers on Saturday before the Rangers head west for a California swing. In order to bolster its blue line options, the club recalled Connor Mackey from AHL Hartford, though he is unlikely to get into the lineup ahead of Urho Vaakanainen.

White was put on waivers by New Jersey on Friday.

White has been a healthy scratch for New Jersey's past four games. He has four assists, two PIM, 23 hits and 16 blocks in 23 outings with the Devils in 2025-26. White will presumably report to AHL Utica if he goes unclaimed.

Stanley scored a goal on two shots and added two PIM in Thursday's 6-2 win over the Wild.

Stanley continues defy expectations this season. He's been a little more selectively physical lately -- he has four instances of recording zero hits and blocked shots in a game, and all of them have come in his last 14 contests. Overall, he's at eight goals, a career-high 15 points, 48 shots on net, 73 hits, 50 blocked shots, 91 PIM and a plus-2 rating over 45 appearances, production good enough for consideration in deep fantasy formats.

Wilsby (lower body) has been ruled out for Friday's game against the Avalanche, Alex Daugherty of The Tennessean reports.

The Predators announced Thursday that Wilsby is day-to-day due to a lower-body injury, and he'll be sidelined for at least one matchup. It's not yet clear whether Nicolas Hague (illness) will be able to return to the lineup Friday, but Andreas Englund was called up ahead of the game against Colorado and should see playing time if Hague is sidelined.

Montour notched a power-play assist, four shots on goal, three hits and two PIM in Thursday's 4-2 loss to the Bruins.

Montour missed nearly a month due to a hand injury, but he was able to log 25:03 of ice time after his 14-game absence. The 31-year-old defenseman will resume a significant role for the Kraken now that he's healthy. He's up to 17 points (five on the power play), 72 shots on net, 37 hits, 35 blocked shots, 23 PIM and a minus-4 rating over 28 appearances.