NHL Player News

McGing scored two goals in AHL Springfield's 7-5 loss to Hartford on Friday.

McGing has reached at least 30 points in five straight AHL campaigns. He's at 11 goals, 19 assists and a minus-6 rating over 65 appearances this season. He's scored three goals over his last three games.

Samson scored two goals in AHL Syracuse's 6-4 loss to Belleville on Friday.

Samson has a total of 17 points over 39 appearances between Syracuse and Lehigh Valley this season. The defenseman's five goals have all come since his December trade to the Lightning organization. He's earned five points over his last four outings.

Bourgault scored twice and added an assist in AHL Belleville's 6-4 win over Syracuse on Friday.

Bourgault has three multi-goal games over his last six games. For the season, the winger is up to 25 goals, 57 points and a minus-17 rating over 69 appearances. Belleville will miss the AHL postseason, so Bourgault could be a candidate to join Ottawa as part of the Black Aces early next week.

Mueller was reassigned to AHL Abbotsford on Friday.

Mueller had a goal in six outings with Vancouver in 2025-26. The Canucks failed to make the playoffs and have completed their regular-season schedule, but the AHL still has some more action before the Calder Cup Playoffs begin. Mueller has 16 goals and 35 points in 59 appearances with Abbotsford this campaign. Like Vancouver, Abbotsford will not be participating in the postseason this year.

Kudryavtsev was sent to AHL Abbotsford on Friday.

Kudryavtsev had two assists in three outings with Vancouver as well as two goals and 18 points in 42 appearances with Abbotsford during the 2025-26 regular season. Abbotsford and Vancouver both failed to make the playoffs, so Kudryavtsev will presumably shift his focus towards getting ready for next season after playing out the remainder of Abbotsford's regular-season schedule.

Merilainen was called up by Ottawa on Friday.

Merilainen had an 8-10-1 record, 3.51 GAA and .860 save percentage in 20 appearances with Ottawa during the 2025-26 regular season. He's joining Ottawa as the squad's No. 3 goaltender going into its first-round series against Carolina. Merilainen shouldn't be expected to man the net in a 2026 playoff game for the Senators unless Linus Ullmark and James Reimer run into injury problems.

Luneau was reassigned to AHL San Diego on Friday.

Luneau joined the Ducks for their season finale Thursday, and he scored a goal on two shots en route to a 5-4 victory over Nashville. The 22-year-old defenseman also has 10 goals and 41 points in 69 appearances with San Diego during the 2025-26 regular season.

Karlsson (lower body) isn't expected to participate in the 2026 postseason unless Vegas manages a long playoff run, general manager Kelly McCrimmon said Friday, per Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Karlsson hasn't been explicitly ruled out for the first round, but based on that outlook, it sounds like he shouldn't be expected to play in the opening series. Vegas is set to begin its playoff run against Utah with Game 1 scheduled for Sunday. Karlsson had four goals and seven points in 14 regular-season outings in 2025-26.

McCann underwent a procedure Thursday for his lower-body injury, per Mike Benton of the Kraken Audio Network.

McCann missed the final three games of the regular season due to the injury, and he completed 2025-26 with 20 goals and 40 points in 52 outings. The 29-year-old expects to be available for the start of the 2026-27 campaign.

Murphy notched an assist, two shots on goal, five PIM and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 6-1 win over the Canucks.

Murphy picked up three helpers over the last nine games of the regular season. The 33-year-old blueliner totaled 17 points, 70 shots on net, 90 hits, 138 blocked shots, 71 PIM and a minus-2 rating over 80 outings between the Oilers and the Blackhawks in the regular season. He'll fill a shutdown role during Edmonton's playoff run.