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Toronto Maple Leafs
The Maple Leafs recalled forward Michael Pezzetta from the AHL’s Toronto Marlies on Thursday.
Pezzetta, 27, joined the Maple Leafs organization on a two-year, $1.625 million contract in the off-season.
F Michael Pezzetta has been recalled from the Toronto Marlies (AHL).
— Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) March 12, 2026
The 6-foot-1 winger has four goals an 10 points in 37 games in the AHL this season.
He is expected to make his Maple Leafs debut on Thursday against the Anaheim Ducks after he skated on the fourth line with Jacob Quillan and Calle Jarnkrok during the team’s morning skate.
Pezzetta last appeared in the NHL during the 2024-25 campaign, appearing in 25 games for the Montreal Canadiens.
Drafted 160th overall in 2016, Pezzetta has 15 goals and 38 points in 200 career games, all with the Canadiens.
The Maple Leafs sit last in the Atlantic Division with a 27-27-11 record this season.
Joseph Woll is expected to get the start against the Ducks on Thursday.
The 6-foot-3 netminder is looking to snap a four game skid with him in net.
Woll has a 13-11-4 record this season with a .905 save percentage and 3.09 goals-against average.
The Maple Leafs are expected to use these lines against the Ducks on Thursday:
Lines at Leafs skate
Cowan – Matthews – Nylander
Knies – Tavares – Domi
Maccelli – Groulx – Robertson
Pezzetta – Quillan – Jarnkrok
Joshua, Lorentz
Rielly – Carlo
McCabe – Ekman-Larsson
Benoit – Myers
Stecher
Woll starts
Stolarz
Host Ducks tonight @TSN_Sports
— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) March 12, 2026
Calgary Flames
The Flames are projected to use these lines against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday:
Coleman – Backlund – Farabee
Gridin – Frost – Coronato
Sharangovich – Strome – Olofsson
Zary – Beecher – Klapka
Bahl – Maatta
Kuznetsov – Brzustewicz
Hanley – Pachal
Wolf
Winnipeg Jets
The Jets used these lines during Thursday’s morning skate prior to their game against the New York Rangers:
#NHLJets line rushes at morning skate:
Connor-Scheifele-Iafallo
Perfetti-Lowry-Vilardi
Nyquist-Toews-Rosén
Koepke-Barron-Lambert
Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Salomonsson
Fleury-Bryson
Heinola
Hellebuyck
Comrie
— Mitchell Clinton (@MitchellClinton) March 12, 2026
Florida Panthers
The Panthers recalled defenceman Mike Benning from the AHL’s Charlotte Checkers on Thursday.
Benning, 24, has eight goals and 31 points in 56 games in the AHL this season.
The 5-foot-9, right-shot blueliner was drafted 95th overall by the Panthers in 2020 and is expected to make his NHL debut on Thursday against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Sergei Bobrovsky will be in net when his Panthers battle the Blue Jackets on Thursday.
Bobrovsky, 37, has a 23-19-1 record this season with an.876 save percentage and 3.08 goals-against average.
Additionally, forwards Anton Lundell and Carter Verhaeghe will miss Thursday’s game while forwards Sam Reinhart and Cole Reinhardt return to the lineup.
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Penguins recalled defenceman Alexander Alexeyev from the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and assigned dfenceman Ryan Graves to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on a conditioning stint.
Graves, 30, hasn’t played since Jan. 21 while dealing with a lower-body injury.
The 6-foot-5, left-shot blueliner has a goal in 19 games this season while averaging 15:29 of ice time.
Alexeyev, 26, joined the Penguins on a one-year deal in the off-season and has three goals and seven points in 29 AHL games this season.
San Jose Sharks
The Sharks recalled forward Igor Chernsyhov from the AHL’s San Jose Barracuda on Tuesday.
The #SJSharks have recalled F Igor Chernsyhov from the @sjbarracuda.
Chernyshov appeared in 15 NHL games earlier this season, logging 11 points (3g, 8a).
— San Jose Sharks PR (@SanJoseSharksPR) March 12, 2026
Chernyshov, 20, was drafted 33rd overall in 2024 and has three goals and 11 points in 15 NHL games this season.
The 6-foot-2 winger also has 13 goals and 33 points in 41 AHL gams this season.
St. Louis Blues
The Blues have signed defenceman Calle Rosen to a two-year, two-way contract on Thursday.
The deal will see Rosen get paid $850,000 during the 2026-27 campaign and then $900,000 in 2027-28.
Rosen, 32, is in his second stint with the Blues after he was acquired form the Washington Capitals in November.
The 6-foot-1, left-shot blueliner has eight goals and 33 points in 56 AHL games this season, split between Hershey Bears and Springfield Thunderbirds.
Rosen last appeared in the NHL during the 2022-23 campaign with the Blues, recording an assist in six games.
Originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2017, Rosen has 11 goals and 31 points in 93 career games split between the Maple Leafs, Colorado Avalanche, and Blues.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Forward Nick Paul and defenceman Erik Cernak will remain out of the lineup on Thursday when the Lightning take on the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday, but are considered game-time decisions for up coming games.
Injury updates: Coach Jon Cooper says Nick Paul and Erik Cernak will not play tonight for the Lightning but will be considered game time decisions after tonight’s game. #GoBolts
— Benjamin Pierce (@BenjaminJReport) March 12, 2026
Cernak, 28, missed Tuesday’s 5-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets with an upper-body injury.
He left Sunday’s 8-7 loss to the Buffalo Sabres shortly after getting into a fight with Sabres blueline Michael Kesselring.
The 6-foot-4, right-shot defenceman has a goal and seven points in 43 games this season while averaging 17:57 of ice time.
Paul, 30, hasn’t played since Feb. 1 while dealing with a lower-body injury that has a week-to-week timeframe for his return.
The 6-foot-4 winger has six goals and 12 points in 34 games this season.