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Florida Panthers
Winger Brad Marchand is day to day with an undisclosed injury and he will not play tonight, per head coach Paul Maurice.
He added that Marchand has not been ruled out for Saturday’s game against Ottawa.
Marchand, who was not on the ice for the morning skate, was pulled from Tuesday’s contest against the Toronto Maple Leafs due to a lingering injury concern that got worse during the game. Maurice confirmed it was a coach’s decision to pull Marchand from the game.
The 37-year-old has 23 goals and 46 points in 41 games this season.
Marchand is day to day and won’t play tonight, per Maurice.
He hasn’t been ruled out for Saturday’s game in Ottawa.
— Jameson Olive (@JamesonCoop) January 8, 2026
Panthers lines at morning skate, per Panthers reporter Jameson Olive:
Luostarinen – Lundell – Reinhart
Verhaeghe – Bennett – Greer
Boqvist – Rodrigues – Samoskevich
Gregor – Kunin – Studnicka
Forsling – Ekblad
Mikkola – Balinskis
Sebrango – Petry
Toronto Maple Leafs
Per TSN’s Claire Hanna, there are no changes to the Maple Leafs lineup ahead of tonight’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Toronto is coming off a 4-1 win over Florida on Tuesday night.
Forward William Nylander is not on the ice for the morning skate and is in line to miss a sixth-straight game with a lower-body injury.
No changes to the #Leafs lines ahead of their game vs the Flyers tonight on @TSN_Sports:
McMann – Matthews – Domi
Maccelli – Tavares – Knies
Cowan – Roy – Robertson
Lorentz – Laughton – Jarnkrok
Rielly-Carlo
OEL-Stecher
Benoit-Myers
Woll
Hildeby pic.twitter.com/dORUUHOjRY
— Claire Hanna (@clahanna) January 8, 2026
Montreal Canadiens
The Canadiens have loaned defenceman Adam Engstrom to the AHL’s Laval Rocket.
Engstrom last appeared in a game on Jan. 1, a 7-5 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. He played 13:04 and had a plus/minus rating of +2.
The 22-year-old has skated in 11 games with Montreal this season but has yet to record a point.
In 20 games with the Rocket, he has five goals and 16 points in 20 games.
Les Canadiens ont cédé le défenseur Adam Engstrom au Rocket de Laval.
The Canadiens have loaned defenseman Adam Engstrom to the Laval Rocket. pic.twitter.com/9uHC014Lql
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) January 8, 2026
The Canadiens are in action tonight against the Florida Panthers at home.
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Penguins have assigned forward Ville Koivunen to AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
The 22-year-old has two goals and five points in 27 games with Pittsburgh this season. In his NHL debut in 2024-25, he had seven assists in eight games.
He also appeared in six AHL games this season, scoring four goals with 11 points.
A second-round pick (51st overall) by the Carolina Hurricanes, Koivunen was traded to Pittsburgh in March of 2024 along with Michael Bunting, Cruz Lucius, Vasili Ponomaryov and two conditional draft pick in exchange for forward Jake Guentzel and defenceman Ty Smith.
The Penguins host the New Jersey Devils tonight.