Vancouver Canucks
Brock Boeser is expected to make his season debut for the Canucks against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; SN360, MSG-B, ESPN+, NHL LIVE).
The forward has not played this season because of an undisclosed injury. He led Vancouver in goals (23) and points (49) in 56 games last season.
"He had a good practice," coach Travis Green said Monday. "I'm not sure how he feels after it. We'll talk to the trainers, but hopefully he'll be out there tomorrow."
Boeser, who said the injury was lingering during training camp, practiced on a line with Elias Pettersson and Alex Chiasson.
"Just taking everything a day at a time," Boeser said. "First step today was to get through practice and I felt like I had a pretty good practice today so we'll see what happens tomorrow."
Defenseman Travis Hamonic was placed on a temporary leave of absence because of a personal matter.
"We have to worry about the guys that are here and coach the guys that are here," Green said. "But also there's the human side of it and we miss 'Hammer', we want him to be back playing but we also want to make sure he's okay."
Montreal Canadiens
Mike Hoffman is expected to make his debut for the Canadiens against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, NBCSCA, ESPN+, NHL LIVE).
"Practice was good today, good to be back with the guys, get out there," Hoffman said Monday. "Body feels good and I think I should be good to go if coach says so."
The forward, who signed a three-year contract, was injured during the offseason prior to arriving in Montreal and did not participate in training camp.
Hoffman skated on the third line with Adam Brooks and Brendan Gallagher; Brooks was taking the spot of center Jake Evans, who had a therapy day.
"He's a team guy and I think he proved it too," coach Dominique Ducharme said. "Like if you go back in Ottawa, they went to the conference final (2017) and he was playing with (Jean-Gabriel) Pageau and quite often against the best line on the other side. So he's able to play. He's a hockey player, he can play 5-on-5, and for sure he's going to help us on the power play."
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