Craig Morgan of The Athletic: Arizona Coyotes defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson has been skating and is close to returning to practice according to coach Rick Tocchet. Hjalmarsson has been out since October 12th with a broken left fibula.
The expected recovery timeline was 10 to 12 weeks – it’s been 11 weeks.
Arizona Coyotes: Forward Derek Stepan left last night’s game with an upper-body injury.
- Matt Layman: “One thing to consider when it comes to Jamie Oleksiak’s hit on Derek Stepan is that Oleksiak is 6-foot-7 and Stepan is 6-foot-0, and Stepan was looking down at the puck.