ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Patrick Eaves is in the Anaheim Ducks' lineup for the first time this year following a health scare that cost him much of last season.
Eaves returned for a game Thursday night against the New York Rangers. He played in only two games last season. He missed the first three due to a lower-body injury and then missed the final 77 due to post-viral syndrome and shoulder injury.
The 5-foot-11, 203-pound Eaves missed the Ducks' first 13 games this season as he was working his way back from shoulder surgery that he had in early March.