Smith hasn’t appeared in a game since a 3-1 victory over Colorado on Jan. 8. He also was on injured reserve with a back injury from Dec. 20 until Dec. 31.

Placed on IR

CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks placed veteran forward Craig Smith on injured reserve ... fellow defenseman Wyatt Kaiser to their American Hockey League affiliate. Del Mastro, 22, was a fourth ...

SEATTLE -- Philipp Grubauer cleared waivers and was assigned to Coachella Valley of the American Hockey League by the Seattle Kraken on Thursday. Grubauer is 5-15-1 with a 3.83 goals-against average and .866 save percentage in 21 games. His GAA and save percentage are last among the 54 goalies to play at least 15 games this season.

TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have recalled goaltender Matt Tomkins from the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced today.

The Sharks sent him to the AHL to begin the season, and he was 9-4-2 record with a 2.00 goals-against average, .938 save percentage and three shutouts in 14 games. He has since taken on a heavy workload this month in the NHL, with a 4-5-2 record, 2.87 GAA and .905 save percentage in 12 games (11 starts).

The Seattle Kraken will send Philipp Grubauer to the American Hockey League if he clears waivers. Follow this tracker for the latest NHL news.

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The Rockford IceHogs have been invading the Chicago Blackhawks roster lately. That tends to happen (an AHL team sending a lot of guys to the NHL) during rebuilding seasons. The latest addition to the roster for Chicago is going to be Landon Slaggert. They called him up from Rockford ahead of their game against the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night.

Bertuzzi and Teuvo Teravainen have been solid signings for Hawks general manager Kyle Davidson, but the rest of his moves have added very little this season.

Recently, the nominees for the 2025 Hobey Baker Award were announced. Sacha Boisvert of North Dakota, Aidan Thompson of Denver, Sam Rinzel of Minnesota, and Ryan Greene of Boston University are the Blackhawks draft picks nominated for the Hobey Baker Award this year.

Junior Lance Jones netted a game-high 25 points to surpass 1,000 for his career during the Rams’ victory over the host Yellow Jackets.