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San Jose Sharks
Macklin Celebrini will be a game-time decision at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday (7:30 p.m. ET; Prime, NBCSCA).
The rookie center and No. 1 pick in the 2024 NHL Draft had two assists in the Sharks’ 5-3 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday but did not practice Sunday because of a lower-body injury.
Celebrini, who has 44 points (18 goals, 26 assists) in 49 games, did participate in an optional morning skate Monday.
Defenseman Henry Thrun was placed on injured reserve, and defenseman Jimmy Schuldt was recalled from San Jose of the American Hockey League.
Thrun has not played since Feb. 27 because of an upper-body injury he sustained during a 4-3 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens. — Dave McCarthy
Pittsburgh Penguins
Tristan Jarry was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL on Monday.
The goalie returns to Pittsburgh after being placed on waivers Jan. 15 and assigned to the AHL once he cleared. Joel Blomqvist, a 23-year-old rookie goalie, was sent to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in a corresponding move after allowing six goals on 33 shots in the Penguins’ 6-5 overtime loss to the Maple Leafs on Sunday.
Expected to be the primary starter for Pittsburgh entering training camp, Jarry is 8-8-4 with a 3.31 goals-against average and .884 save percentage in 22 NHL games (21 starts) this season.
The 29-year-old is 6-5-1 with a 2.67 GAA and .908 save percentage in 12 games across two stints with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. He went there on a conditioning loan Oct. 26 and was 4-1-0 with a 2.16 GAA and .926 save percentage before being recalled Nov. 9.
“The previous stint (in the AHL) was as it was deemed — conditioning,” Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas said on Jan. 15. “He really didn’t go down there to try to get his big game back on track. We knew it was going to be two weeks. There’s no timeline on this one. The job is now, if he were to clear, to go and earn his way back up. It’s solely circumstantial with this.”
A two-time NHL All-Star (2020, 2022), Jarry is 144-93-29 in nine seasons since being selected by the Penguins in the second round (No. 44) of the 2013 NHL Draft.
He will resume a goalie tandem with Alex Nedeljkovic, who has allowed a goal on the first shot faced in each of his past three starts. In his eighth NHL season, and second in Pittsburgh, Nedeljkovic is 12-12-5 with a 3.18 GAA and .892 save percentage.
The Penguins (24-29-10), who have lost six of seven (1-5-1), visit the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday (9 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, ALT, SNE, TVAS). — Wes Crosby