Ritchie has not played since Dec. 1st but will return to the Coyotes lineup Friday vs. Boston. The 27-year-old has six goals, 10 points and a -7 plus/minus through 21 games played this season.

Sharangovich was in threat to miss his first contest of the 2022-23 season but will be available after missing practice due to personal reasons. The 24-year-old has been enjoying a solid season with eight goals, six assists and 49 SOG through 26 GP.

Bean suffered a torn labrum on November 15th and underwent successful surgery on November 23rd. Expect Bean to be sidelined until early April, likely ending his 2022-23 seaosn.

Miromanov will likely serve as an extra defenseman in Pittsburgh, with Alex Pietrangelo sidelined due a personal matter. If Miromanov ends up playing, he will replace Ben Hutton in the lineup.

Bahl will make his second appearance with the Devils after being recalled from Utica (AHL) after collecting one assist and two PIMs in a quick three-game stint with the club. Bahl previously had a short three-game showing with New Jersey this year where he failed to pick up any points but also had two PIMs.

Bean had left the Blue Jackets' previous contests after playing only 8:55 TOI after leaving with a shoulder injury. He will be out a while which is a huge hit to the already decimated by-injury Blue Jackets. He was enjoying a strong season, as he had one goal and six points through his first 14 games played with 16 SOG.

Bean had left the Blue Jackets' previous contests after playing only 8:55 TOI after leaving with an upper-body injury. He will be out a while which is a huge hit to the already decimated by-injury Blue Jackets. He was enjoying a strong season, as he had one goal and six points through his first 14 games played with 16 SOG.

Huberdeau missed the last three games with a lower-body injury but is expected to be back in the lineup vs. the Kings. Huberdeau has had a slow start to the season, posting just one goal and five assists (six points) in 11 games.

Frost will be a healthy scratch on the back end of the Flyers' back-to-back for the first time this season. In nine games prior to heading to the press box, he had two goals and an assist to go along with 13 SOG.

Jake Bean will miss his first game of the 2022-23 season due to illness. The four-year veteran has been enjoying a nice start to his year, with four points (1G/3A) and 10 SOG through eight games played.

Hunt was waived earlier in the week by the New York Rangers after scoring a goal and two shots in his first three games prior to the transaction. Colorado will be Hunt's fourth team in six years, collecting 13 goals and 41 points across 168 career games played.

Hunt was waived earlier in the week by the New York Rangers after scoring a goal and two shots in his first three games prior to the transaction. Colorado will be Hunt's fourth team in six years, collecting 13 goals and 41 points across 168 career games played.

Hunt was a healthy scratch for the season opener, but he will replace Vitaly Kravtsov (upper-body), who is not on the road trip. Hunt had six goals and 11 assists (17 points) in 76 games a season ago.

Farabee is three and a half months removed from disk replacement surgery and will be in the opening night lineup vs. New Jersey. Farabee, who had 34 points (17G / 17A) in 63 games last season, will skate on the third line with Noah Cates and Owen Tippett.

The 32-year-old veteran defenseman re-joins the Flames for a seventh straight season after signing a one-year contract with an AAV of $750,000. Throughout his 180 career games with Calgary, the skyscraping defenseman has collected 11 goals, 38 points and 262 blocks while filling out the bottom of the Flames' defensive pairings. He will look to surpass 33 games played for the first time in five seasons in 2022-23.