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Ottawa Senators

James Reimer is expected to be in net with the Senators wrap up the regular season against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday.

Reimer, 38, has 6-4-2 record this season with an .881 save percentage and 2.53 goals-against average this season.

The Senators are cemented in the Eastern Conference’s second wild-card spot with at 43-27-11 record and will be taking on the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round of the playoffs.

Montreal Canadiens

The Canadiens assigned forward Vinzenz Rohrer to the AHL’s Laval Rocket after wrapping up the regular season on Tuesday.

Les Canadiens ont prêté l’attaquant Vinzenz Rohrer au Rocket de Laval.

The Canadiens have reassigned forward Vinzenz Rohrer to the Laval Rocket. pic.twitter.com/tq76w7s933

— x – Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) April 15, 2026

Rohrer, 21, was drafted 75th overall by the Canadiens in the 2022 draft and is coming over from Switzerland’s National League after registering four goals and 12 points in 41 games with the ZSC Lions.

Montreal finished the regular season with a 48-24-10 record and will be taking on the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round.

Carolina Hurricanes

The Hurricanes assigned forwards Skylar Brind’Amour, Bradley Nadeau, Felix Unger Sorum, and defencemen Ronan Seeley, Charles-Alexis Legault, and Joel Nystrom to the AHL’s Chicago Wolves after finishing their regular season on Tuesday.

Carolina wrapped up their finale with a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday as they finished with the Eastern Conference’s best record at 53-22-7.

They will take on the Ottawa Senators in the first round, who will finish the regular season in the final wild-card spot in the East.

The Wolves are also preparing for a playoff run in the AHL, sitting second in the North Division with a 40-23-7 record with two games remaining.

Florida Panthers

The Panthers recalled defenceman Mikulas Hovorka from the AHL’s Charlotte Checkers on Wednesday ahead of their season finale against the Detroit Red Wings.

Hovorka, 24, appeared in three games in Florida this season without recording a point. He also has five goals and 18 points in 55 AHL games this season.

The Panthers sit seventh in the Atlantic Division with a 39-38-4 record and will miss the playoffs for the first time since the 2018-19 campaign after making the last three Stanley Cup Finals.

New Jersey Devils

Forward Stefan Noesen revealed that he had a cist removed from the back of his knee that caused him to miss the last 37 games of the season.

Stefan Noesen had a cyst in the back of his knee that was getting progressively worse, and so the decision was to have it removed, instead of constantly trying to drain it.

Expected to make a full recovery for September. #NJDevils

— Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) April 15, 2026

Noesen, 33, last appeared on Jan. 8 in a 4-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins and says that he’ll be ready to return for training camp in September.

The 6-foot-1 winger registered three goals and seven points in 38 games.

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Lightning recalled goaltender Brandon Halverson from the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch on Wednesday ahead of their regular season finale against the New York Rangers.

Halverson, 30, appeared in one game this season during a 3-2 shootout loss to the New York Islanders on Dec. 13, only appearing for six seconds in relief of Jonas Johansson.

The 6-foot-5 netminder has a 24-11-6 record in the AHL this season.

Tampa Bay is set to take on the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs as both teams sit tied with 106 points. The Lightning hold the tie breaker between the two clubs with six more regulation wins.

Washington Capitals

The Capitals assigned forwards Ivan Miroschniechenko and Ilya Protas, and goaltender Clay Stevenson to the AHL’s Hershey Bears after they finished the regular season on Tuesday.

Washington finished their season with a 43-30-9 record and were two points back of the Ottawa Senators for the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

The Bears are still fighting for their playoff lives in the AHL, sitting fifth in the Atlantic Division with a 30-30-9 record.