NHL Buzz: MacKinnon returns for Avalanche against Stars
- The center missed four games after sustaining a concussion and facial fracture in a collision with Boston Bruins forward Taylor Hall on Jan.
- MacKinnon has scored 43 points (nine goals, 34 assists) in 31 games this season.
- Malkin has missed two games while in protocol, a 4-2 win against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday and a 2-0 win against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday.
- Malkin has scored 13 points (five goals, eight assists) in 12 games, including 10 points (three goals, seven assists) during a nine-game point streak before entering protocol.
- Forward Drew O'Connor, who has missed 11 games with an upper-body injury, also participated in the optional practice Friday but remains week to week.
- John Klingberg did not play Sunday against the Colorado Avalanche because of an upper-body injury sustained in a 4-3 overtime win against the Winnipeg Jets on Friday.
- Klingberg has scored one goal and 26 points in 39 games this season.
- The defenseman is scoreless in eight games for Dallas this season, averaging 13:05 in ice time.
- Chiarot leads Montreal in average ice-time per game (23:17) and has scored nine points (five goals, four assists) in 44 games.
- Jesper Bratt did not play against the Penguins and is day to day after the forward sustained an upper-body injury in a 7-4 win at the St.
- 2 but the defenseman did not play against the Penguins.
- Bergeron scored 35 points (12 goals, 23 assists) in 43 games this season
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