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Opening Night in North America
Teams Embark on New Opportunity To Win the Cup

It's opening night in North America! NHL starting rosters for 2022-23 season, Avalanche chance for repeat among top storylines in NHL this season, NHL players make their predictions, Bruins' veteran core is embarking on a 'Last Dance' in 2022-23 NHL season, Murray to start Maple Leafs season opener against Canadiens, and a very busy NHL Waiver Wire. Here are all the links you need before you get to the rink.
Boxscores
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NHL News
The Most Intriguing Players To Pass Through Waivers on Roster Cutdown Day - The Hockey News
Avalanche chance for repeat among top storylines in NHL this season
McDavid, Matthews, Makar top Hart Trophy picks in player poll
Avalanche favorites to repeat as Cup champions in poll of NHL players
Bruins' veteran core is embarking on a 'Last Dance' in 2022-23 NHL season
Slafkovsky, No. 1 pick in 2022 NHL Draft, to start season with Canadiens
NHL Injuries
ANA Urho Vaakanainen D Undisclosed IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 17
ANA Sam Carrick C Hip IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 1
ARI Jakob Chychrun D Wrist IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 13
ARI Jonas Johansson G Undisclosed IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 13
BOS Brad Marchand LW Hip IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 29
BOS Charlie McAvoy D Shoulder IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 1
BOS Matt Filipe LW Undisclosed IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 15
BUF Riley Sheahan C Undisclosed IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 17
CAR Max Pacioretty LW Achilles IR. Expected to be out until at least Feb 11
CGY Oliver Kylington D Personal IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 18
CHI Caleb Jones D Shoulder IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 17
CLB Joonas Korpisalo G Hip IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 18
COL Jacob MacDonald D Undisclosed IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 12
COL Darren Helm C Undisclosed IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 12
MIN Dakota Mermis D Undisclosed IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 20
MON Mike Matheson D Lower Body Day-to-Day
MON Joel Armia RW Upper Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 25
NJ Tyce Thompson RW Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 18
NJ Jonathan Bernier G Hip IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 13
NJ Nico Hischier C Hamstring IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 13
NYI Cal Clutterbuck RW Shoulder IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 13
NYI Oliver Wahlstrom RW Upper Body Day-to-Day
OTT Cam Talbot G Ribs IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 8
OTT Artem Zub D Undisclosed Day-to-Day
PHI Patrick Brown C Back IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 12
SJ Markus Nutivaara D Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 14
SJ Alexander Barabanov RW Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 14
TOR Jordie Benn D Groin IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 22
VAN Phillip Di Giuseppe LW Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 22
VAN Ilya Mikheyev RW Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 12
VAN Tyler Myers D Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 28
VAN Travis Dermott D Concussion IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 12
VAN Jason Dickinson C Not Injury Related IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 15
WAS Nicklas Backstrom C Hip IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 1
WAS Tom Wilson RW Knee IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 7
WAS Carl Hagelin LW Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 12
Source: CBS Sports as of 7:28 AM ET, Oct. 11, 2022
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Trending on Social
There's no better feeling... 🔜 #NHLFaceOff
— NHL (@NHL)
7:19 PM • Oct 10, 2022
The players reactions when they opened their rings 🥲
A moment they’ll never forget.
(🎥: @Avalanche)
— BarDown (@BarDown)
5:13 AM • Oct 11, 2022
“My dad is gonna be pissed”.
Cody Glass reflects on his first NHL fight.
(🎥: @PredsNHL)
— BarDown (@BarDown)
10:51 PM • Oct 10, 2022
This is a first ever! The Vancouver #Canucks have a perfect LTIR upper limit of $82.5M. No Dollars wasted whatsoever!
Cap Hit: $86M
Cap Space: $0 ($3.5M in LTIR Use)
Roster: 22 (13F - 7D - 2G)
LTIR: Ferland ($3.5M)capfriendly.com/teams/canucks?…
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly)
10:55 PM • Oct 10, 2022
While nothing is imminent, I'm told the #Flyers are looking at some players on the waiver wire.
Nick Foligno and Wayne Simmonds are both possible names.
— Anthony Di Marco (@ADiMarco25)
2:46 PM • Oct 10, 2022
Not sure what exactly this is but it looks like a fun time 🤯
Who else would spend hours playing it? 😅
(via lenovahockey/TT)
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce)
6:05 PM • Oct 8, 2022