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Los Angeles Kings
Alex Iafallo was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury Tuesday.
The forward left late in the third period of a 5-4 overtime win against the Detroit Red Wings on Monday and did not return. He had an assist to extend his season-opening point streak to four games (two goals, three assists) before the injury. It was his 100th NHL assist.
He had 37 points (17 goals, 20 assists) in 79 games last season and has 173 points (73 goals, 100 assists) in 365 NHL games, all with the Kings.
Jacob Moverare was recalled by the Kings from Ontario ahead of their game against the Nashville Predators of the American Hockey League at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday (9:30 pm ET; ESPN, SN NOW).
The defenseman played two games with Ontario and did not have a point. He played 19 games with the Kings last season and had two points, both assists, averaging 16:20 of ice time. — Dan Rosen
Philadelphia Flyers
Rasmus Ristolainen was placed on injured reserve Monday because of a lower-body injury.
The defenseman was out the first two games of the season with an undisclosed injury. Ristolainen left practice early Oct. 12, the day before the season opener, but coach John Tortorella said the injury was something that was lingering.
Tortorella said Monday that Ristolainen is expected to travel with the Flyers (2-0-0) on their three-game road trip that starts at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN NOW) but said he wasn’t Not sure if Ristolainen would play in any of the games. Philadelphia visits the Florida Panthers on Wednesday and the Nashville Predators on Saturday.
Ristolainen had 16 points (two goals, 14 assists) and averaged 21:26 of ice time in 66 games last season.
The Flyers recalled forward Zack MacEwen and defenseman Louie Belpedio from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League on Monday. MacEwen had nine points (three goals, six assists) in 75 games last season. Belpedio last played in the NHL in 2020-21 with the Minnesota Wild.
Forward Cam Atkinson (upper body), who also missed the first two games, is not on the trip. — Adam Kimelman
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