The diagnosis for Miller is a sprained MCL and he will be out for over a month at least. Anaheim picked up Chad Johnson off waivers to fill his role.
Fantasy Impact: Miller was probably one of the best backups in the league before going down, and he will come back as one in late January.
After losing Ryan Miller for about six weeks, Anaheim acted quickly by picking up a backup with NHL experience in Chad Johnson. (Source: Sportsnet)
Fantasy Impact: Johnson will straight up fill-in for Miller, but John Gibson might get a slight bump in his number of starts as opposed to as he had Miller backing him up.
The Hurricanes have recalled forward Janne Kuokkanen from the Charlotte Checkers. (Source: NHL Canes)
Fantasy Impact: Kuokkanen leads the Checkers and ranks tied for eighth in the AHL in scoring with 27 points. (11 goals and 16 assists)
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| Nikita Kucherov (TB) | RW | |
| Alex Ovechkin (WSH) | LW,F | |
| Sidney Crosby (PIT) | C,F | |
| Evgeni Malkin (PIT) | C,F | |
| Nathan MacKinnon (COL) | C,RW | |
| Steven Stamkos (TB) | C,F | |
| Blake Wheeler (WPG) | RW,F | |
| Jamie Benn (DAL) | LW,F | |
| Brad Marchand (BOS) | LW,F | |
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| Tyler Seguin (DAL) | C,F | |
| Patrick Kane (CHI) | RW,F | |
| Patrik Laine (WPG) | RW,F | |
| Taylor Hall (NJ) | LW,F | |
| John Tavares (TOR) | C,F | |
| David Pastrnak (BOS) | RW,F | |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy (TB) | G | |
| Auston Matthews (TOR) | C,F | |
| Brent Burns (SJ) | D | |
| Erik Karlsson (SJ) | D |
| Connor Hellebuyck (WPG) | G | |
| Claude Giroux (PHI) | C,F | |
| Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) | RW,F | |
| Victor Hedman (TB) | D | |
| Johnny Gaudreau (CGY) | LW,F | |
| Phil Kessel (PIT) | RW,F | |
| Pekka Rinne (NSH) | G | |
| Mitchell Marner (TOR) | C,RW | |
| Sergei Bobrovsky (CBJ) | G | |
| Jakub Voracek (PHI) | LW,RW |
