Overview
- Carolina announced Thursday that K’Andre Miller is active and available to face the Minnesota Wild.
- The defenseman had been on injured reserve retroactive to Oct. 20 after a lower-body injury against the Golden Knights.
- He is expected to skate on the second pairing with Jalen Chatfield, while rookie Alexander Nikishin remains on the top pair with Sean Walker.
- Jaccob Slavin has no clear return timeline and Shayne Gostisbehere remains out indefinitely with an abdominal issue.
- Before the injury, Miller averaged 23:32 per game with two goals and two assists after arriving in July via a sign-and-trade and signing an eight-year, $60 million contract.