Overview
- Koivunen was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury and is listed as week-to-week, the team announced Tuesday.
- Samuel Poulin was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton after leading the AHL club with seven goals and 15 points in 16 games.
- Poulin, a 2019 first-round pick, has two assists in 13 NHL games and has yet to establish consistent offense at the top level.
- The timing of Koivunen’s injury remains unclear; he played the first Global Series game in Sweden, then was held out of the second and initially listed day-to-day.
- NHL IR rules could allow a return as early as Saturday, though team guidance points to an absence of a few weeks, as forward depth is further strained by other injuries and the waiver of Philip Tomasino.