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Finnie scored a power-play goal in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Kraken.

Finnie's surprisingly strong start to the season faded just as fast with a 10-game point drought. He snapped that slump with his second-period tally, which stood as the game-winner in this contest. Overall, the 20-year-old winger has five goals, nine points, 29 shots on net, 37 hits and 13 blocked shots over 20 appearances. The 2023 seventh-round pick has already defied expectations by reaching the NHL so quickly, but there will be ups and downs throughout the year.

Larkin scored an empty-net goal on four shots and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Kraken.

Larkin's empty-netter was the 600th point of his career, a milestone he achieved in his 754th game. He's been surging lately with four goals and two assists during his active five-game point streak. For the season, the star center is at 12 goals, 24 points (five on the power play), 69 shots on net and a plus-9 rating through 20 appearances in a top-line role.

Luostarinen (lower body) was labeled week-to-week by head coach Paul Maurice on Wednesday due to injuries suffered during a BBQ, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.

Luostarinen figures to be a candidate for injured reserve, considering he has already missed a game due to his lower-body injury. Including Cole Schwindt (arm), the Cats are now missing six forwards from the lineup. As such, look for Mackie Samoskevich to take Luostarinen's spot on the first line while Jack Devine makes his NHL debut against New Jersey on Thursday.

The Panthers announced Wednesday that Schwindt is dealing with a broken arm that is expected to sideline him for 2-3 months, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.

Schwindt exited Monday's win over the Canucks due to his injury, and he'll likely undergo surgery next week to address the issue. The 24-year-old is slated to be sidelined until at least mid-January, while Jack Devine is slated to make his NHL debut on the fourth line against the Devils on Thursday after he was called up Tuesday.

Philp will miss Edmonton's next three games due to an upper-body injury, Bob Stauffer of the Oilers Radio Network reports Wednesday.

Philp has two goals, three points, four PIM, 12 shots and 24 hits in 15 appearances in 2025-26. Edmonton will also be without Curtis Lazar (upper body) for the remainder of the team's three-game road trip. The Oilers will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen in Wednesday's game in Washington due to a lack of cap flexibility, which means Ty Emberson will draw into the lineup after spending the past three games as a healthy scratch.

Lazar sustained an upper-body injury that will sideline him for the remaining three games of the Oilers' road trip, Bob Stauffer of the Oilers Radio Network reports Wednesday.

Even when healthy, Lazar has struggled to produce offensively, generating zero points in his last eight appearances. Due to Edmonton's cap situation, the team will be forced to deploy seven defensemen for the time being, as the club is also without Noah Philp (upper body) for the rest of the road trip. Given Lazar's recovery timeline, it wouldn't be a shock to see him designated for injured reserve.

Lorentz scored a goal and dished out two hits in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime win over the Blues.

Lorentz helped the Leafs take a 2-1 lead midway through the second period with his second goal of the season. Overall, the 29-year-old forward has six points and 33 hits through 14 games this season. While Lorentz's role is limited while skating on Toronto's fourth line and checking unit, his offense has been noteworthy with four points in his last eight games. While he remains off the radar in standard fantasy formats, he could currently help lineups in a pinch in deeper leagues that value banger stats.

Tavares recorded an assist and fired four shots on goal in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime win over the Blues.

Tavares made a tremendous effort to pick up the secondary helper on Tuesday's game-winning goal, as he held off all three Blues' players on the ice while Toronto made changes. Once new personnel were on the ice, he back-heeled the puck to Morgan Rielly, who set up William Nylander for the game-winner. With the helper, the 35-year-old Tavares has 14 assists, 25 points and 60 shots on net through 20 games this season. Through the first quarter of the season, he is on pace for the first 100-point campaign of his 17-year NHL career. However, he has yet to top 90 points in a campaign, and it would be a tall task to continue his current pace toward the century mark. Regardless, he has played the top-line center role admirably in the absence of Auston Matthews (lower body) and will be an elite option in fantasy for the rest of the season.

Seguin notched two assists in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Islanders.

He helped set up a pair of Jason Robertson tallies, but the rest of the Stars' offense went cold on the night. Seguin has had a sluggish start to the season, but he's delivered back-to-back multi-point performances. Over the last seven games, he's produced four goals and seven points.

Horvat scored his 13th goal of the season before getting ejected from Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Stars.

There were no penalties called in either of the first two periods, but tensions began to flare in the third after Horvat got a double-minor and game misconduct for high-sticking Oskar Back. The 30-year-old Horvat had already potted his team's second goal by that point, banging home a loose puck in front of Jake Oettinger just a few minutes before his ejection. Horvat is part of a massive second-place logjam atop the leaderboard in goals, one back of Nathan MacKinnon's 14, and he's been red-hot in November with six goals and 12 points in nine games.