Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin sat out practice Wednesday with an upper-body injury and is questionable for the team's game Friday in Philadelphia, according to an NHL.com report.

Ovechkin was injured in the first period of the Capitals' 3-2 loss in Vancouver on Monday.

Ducks veteran forward Teemu Selanne is expected to miss two weeks after taking a high stick in the face in Anaheim's 3-2 victory over the Flyers on Tuesday night, according to an ESPN.com report on Wednesday.

Henrik Lundqvist will be back in goal for the home opener Monday night after he sat out two games because of an undisclosed injury, according to an ESPN.com.

The Rangers took advantage of a light week of games and gave Lundqvist time off to heal from his ailment.

Predators goaltender Pekka Rhine will miss at least four weeks after he has arthroscopic surgery on his hip, according to an ESPN.com report on Thursday.

The team announced the move but did not say when Rinne will undergo surgery. Rinne had surgery on his left hip on May 9 and recovered in time to begin the season.

Rinne was in goal Tuesday night for a 2-0 loss at Minnesota, and is currently 4-4-1.

Nashville has recalled goalie Magnus Hellberg from Milwaukee under emergency conditions to replace Rinne.

Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist will miss Thursday's game in against the Flyers because of an unspecified injury. He will not back up during the game, either.

That means that the recently-recalled Cam Talbot will get the first NHL start of his career. The 26-year-old was brought up from the AHL last week after the team waived veteran Martin Biron.

Oilers forward Taylor Hall is expected to miss four weeks after injuring his left knee in a game Saturday, according to an ESPN.com report.

GM Craig MacTavish confirmed the injury timeline Tuesday morning through a post on the team's Twitter feed.

Ryan Callahan suffered a broken thumb on Wednesday and will be sidelined three to four weeks.

Callahan has tallied three goals in the last two games. He currently leads the Blueshirts with two power play goals, and ranks second on the team with three goals overall. He also ranks third on the team with 15 hits, and leads all team forwards with eight blocked shots this season. The Rangers’ captain missed the first game of the season while recovering from off-season

Dan Boyle has returned home following a night in the hospital after a hit by Maxime Lapierre of the St. Louis Blues.

"It was an emotional day," Todd McLellan said.

"I'm OK," he wrote in a text to David Pollock of the San Jose Mercury News. "That was scary. Hopefully the symptoms will be very minor, if any, going forward."

Lapierre reached out to Boyle to apologize.

Joe Thornton had a goal and three assists and Patrick Marleau had a goal and two assists and the Sharks downed the Blues 6-2 Tuesday night, according to an ESPN.com report.

Dan Boyle was lost for the game with a head injury suffered early in the first period.

Blue Jackets forward Matt Calvert underwent surgery this morning to repair an abdominal injury, club GM Jarmo Kekalainen announced today. The surgery was performed by Dr. William Meyers at the Vincera Institute in Philadelphia and is expected to sideline Calvert for approximately six weeks.  

Calvert, 23, has recorded seven hits, two takeaways and four shots on goal in three appearances thus far on the 2013-14 campaign.