Kraken’s Ryan Lindgren activated from IR, will play against Hurricanes
The Seattle Kraken will get some reinforcements on their blueline, as Ryan Lindgren has been activated from injured reserve and is set to play in Saturday’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes.
Lindgren had missed the last 13 games with an upper-body injury, and was placed on injured reserve a couple days after the injury occurred. Based on the pairings run during Friday’s practice, he’ll play on the bottom pair alongside Cale Fleury, as well as on the top penalty kill unit.
Lindgren went pointless in the four games he played this season prior to the injury.
Fleury will also make his return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for the prior three games. He has one assist in six games this season.
In order to make room for Lindgren on their NHL roster, the Kraken also announced that they have reassigned center Logan Morrison to their minor-league affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds. The Kraken had 14 forwards, seven defensemen and two goalies on their roster prior to the moves, so they’ll now have an extra forward and two extra defensemen to work with for the time being.
Morrison was called up on November 8th, and did not play in his only opportunity for game action on Thursday. He does have three goals and seven assists for 10 points in 12 games for the Firebirds this season. He hasn’t played a game in the NHL since the 2023-24 season.
In additional lineup news for the Kraken, Jagger Firkus will make his NHL debut on Saturday. A second-round pick of the team in 2022, he spent two more seasons in the OHL after his draft, as well as two pro seasons in the AHL along with this season, to get to this moment in his career. He has four goals and eight assists for 12 points in 12 games with the Firebirds this season.
The Kraken currently sit in fourth in the Pacific Division with a 9-7-1 record, and are three points behind the Utah Mammoth for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. They’ll look to bounce back from back-to-back losses when they play the Hurricanes in the second game of the Global Series in Helsinki on Saturday at 10 a.m. PST.
