Pierre-Edouard Bellemare News

Bellemare played for the first time in seven games in Seattle's most recent outing but will return to being a healthy scratch on Tuesday. The 39-year-old Bellemare has six points (4G / 2A) in 37 games this season.

Bellemare has not played since March 22nd, missing the last six games, but will draw back into the lineup on Friday against the Anaheim Ducks. The 39-year-old Bellemare has six points (4G / 2A) in 36 games this season.

Bellemare will draw into the lineup after sitting on Thursday as the Kraken opt to get some fresh legs into their lineup on the tail-end of their back-to-back. Kailer Yamamoto will sit in his place.

Bellemare will play on Tuesday as Seattle opts to get some fresh legs in the lineup for the tail-end of their back-to-back. Kailer Yamamoto will sit in his place.

Bellemare has been on injured reserve since suffering a broken bone in his leg in mid-December but appears to be ready to return imminently, right on cue with his original six-week prognosis. The 38-year-old French veteran left-winger had enjoyed a productive start to his 2023-24 season, with four goals, one assist, 25 SOG and six PIMs in 29 games played before his injury.

Bellemare left the Kraken's game Monday vs. Dallas after just 4:10 TOI due to a broken bone in his leg and is now expected to miss the next 4-6 weeks. The 38-year-old French veteran left-winger had enjoyed a productive start to his 2023-24 season, with four goals, one assist, 25 SOG and a six PIMs in 29 games played prior to his injury.

Bellemare exited Monday's game against the Dallas Stars with a lower-body injury after playing only 4:10 time-on-ice and was placed on the Injured Reserve Tuesday. The Kraken finished the game with only 10 forwards as Jared McCann exited the game as well shortly after. The 38-year-old Bellemare has five points (4G / 1A) in 29 games this season while averaging 9:34 time-on-ice.

Bellemare exited Monday's game against the Dallas Stars with a lower-body injury after playing only 4:10 time-on-ice. The Kraken finished the game with only 10 forwards as Jared McCann exited the game as well shortly after. The 38-year-old Bellemare has five points (4G / 1A) in 29 games this season while averaging 9:34 time-on-ice.

Bellemare will be a healthy scratch on Thursday, allowing Andre Burakovsky (upper-body) to return to the lineup after a 20-game absence. Bellemare has been held without a point in nine straight games, firing only five shots on goal in the process.

Bellemare has not played since November 7th but will re-enter the Kraken lineup on Wednesday, likely on the fourth line with Tye Kartier and Kailer Yamamoto. In 13 games this season, Bellemare is averaging 9:16 time-on-ice and has a single point (1G / 0A).

Bellemare had four goals, nine assists, 51 SOG, 34 PIMs and a -9 plus/minus through 73 games with Tampa Bay in 2022-23 and has been signed to a one-year, $775,000 AAV contract with Seattle. The 38-year-old French left-winger has 60 goals and 131 points across 660 career NHL games played.

Bellemare missed Friday's game vs. St. Louis due to personal reasons but will draw back into the lineup vs. Buffalo Monday. The 37-year-old has two assists, a -4 plus/minus and six SOG while occupying the Lightnings' fourth line through 19 games this season.

Bellemare will return from the COVID-19 protocol list just in time to replace Taylor Raddysh, who was added this morning. Ross Colton should move into the top-6 to replace Raddysh and Bellemare should slide back in between Pat Maroon and Corey Perry.

The Lightning are set to play four games in six days this week but lost both goalies, Mikhail Sergachev and Bellemare to COVID-19 on Sunday and both Anthony Cirelli and Andrej Sustr on Monday. With Bellemare out, expect Boris Katchouk to draw back into the lineup on Tuesday.