BOSTON — The Bruins made a roster move ahead of Tuesday’s matchup with the Dallas Stars, recalling forward Alex Khokhlachev from Providence of the American Hockey League.
Khokhlachev has been a scoring machine for the P-Bruins this season, tying for the AHL lead in both points (13) and assists (nine) through 10 games.
The 22-year-old has made brief cameos with the big club in each of the last two seasons, appearing in one game for Boston in 2013-14 and three last season. He has yet to record his first NHL point.
Absent from morning skate Tuesday was winger David Pastrnak. Khokhlachev skated in Pastrnak’s usual second-line spot alongside left wing Loui Eriksson and center David Krejci, evidence that he likely will make his season debut against the Stars.
Pastrnak tallied three points (a goal and two assists) over the season’s first two games but has recorded only one since. He logged a season-low 7:41 of ice time in Saturday’s win over the Tampa Bay Lightning and did not record a shot on goal.
UPDATE (11:30 a.m. ET):Â Head coach Claude Julien said after morning skate that Pastrnak still is nursing a foot injury suffered during last Tuesday’s win over the Arizona Coyotes.
“We’re just giving David a little bit more time there,” Julien said. “He’s still feeling that shot he got in the foot. So, we’re going to give him a little bit more time to heal there. He’s not feeling 100 percent comfortable, so we’ve called up Koko to replace him.”
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