Toronto leads the NHL with 24 fighting majors this season.
The Florida center will be sidelined for three months.
Chicago's 19-0-3 record is the best start in NHL history.
Cam Ward, 29, was injured against Florida on Sunday.
The Maple Leafs and Canadiens are Canada's most high-profile clubs.
The Kings gave up a fourth-round pick for the left wing.
Despite the incident, the Rangers beat the Islanders 4-1 Thursday night.
The Rangers defeated Boston on Wednesday, 4-3.
The NHL's abbreviated season starts on Saturday.
Hockey fans across the land woke up Sunday morning screaming for joy with the news that the NHL and the NHLPA had comes to terms on a tentative agreement that may be enough to salvage the remainder of the 2012-13 season.
The second lockout in eight years lasted 113-days.
Talks have progressed between the NHL and locked out players.
The two sides meet on Monday for a last ditch effort to save the season.
Hockey fans still clinging to hope that the NHL won’t cancel a second season in eight years have a new beacon of hope as the league owners have proposed another offer to the NHL Player’s Association.
The latest round of labor talks have broke down again.
Hockey fans have reacted to the NHL lockout with anger, grief and disillusionment but they can now add heartbreak to that list with the news that what looked like optimistic negotiation talks between NHL ownership and the NHL Player’s Union have fallen apart.
The 2012-2013 NHL season remains in jeopardy, but both sides met for eight hours on Wednesday.
The league and players are $182 million apart.
Negotiations continue in hockey to salvage the 2012-2013 season.
The two sides are looking to split $3.3 billion in revenue.
While the hockey world bashed its head against the wall Thursday with rumors of the NHL lockout coming to an end there were some major sponsors praying for a resolution for a different reason. Beer companies in Canada have reported low profits after the two-month hold up that has seen arenas, bars and grocery stores sell less alcohol to lubricate the game-watching experience.
There’s nothing quite like two goals in three seconds to take the wind out of a hockey team's sails, but that’s exactly what happened to the Toronto Marlies Thursday.
After two weeks apart, the two sides will meet to hash out their differences and, possibly, save the NHL season
The hockey season has been pushed back another month due to the lack of a collective bargaining agreement.
The Islanders and their owner, Charles Wang, are expected to unveil a 25-year agreement with the Barclays Center.
The New York Islanders will reportedly become new tenants of Barclays Center in Brooklyn in 2015.
In an attempt to save the season, the National Hockey League has offered a 50-50 split of all hockey-related revenue with the NHL players’ association. With the offer on the table, the league hopes to start a full 82-game season on Nov. 2.
Talks have stalled between the players and the owners.