The wait for Jean-Gabriel Pageau may not be long. Cleared for contact after the Christmas break, Pageau has been a regular participant in practice. He hasn’t been ruled out of back-to-back afternoon games at home against the Minnesota Wild and Carolina Hurricanes next Saturday and Sunday. “Pageau is going very well,” Boucher said. “I lit up some candles and church, and I asked Santa Claus so we’ll see,” Boucher said with a laugh.

Source: National Post December 30, 2018 20:48 UTC