Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien told CSNNE.com that center David Krejci is day-to-day after being hit in the right leg with a shot during the Bruins' 2-1 loss Sunday to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Julien added that Krejci did not have any broken bones in his leg, but instead has a bad bruise on his knee.

With 5:14 left in the third period Sunday, Krejci was hit in the right knee while attempting to jump out of the way of a shot by teammate Johnny Boychuk. After being hit, Krejci stayed down on the ice in obvious pain for several minutes before finally being helped off the ice.

Krejci traveled with the team to Winnipeg on Monday ahead of the Bruins' game against the Jets on Tuesday, but his availability is in question.

Business executives and hockey fans came together Monday morning in Ottawa for the announcement of a monument to the Stanley Cup and the man who dedicated what has become the most storied trophy in sports.

According to multiple Canadian media reports, a monument to Lord Stanley of Preston, the governor general of Canada, will be located on city-owned land near the intersection of Sparks and Elgin streets -- not far from where the idea of what would become the Stanley Cup originated.

"We want to have the monument centrally located," hockey historian Paul Kitchen told The (Toronto) Globe and Mail. "We want it to be a destination point where both the citizens of Ottawa and the Canadian public would have easy access to it."

Dmitry Orlov is rejoining the Washington Capitals.

The talented defenseman, a second-round pick in the 2009 NHL Draft and a fixture on the Capitals' blue line as a rookie last season, was officially recalled by the team from Hershey of the American Hockey League on Monday.

Orlov will participate in practice Tuesday morning in Pittsburgh, where the Capitals will face the Penguins at Consol Energy Center on Tuesday night.

Orlov had three goals and 19 points in 60 games for the Capitals last season.

While playing in Hershey during the lockout, he suffered an upper-body injury in early December and missed over two months of action. He had a goal and 12 points in 22 AHL games this season.

DENVER -- The adjustment period has ended for Ryan O'Reilly, who missed training camp and the Colorado Avalanche's first 19 games during a contract dispute that lasted longer than either he or the team would have liked.

"Definitely there are certain areas that need to be better, but we don't have time for that," the 22-year-old center said of his game. "I have to start making an impact right now and do whatever I can to help the team win."

No doubt. The Avalanche sit last in the Western Conference with a 10-13-4 record and take a three-game losing streak into Monday night's game against the Chicago Blackhawks at the Pepsi Center.

For the second-straight week, the Anaheim Ducks have narrowly edged the Chicago Blackhawks atop the Super 16 power rankings.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have moved up on the strength of a perfect week that came largely at the expense of the Boston Bruins, who dropped two spots.

With the Winnipeg Jets and Vancouver Canucks breaking through this week, four of the top 15 teams in the ranking are Canadian-based franchises.

Let's take a look at the rest of the rankings, which include a New York team few thought would be hanging around this close to the Stanley Cup Playoff picture this late in the season:

TAMPA -- On Oct. 4, 2008, the Tampa Bay Lightning opened their season against the New York Rangers in the Czech Republic. Mike Smith was in the net for the Lightning, Barry Melrose was behind the bench, and up in the stands, 18-year-old Radko Gudas was watching his first National Hockey League game.

Much has changed for the Lightning over four-plus years, and much has changed for Gudas, too -- he's not sitting in the stands anymore, he's sitting in the Lightning locker room, preparing to play his fourth game as an NHL defenseman Monday against the Philadelphia Flyers (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, TSN, RDS).

"It was amazing," Gudas said of watching that first game in Prague. "It was pretty exciting. I never dreamed about playing here at the time, but then I got drafted by Tampa Bay [third round in 2010] and it was a nice surprise."

Gudas has proven to be a nice surprise for the Lightning, too. Always known for his hard checks, he is winning praise for his composure with the puck and passing ability, too. He's also winning ice time, skating 20:03 Saturday in the Lightning's defeat of the Carolina Hurricanes.

"Everybody loves the way he handles the puck and passes, but that's not what he is -- he's a Kasparaitis." Lightning coach Guy Boucher said, comparing Gudas to retired defenseman Darius Kasparaitis. "He's one of those guys that hits you clean, but extremely hard.

"He hits so hard and his timing is right on. I didn't want him to go out there and extend himself trying to hit guys just to impress us. We wanted him to play a simple game and he's been doing that. He's doing it all right now."

NEW YORK – St. Louis Blues right wing Chris Stewart, Ottawa Senators center Kyle Turris and Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky have been named the NHL's "Three Stars" for the week ending March 17.

FIRST STAR – CHRIS STEWART, RW, ST. LOUIS BLUES

Stewart led the NHL with seven points and tied for the League lead with five goals, including two game-winners, in three contests. He opened the week with two scores, his first multi-goal performance since Jan. 19, in a 4-2 win over the San Jose Sharks March 12. Stewart then totaled three points (2-1—3), including his first game-winner of the season, in a 3-0 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes March 14. He capped the week with the overtime winner and an assist in a 2-1 triumph over the Anaheim Ducks March 16. Stewart has 7-7—14 in his last seven outings and leads the Blues with 14 goals and 28 points in 28 games this season.

New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur could be back in net as soon as Thursday when his team plays at the Carolina Hurricanes.

Brodeur took part in practice Monday at AmeriHealth Pavilion for the first time since being placed on injured reserve retroactive to Feb. 24 with back soreness. Brodeur told The (Bergen) Record on Monday that his injury, a pinched nerve in his neck/upper back, was causing numbness in his shoulder and arm.

The future Hall of Fame goalie hasn't played since making 19 saves in a 3-2 victory against the Washington Capitals on Feb. 21. After a planned game off Feb. 23 against the Washington Capitals, Brodeur removed himself from the lineup during pre-game warmups prior to the Devils' home game Feb. 24 against the Winnipeg Jets.

On Saturday, we saw two top fantasy contributors get activated off injured reserve and pay immediate dividends for their owners.

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul, who missed 25 games with a broken forearm, scored on his first shift back and later added a second goal. The 29-year-old played mostly on a line with Nazem Kadri and Matt Frattin, and with three games this week against two teams giving up a lot of goals (TB, @BUF, BOS) Lupul needs to be activated or picked up (owned in 68 percent of Yahoo! Leagues) for your drive toward the fantasy playoffs.

About 750 miles away in St. Louis, the hot-shot rookie that stole the first week of the fantasy season, Vladimir Tarasenko, returned for the Blues. The 21-year-old returned after missing 10 games with a concussion and had a power-play assist and four shots on goal. The Blues have one of the top-rated power plays with Tarasenko now healthy, and he is only owned in 41 percent of Yahoo! Leagues.

Jake Allen hasn't wasted any time showing he belongs in the NHL.

St. Louis' second-round pick in the 2008 NHL Draft is turning himself into the Blues' starter in goal -- no mean feat on a team that led the League in fewest goals allowed last season. Since his second call-up from Peoria of the American Hockey League earlier this month, he's gone 5-0-0 to help the Blues shake off their February slump.

That five-game winning streak includes three wins in as many starts last week, during which he allowed just three goals on 97 shots and earned his first NHL shutout. Allen's .920 save percentage is far better than either Jaroslav Halak (.881) or Brian Elliott (.851), and he's giving every indication that he's ready to grab the starting job for a team that has Stanley Cup hopes in the spring.