Status Report: Kuzmenko returns to Penguins practice after father's death

What this means

The NHL's October 2 status report says Pittsburgh forward Andrei Kuzmenko returned to practice and was expected to make his Penguins debut October 3 after traveling to Russia following his father's death. Dallas forward Tyler Seguin was set to play his first regular-season game since a December knee injury, New Jersey defenseman Seamus Casey was expected to miss eight to ten weeks after knee surgery, Buffalo defenseman Olen Zellweger was cleared to return, Ottawa defenseman Jake Sanderson resumed skating, and Columbus defenseman Ivan Provorov was listed week to week with a lower-body injury.