Saturday featured the NHL debuts of four prospects from the AHL, bringing the total number of debuts for the New Year to seven.

Four more AHL alumni have made their National Hockey League debuts, bringing the number of AHL players to make their NHL debut since the start of the New Year to seven. 

Graeme Clarke, 22, suited up for the New Jersey Devils in a 6-4 loss to the surging Vancouver Canucks. The 80th overall pick of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft logged 9:39 of ice time with a plus-one and one hit in the contest. Clarke, brother to Los Angeles blueline prospect Brandt Clarke, has 21 points in 27 games with the Utica Comets. 

Defender Lukas Cormier found himself chewing a considerable amount of minutes in his NHL debut with the Stanley Cup-winning Vegas Golden Knights. Cormier logged 19:46 of ice time, banking an assist with a plus-one, a block, and a shot in the 5-2 Kings' win over the New York Islanders. The 2020 third-rounder has 12 points in 27 games with the Henderson Silver Knights. 

Jack Thompson found himself on the losing end of the equation as the dynasty Lightning was run over by the Boston Bruins 7-3. Thompson, 21, logged 11:39 of ice time with one shot and two hits in the contest. The 93rd overall selection in 2020 has 20 points in 31 games with the AHL's Syracuse Crunch. 

22-year-old Swede Emil Martinsen Lilleberg also debuted for Tampa Bay in the loss to Boston on Saturday. The defender logged 11:48 of ice time, with a minus-two and one block in the contest. EML, for short, has 12 points in 31 games with Syracuse in his first full season in North America. 

The four debuting talents join Vasiliy Ponomarev, Declan Carlile and Brennan Othmann as AHL players to make their National Hockey League debut this January.