Boyle announced his retirement with San Jose on Wednesday.
Boyle announced that he is leaning toward retirement for family reasons Tuesday, Andrew Gross of The Recordreports.
Boyle was a healthy scratch for Game 5 against the Penguins on Saturday.
Boyle (illness) returned to practice Wednesday, and The Record's Tom Gross reports that he's good to go for the evening's game.
Boyle missed practice Tuesday while dealing with the flu.
Boyle's point drought hit eight games in Sunday's 5-2 loss to Washington.
Boyle scored the game's opening goal and added an assist in Wednesday's 5-2 win in Tampa Bay.
Boyle collected his fourth goal of the season in Sunday's loss to Washington.
Boyle scored his second goal of the season and dished out an assist in 22:51 of ice time in Saturday's overtime loss to Calgary.
Boyle notched a power play assist in Saturday's 5-4 overtime win over the Panthers.