Green has been out since January 20th and was placed on IR retroactive to that date on Wednesday. With Green on IR, Gustav Lindstrom was recalled from the AHL to take his spot on the roster.
Lindstrom was a second-round pick of the Red Wings in 2017 (No.38 overall) and is in his first season in North America. The 21-year-old defenseman has registered five assists in 45 AHL games this season. He takes Mike Green's (upper-body) spot on the roster.
Hirose started the season with the Red Wings, posting seven points (2G / 5A) in 23 games. Since going to the AHL, the 23-year-old has scored four goals with 15 assists (19 points) in 22 games. He will take Frans Nielsen's (upper-body) spot on the roster.
Koskinen stopped all eight shots that he faced after replacing an ejected Mike Smith in the Oilers win in Calgary on Saturday. Koskinen has gone 7-5-0 with a 2.45 GAA and .926 SV% on the road this season and is 1-0-1 with a 2.83 GAA and .889 SV% in two starts vs. the Coyotes this season.
Mrazek allowed four goals on 37 shots in the Hurricanes loss to the Golden Knights last Friday. Mrazek struggled in January, going 2-5-0 with a 2.48 GAA and .910 SV% in seven games. Tonight he'll face a Blues team that his suddenly struggling. They've lost five of their last six (1-4-1) while scoring just 2.67 goals per game.
Saros allowed four goals on 33 shots in the Predators win in Washington last Wednesday. Saros has given up at least three goals in four of his last five games, the one exception was a 28-save shutout vs. the Jets, who he'll face again tonight. Saros comes into Tuesday's game at 5-4-3 with a 3.40 GAA and .895 SV% on the road this year.
Gibson allowed four goals on 22 shots in the Ducks loss to the Lightning last Friday. Gibson has gone 5-13-2 with a 3.36 GAA and .896 SV% in 20 road starts this season but draws a solid matchup in Ottawa. Since the Christmas break, the Senators have gone 2-6-6 while scoring just 2.57 goals per game.
Hogberg allowed four goals on 36 shots in the Senators loss to the Capitals last Friday. Despite posting a strong .925 SV% in his last six starts, Hogberg has gone 1-1-4 over that stretch. Tonight he faces a Ducks team that has won three of their last four road games while scoring 2.75 goals per game.
Varlamov allowed five goals on 29 shots in the Islanders' loss to the Capitals on January 18th. Thomas Greiss has started the last three games but it looks like they'll go with Varlamov tonight vs. the Stars. Varlamov has lost his last four starts (0-3-1) while posting a 4.44 GAA and .864 SV%. Dallas comes into Tuesday having won six of their last eight road games (6-2-0) while averaging 2.63 goals for and 2.38 goals against per game.
Asplund, who had one goal and two assists in 28 games with the Sabres earlier this season, is expected to replace Johan Larsson in the lineup on Tuesday. The 22-year-old has nine points (1G / 8A) in his 18 AHL games.
There is no word who will replace Lazar on Tuesday because the Sabres often go with 11 forward and seven defensemen, so that could be the strategy tonight.
With Larsson out, Rasmus Asplund was recalled from the AHL and is expected to draw into the lineup vs. the Avalanche. Larsson is considered day-to-day.
The Sabres will be without their top defenseman when they host the Avalanche on Tuesday night. Zach Bogosian is expected to draw into the lineup to replace Dahlin and Colin Miller could see more power-play time.
Folin was recalled from the AHL on Monday and will play in his sixth NHL game of the season tonight. The 28-year-old has four points (1G / 3A) in 15 AHL games and one assist in five NHL games this season. He’ll replace Victor Mete, who is out with the flu.
Mete stayed back at the team hotel and will miss Tuesday’s game in New Jersey. Christian Folin will take his spot on the blueline.
