Leddy missed the last three games with a lower-body issue but is expected to replace Noah Dobson against the Predators. Leddy has 11 points (2G / 9A) and a plus-5 rating in 23 games this season.
Johnson has missed the last four games with a lower-body injury but head coach Jon Cooper said that he is "good-to-go" tonight vs. the Senators. Johnson could skate in the top-6 if Nikita Kucherov can't play--he is listed as a game-time decision. Johnson has seven goals and seven assists (14 points) in 27 games this season.
Kucherov was hurt Saturday and missed Monday's practice but head coach Jon Cooper listed him as a game-time decision for Tuesday's game vs. the Senators. “We got a little lucky," Cooper told reporters and Kucherov's fantasy owners feel the same way. He has four goals and 12 assists (16 points) in his last 12 games.
Greiss allowed one goal on 33 shots in the Islanders win in Florida last Thursday. The win snapped a brief two-game losing streak for Greiss, who comes into Tuesday's game at 7-0-0 with a 1.61 GAA and .946 SV% in seven home games this season. Tonight he takes on a Predators team that is 3-3-1 while scoring 2.86 goals per game in their last seven.
Hart allowed one goal on seven shots after replacing Brian Elliott in the Flyers loss in Winnipeg on Sunday. In his last three starts, Hart has allowed three goals in each game while posting a .892 SV%. He draws a good matchup on Tuesday with the Ducks in town. Anaheim has lost five of their last six (1-3-2) road games while scoring 2.67 goals per game.
Bernier stopped 42 of 43 shots in the Red Wings' win in Montreal on Saturday. Bernier was absolutely brilliant and earned back-to-back wins for the first time since November 10th/12th. As scary as it might be to start the Red Wings goalie right now, the matchup looks OK. Columbus has lost seven of their last eight road games (1-4-3) while scoring just 2.00 goals per game and they played last night, so the struggling Elvis Merzlikins will be between the pipes for them.
Michael Dal Colle was injured over the weekend, so it looks like Kuhnhackl will replace him in the lineup on Tuesday. Kuhnhackl, who had no points in six NHL games before getting demoted, had two assists in four AHL games.
Gibbons has basically split his time between the Hurricanes and Checkers this season. The veteran winger has no points in 13 NHL games but is near a point-per-game with 13 points (3G / 10A) in 14 AHL games.
Eriksson Ek missed Sunday's game in Chicago with an upper-body injury that he suffered Saturday vs. the Flyers. With Eriksson Ek going on IR, the Wild have recalled Luke Johnson and Nico Sturm from Iowa (AHL).
Kahkonen's first taste of the NHL went pretty well. He went 3-1-1 with a 2.96 GAA and .916 SV% but his return to the AHL suggests that Devan Dubnyk could be available on Tuesday. Kahkonen has gone 7-2-1 with a 2.47 GAA and .909 SV% in the AHL this year.
Sturm has been called up on several occasions this season but has yet to appear in a game with the Wild in 2019-20. The 24-year-old centre could make his season debut this week with Joel Eriksson Ek going on IR.
Johnson was originally a fifth-round pick of the Blackhawks back in 2013 but signed with the Wild this past July. The 25-year-old has 15 games of NHL experience and seven points (3G / 4A) in 10 AHL games with Iowa this season.
Rust missed Monday's practice with an illness and is listed as a game-time decision for Tuesday's game in Calgary. The Penguins have been skipping morning skates this season, so don't expect to get an update on his status until two hours before puck-drop.
Malkin missed the last two games with an illness but was back at practice on Monday and is expected to play Tuesday in Calgary. Since Sidney Crosby got hurt, Malkin is tied for ninth in the NHL with 21 points (6G / 15A) in 14 games.
Mahura played in three of the last four games with the Ducks but swaps spots with Jacob Larsson. The 21-year-old blueliner has four points (1G / 3A) in 11 NHL games and two assists in 10 AHL games in 2019-20.
Larsson was sent back to the AHL in late-November and has just three points (1G / 2A) in 25 games with the Ducks this season. The 22-year-old defensemen picked up two points (1G / 1A) in five AHL games during his demotion.
Carrick appeared in two games with the Ducks last week, picking up one assist and four shots while playing 13:07 ATOI. He has 10 goals and six assists (16 points) in 18 AHL games this season.
Brisebois did not appear in an NHL game during his call-up. He swaps spots with Jalen Chatfield and returns to Utica, where he has three goals and eight assists (11 points) in 26 games.
Chatfield was recently sent back to the Canucks but swaps spots with Guillaume Brisebois again. Chatfield has never appeared in an NHL game in his career and has just one assist in 20 AHL games this season.
