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Miller leads the Ducks onto the ice for warmups.
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Vasilevskiy led the Lightning onto the ice for warmups.
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Howard led the Red Wings onto the ice for warmups.
Ericsson (lower-body) will not play on Thursday.
Ericsson is day-to-day with a lower-body injury that is believed to be a right knee injury. Madison Bowey will replace Ericsson on the Red Wings blueline.
Del Zotto will draw back into the Blues lineup on Thursday.
Del Zotto has been a healthy scratch for the last three games but will appear in his second game in a Blues uniform on Thursday. Del Zotto will replace Joel Edmundson, who is out with an undisclosed injury.
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Kuemper will start Thursday vs. the Ducks.
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Fabbri will draw back into the Blues lineup on Thursday.
Fabbri has been a healthy scratch for the last four games but will draw in for Sammy Blais (undisclosed) on Thursday. Fabbri has had an extremely quiet season, scoring just two goals with three assists in 29 games.
Edmundson (undisclosed) will come out of the lineup on Thursday.
Edmundson is battling an undisclosed injury and will be replaced by Michael Del Zotto in Ottawa. Edmundson is day-to-day.
Blais (undisclosed) will come out of the lineup on Thursday.
Blais is battling an undisclosed injury and will be replaced by Robby Fabbri in Ottawa. Blais is day-to-day.
Kane was on the ice for the morning skate but will not play Thursday.
Kane will miss his seventh straight game but the Sharks are hopeful that he will be back on Saturday. Gustav Nyquist is expected to remain in the top-6 with Kane out.
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Jones will start Thursday vs. the Panthers.
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Quick was the first goalie off of the ice at the morning skate.
Roussel will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury.
Roussel suffered a knee injury against the Rangers on Wednesday and will miss the rest of the 2019 campaign according to head coach Travis Green. Roussel’s injury leaves a hole on the top line next to Bo Horvat, likely to be filled by Nikolay Goldobin or Jake Virtanen.
Simek will undergo season-ending knee surgery.
Simek will undergo surgery to repair the ACL and MCL in his right knee. Simek will be sidelined indefinitely, which leaves a huge hole on the top-pairing next to Brent Burns.
Send Down
The Blackhawks have assigned Collin Delia to Rockford (AHL).
Cam Ward is set to return in a backup role at the very least, so Delia heads back to Rockford. The 24-year-old is 8-6-4 with a 2.36 GAA and .929 SV% in 19 AHL contests this season.
White (upper-body) will not play Thursday vs. the Blues.
White was on the ice for Wednesday’s practice but will not be available for Thursday’s game. White will miss his second straight game, which means Chris Tierney will move up into the top-6.
Borowiecki is questionable for Thursday due to illness.
Despite being listed as questionable, all signs are pointing towards Borowiecki not playing on Thursday. He missed the morning skate and Erik Brannstrom was recalled to make his NHL debut, presumably in Borowiecki’s spot.
Brannstrom has been recalled from Belleville (AHL) and will make his NHL debut on Thursday.
Brannstrom was he big piece the came back to Ottawa in the Mark Stone trade and is set to make his NHL debut vs. the Blues. The 19-year-old has just one assist in five games since joining the Sens organization, giving him seven goals and 22 assists (29 points) in 46 games overall in the AHL this season.
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DeSmith will start Thursday in Buffalo.
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Allen will start Thursday in Ottawa.
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