Benn will miss his fourth consecutive game with a foot injury, but head coach Lindy Ruff said Benn is at about 80 percent and he’ll know when he’s ready and when he’s ready he will play. Monitor his status prior to Thursday’s game vs. the Red Wings.
Getzlaf has missed the last three games with a lower-body injury, but took part in the morning skate and will be a game-time decision tonight vs. the Stars. Monitor his status when pre-game warmups start at 9:30 p.m. ET, but it looks like he should draw back in.
Boyle has missed the last four games with a lower-body injury, but was on the ice for Tuesday’s practice and is hopeful that he can play on Thursday. To be sure, monitor the big forwards status leading up to Thursday.
Auvitu was injured during his first shift on Saturday and has been placed on IR retroactive to January 7th. Auvitu will miss at least the next two games because of this move.
Greene has missed the last three games with an upper-body injury and has been placed on IR retroactive to January 3rd. Despite being moved to IR, Greene will travel with the team to Edmonton and is eligible to return whenever he is ready to go.
Nestrasil has been a healthy scratch for the last three games and went unclaimed on waivers, so he’ll go to Charlotte to grow his game. Nestrasil has one goal and four assists (five points) in 19 games this season.
Dumont, 26, has picked up five goals and five assists (10 points) in 19 games with Syracuse this season. Dumont’s recall likely means that he will make his Lightning debut on Thursday. He previously appeared in 18 NHL games, collecting one goal and two assists with the Canadiens.
Gibson allowed two goals on 36 shots in the Ducks’ loss to Minnesota on Sunday. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Gibson, who is now 3-1-0 with a 1.72 GAA, .949 SV% and one shutout in January. Tonight he faces the Stars for the third time—he is 0-2-0 with a 4.97 GAA and .795 SV% in the first two meetings.
Talbot allowed one goal on 20 shots in the Oilers’ win in New Jersey on Saturday. Jonas Gustavsson started on Sunday, but the Oilers will obviously go back to Talbot tonight vs. San Jose. Talbot has gone 6-1-2 with a 2.04 GAA and .932 SV% in his last nine games and tonight he’ll face the Sharks for the second this season—he allowed three goals on 31 shots in a 3-2 OT loss in the first meeting.
Hamonic is listed as day-to-day according to head coach Jack Capuano and said that “it doesn’t look like he’ll play [Wednesday]. [Adam] Pelech is going to get a chance.” Monitor Hamonic’s status prior to Friday’s game in Florida.
Tanev missed Saturday’s game in Calgary, but will play tonight in Nashville. Tanev will skate with Luca Sbisa and comes into play with four assists in 18 games this season.
Green has missed the last eight games with an upper-body injury, but will be back in the lineup tonight in Chicago. Green has seven goals and 11 assists (18 points) in 32 games this season and should help the Red Wings struggling power-play.
Abdelkader has missed the last 16 games with an MCL sprain, but will return to the lineup tonight in Chicago. Abdelkader will skate on the Red Wings’ third line with Dylan Larkin and Tomas Tatar and comes into play with eight points (4G / 4A) in 22 games this season.
Rask stopped all 25 shots that he faced in the Bruins’ shutout win in Florida on Saturday. Zane McIntyre started on Sunday, so they’ll come back to Rask tonight in St. Louis. Rask has won three of his last five starts while turning aside 126 of 135 shots (.933 SV%). He allowed three goals on 27 shots in a 4-2 loss in his first start vs. the Blues.
Miller allowed two goals on 46 shots in the Canucks’ win over the Flames last Friday. Jacob Marsktrom gave him the night off on Saturday, but Miller will be back between the pipes tonight in Nashville. Miller is riding a five-game winning streak, having posting an impressive 1.38 GAA, .955 SV% and one shutout over that stretch.
Korpisalo has been recalled to serve as Anton Forsberg’s backup tonight in Carolina. Sergei Bobrovsky is sick, but should be ready to go for Friday, so expect Korpisalo to go back down after tonight’s game.
Rinne allowed three goals on 29 shots in the Predators’ loss in Chicago on Sunday. Rask has lost five of his last six starts (1-3-2) while posting a 2.63 GAA and .915 SV%, but will remain in net tonight instead of Juuse Saros, who has played much better. Rinne is 9-4-4 with a 2.21 GAA and .921 SV% on home-ice.
McElhinney has gone 2-1-2 with a 2.39 GAA and .924 SV% in just seven appearances (five starts) this season, but had one of the worst seasons of his career a year ago and has a sub-par career .905 SV%. The Maple Leafs clearly wanted Antoine Bibeau in the AHL and the veteran McElhinney is a low-cost option to backup Frederik Andersen, who will see the vast majority of starts in the second half.
Bobrovsky was coming off of a really strong outing on Sunday, but will sit tonight in Carolina. On Monday the Blue Jackets waived Curtis McElhinney and called up Anton Forsberg, who will make his season debut tonight. Bobrovsky is considered day-to-day and should be ready to start on of the Blue Jackets games in Florida on Friday and Saturday.
Sergei Bobrovsky is sick and Curtis McElhinney is now a Maple Leaf, so Forsberg will make his season debut tonight in Carolina. The 24-year-old played very well during his time in Cleveland, going 12-6-1 with a 2.16 GAA and .930 SV% in 21 games. He is 1-7-0 with a 4.01 GAA and .882 SV% in his NHL career. He is a risky start against a sneaky good Carolina team.
