Drouin left Tuesday’s game with an upper-body injury and did not return. Drouin missed Wednesday’s practice and head coach Claude Julien said that there’s a 50/50 chance he will play Thursday against Minnesota.
There is no word on what is ailing Shaw, who finished Tuesday’s game vs. the Golden Knights. Shaw missed Wednesday’s practice and the Canadiens said that there is a 50/50 chance that he will play vs. the Wild.
Dubnyk allowed four goals on 24 shots in the Wild’s loss in Boston on Monday. Dubnyk has now lost five of his last eight games (3-4-1) and comes into Wednesday at 1-3-0 with a 3.88 GAA and .886 SV% in four starts on the road. He will face a Toronto team that has lost five of their last seven and could be without leading scorer Auston Matthews.
Rask stopped 24 of 27 shots in the Bruins 5-3 win over the Wild on Monday. Rask has now won two of his last three starts while turning away 76 of 83 shots (.916 SV%). Tonight he starts at Madison Square Garden—so far he is 0-2-1 with a 3.30 GAA and .892 SV% on the road so far this season.
Kulemin left Tuesday’s loss vs. Edmonton with an upper-body injury after playing 8:03 TOI and didn’t return. This afternoon the Isles moved him to IR and Alan Quine, who has recalled this morning will likely take his spot in the lineup on Friday.
Andersen allowed three goals on 28 shots and stopped all three shootout attempts in the Maple Leafs win over the Golden Knights on Monday. It was just Andersen’s second win in his last six starts and moved him to 4-3-0 with a 4.10 GAA and.869 SV% in seven games at the Air Canada Centre this season.
Lundqvist allowed three goals on 25 shots in the Rangers win over the Blue Jackets on Monday. Lundqvist has won four straight starts while posting a 2.98 GAA and .901 SV%. The numbers aren’t great, but the wins are there. Tonight he faces the Bruins at Madison Square Garden, where he has gone 4-3-2 with a 2.88 GAA and .900 SV% so far this season.
Svedberg, 28, has gone 3-6-0 with a 2.84 GAA and .904 SV% in 10 games with Iowa so far this season. With Alex Stalock expected to go join his wife for the birth of their second child, Svedberg will come up and backup Dubnyk against the Maple Leafs.
Stalock was projected to face the Maple Leafs tonight but his wife is about to give birth to their second child, so it looks like Devan Dubnyk will start and Niklas Svedberg will serve as his backup.
Dubnyk allowed four goals on 24 shots in the Wild’s loss in Boston on Monday. Dubnyk has now lost five of his last eight games (3-4-1) and comes into Wednesday at 1-3-0 with a 3.88 GAA and .886 SV% in four starts on the road. He will face a Toronto team that has lost five of their last seven and could be without leading scorer Auston Matthews.
Quine, 24, missed the start of the season but has recorded one goal in four games with the Sound Tigers prior to today’s call-up. There’s no word if Quine will draw into the lineup for Friday’s game in Dallas. He has just six goals and 13 assists (19 points) in 63 career games with the Islanders.
Boucher has been recalled to serve as a extra forward because Markus Granlund was banged up on Monday.The 24-year-old has 10 points (3G / 7A) in 10 games with the Comets so far this season—he has just 37 points (17G / 20A) in 112 career NHL games.
Gauthier, 22, has recorded two assists in eight games with the Marlies so far this season and he could make his season debut on Wednesday. The former first round pick (No.21 in 2013) has just two goals and two assists (four points) in 28 career NHL games.
Kapanen appeared in three games with the Maple Leafs during his call-up but returns to the Marlies where he had three goals in six games so far this season.
With Justin Schultz returning to the lineup from a concussion, the Penguins had to clear a roster spot to activate him from IR.
Quick allowed three goals on 36 shots in the Kings’ win over the Maple Leafs last Thursday. Darcy Kuemper got the nod on Saturday, so they’ll obviously come back to Quick tonight in Anaheim. The Ducks are extremely banged up and Quick has been excellent, posting a 1.99 GAA, .939 SV% and two shutouts in 11 starts this season.
