Hischier was forced to leave Sunday’s game with an upper-body injury and will not play against the Penguins. The Devils have not provided an update on the severity of Hischier’s injury, but he will be replace by Pavel Zacha tonight.
Cernak has seven points (2G / 5A) in nine games with the Crunch this season. The 21-year-old defenseman has been called up because Anton Stralman is out with an upper-body injury.
Boyle was forced to leave Sunday’s game in Winnipeg following a big collision with Dustin Byuflien. Pavel Zacha was recalled to replace Boyle on the Devils active roster.
Zacha struggled to start the season with New Jersey, failing to pick up a point in his first 10 games. Since being sent to Binghamton, the former No.6 overall pick had five assists in four games. Zacha has been brought back up because Brian Boyle has landed on IR.
Zykov has been a healthy scratch for the last three games so he will head to Charlotte to get some playing time. Zykov can spend up to two weeks with Charlotte, but can’t actually be assigned to the AHL without passing through waivers. The 23-year-old has three assists in 13 games with Carolina this season. He had 54 points (33G / 21A) in 633 games with Charlotte last year.
Goligoski will miss his third straight game with a lower-body injury that he suffered in Philadelphia last Thursday. Goligoski remains day-to-day and questionable to return Thursday vs. the Predators.
Kuemper allowed one goal on 39 shots in the Coyotes win in Washington on Sunday. Kuemper played great in his third start in four nights and is now 2-2-1 with a 2.60 GAA and .922 SV% in five starts on the road this season. Tonight he faces a Red Wings team that was slow out of the gates, but have won six of their last seven games.
Rinne allowed one goal on 25 shots in the Predators win in Colorado last Wednesday. Since returning to the Predators crease, Rinne has gone 3-0-0 while stopping 92 of 94 shots (.979 SV%). He makes for a great option against a Ducks team that has lost nine of their last 11.
Saad missed the morning skate and was listed as a game-time decision, but is not on the ice for warmups. Saad will sit out for a second straight game.
Rinne allowed one goal on 25 shots in the Predators win in Colorado last Wednesday. Since returning to the Predators crease, Rinne has gone 3-0-0 while stopping 92 of 94 shots (.979 SV%). He makes for a great option against a Ducks team that has lost nine of their last 11.
Kase missed the first 18 games of the season but is expected to play Monday vs. the Predators. Kase skated on the Ducks second line with Ryan Kesler and Nick Ritchie on Sunday and should make his debut there. The 23-year-old had 20 goals and 18 assists (38 points) in 66 games with the Ducks last season.
Arvidsson was activated from IR with a lower-body injury for Saturday’s game, but was forced to leave the game with an upper-body injury. Arvidsson was hurt while crashing into the boards and will miss at least the next three games. With Arvidsson back out, Kevin Fiala will likely move back to the top line.
De La Rose will miss his second straight game with an upper-body injury that he suffered vs. the Rangers last Friday. De La Rose has recorded one goal and one assist while averaging 14:20 TOI/gm in his first seven games with the Red Wings. They’ve leaned heavily on him in the D-zone, starting him there 62.7 percent of the time and that has led to a disastrous 39.6 CorsiFor% and -11.3 CF% rel.
Bobrovsky stopped 33 of 34 shots in the Blue Jackets win in Washington on Friday. Bobrovsky had a rough start to the season but has played very well as of late. The 30-year-old has gone 3-2-0 while allowing just eight goals on 160 shots (.950 SV%) in his last five starts—allowing just one goal in four of the five games. One of those wins came against the Stars, who he’ll face again tonight.
The Jets already announced that Kulikov would miss at least four weeks, so his move to IR is just a formality. Moving Kulikov to IR opens up a roster spot and gives the Jets some flexibility.
Shaw was signed to a two-way contract on Sunday and heads to Manitoba to start his Jets career. Shaw was originally with the Ducks on a PTO, picking up five points (2G / 3A) in seven games with San Diego (AHL) before signing in Winnipeg.
Ritchie has missed the last four games with an infection, but could be back in the lineup vs. the Blue Jackets. Ritchie has just one assist in 11 games this season and will return in a fourth-line capacity (replacing Gemel Smith) if he ends up playing.
Radulov has missed the last six games and eight of the last nine games with a lower-body injury, but will play Monday vs. the Blue Jackets. Radulov, who has 11 points (5G / 6A) in seven games this season, will be back on the top-line with Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn.
Petersen, 24, was a fifth round pick of the Sabres (No.129 overall) in 2013 and it appears he will make his NHL debut in the near future. Both Jonathan Quick and Jack Campbell are out with a torn meniscus, so Petersen joins Peter Budaj as the Kings goaltending duo. Petersen was a standout at the University of Notre Dame but has struggled in the AHL this season, going 2-3-1 with a 4.29 GAA and .881 SV% in 10 games.
