Chicago Blackhawks News
The Blue Jackets continue to get hit hard by injuries and on Saturday they'll be without their captain. Foligno's name has been swirling on the trade market, so perhaps this is more "asset management" than "upper-body injury."
With the trade deadline less than a week away, the Sabres will keep Hall out of the lineup on Tuesday for precautionary reasons. With Hall out, look for C.J. Smith to draw into the Sabres lineup.
Bjork has been in the lineup for the last six games but will be replaced by Jake DeBrusk (COVID-19) in the lineup on Monday. Bjork has been held pointless with a minus-3 rating in his last five games.
Khudobin already had COVID-19, so the Stars are hoping that it's a false positive. Regardless, with Khudobin unavailable, Jake Oettinger will start Saturday in Carolina.
Mrazek has been out since January 30th but he is expected to make a conditioning start with Chicago this afternoon before returning to the Hurricanes tonight. It's unclear how the Hurricanes will handle their three netminders since Alex Nedeljkovic has played very well while Mrazek was out.