Line Change
Benson will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
Benson will be replaced by Devin Shore, who is returning from a 13-game absence due to a lower-body injury. Benson is still searching for his first point of the season (11 GP).
Edmonton Oilers News
Klingberg (illness) will be back in the Stars lineup on Monday.
Klingberg was scratched from the Stars lineup last Tuesday but had plenty of time to get back healthy. Klingberg, who comes in with no goals and seven assists in 16 games, should be back on the top power-play unit vs. the Coyotes.
Henrique (lower-body) did not travel to Washington for Monday's game.
Henrique suffered a lower-body injury vs. the Flames on Friday and did not travel with the team as they started their five-game road trip. It seems likely that he will miss the entire week. Buddy Robinson will make his Ducks debut in Henrique's place.
Nurse (finger) has been activated from IR and is expected to play Sunday.
Line Change
Pederson will be back in the Sharks lineup in New York.
Goalie Start
Skinner will start Friday in Seattle.
Goalie Start
Skinner is in the starter's crease at the Oilers morning skate.
Klingberg (illness) will not play Thursday vs. the Blue Jackets.
Kulak (lower-body) will be back in the Canadiens lineup on Thursday.
Kulak has missed the last four games with a lower-body injury but will return to the lineup on Thursday. Kulak will replace Mattias Norlinder in the lineup.
Pederson (lower-body) will return to the Sharks lineup on Tuesday.
Pederson has missed the last eight games with a lower-body injury but will replace Jasper Weatherby in the lineup on Tuesday. Pederson has no points and a minus-7 rating in 11 games this season.
Murray is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury.
Murray suffered a lower-body injury on his first shift of Saturday's win over the Predators. Johnson will replace Murray on Wednesday after being a healthy scratch vs. Nashville.
Frederic will draw back into the Bruins lineup on Sunday.
Henrique (upper-body) will draw back into the Ducks lineup on Friday.
Caggiula is week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
Caggiula suffered an upper-body injury vs. the Blue Jackets on Monday and is expected to miss at least a couple of weeks. With Caggiula out, Arttu Ruotsalainen should remain in the Sabres lineup full-time.
Brown will miss 4-to-6 weeks with an upper-body injury.
Brown returned to the lineup on Monday but played just 2:35 TOI before departing with an upper-body injury. Brown will be out until after the Christmas break and could be sidelined until mid-January.
Henrique is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
Line Change
Caggiula will be a healthy scratch on Wednesday.
Ryan (concussion) will return to the Oilers lineup on Tuesday.
Ryan has missed the last two games with a concussion that he suffered in a collision with Mark Scheifele on November 16th. Ryan will be back on the Oilers' fourth line and comes into Tuesday with one goal and a minus-10 rating in 15 games.
Goalie Start
Skinner will start Tuesday in Dallas.
Stecher underwent wrist surgery and will be out until after the Olympic break.
Stecher will be out until at least late February after undergoing wrist surgery. Stecher played a huge role for the Red Wings last year (17:19 ATOI) but the additions of Moritz Seider and Nick Leddy has pushed him down the depth chart (14:28 ATOI), so this isn't a huge loss for the Red Wing, who will continue to use Gustav Lindstrom on the third pair.
