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Lundkvist will be a healthy scratch in Game 6.
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Petrovic will make his series debut in Game 6.
Wagner will draw into the Avalanche lineup for Game 6.
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Okposo will be a healthy scratch for Game 6.
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Lorentz will be a healthy scratch for Game 6.
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Lomberg will draw back into the Panthers' lineup for Game 6.
Podkolzin is expected to make his playoff debut in Game 5 on Thursday vs. Edmonton.
Podkolzin appeared in 19 games during the regular season and had just two assists but is expected to make his playoff debut in Game 5 as he replaces Sam Lafferty. The 22-year-old right-winger has 35 points (18G/17A) in 137 career games played before making his playoff debut in Game 5.
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Lafferty is expected to be a healthy scratch for Game 5 on Thursday vs. Edmonton.
Lafferty has been held scoreless through the first 10 games of the playoffs and is expected to be replaced by Vasily Podkolzin in Vancouver's lineup for Game 5 vs. Edmonton. The 29-year-old Lafferty was a mainstay in Vancouver's lineup during the regular season, with 13 goals and 24 points in 79 games played.
Hoglander is expected to draw back into Vancouver's morning skate for Game 5 on Thursday.
Hoglander has been a healthy scratch for Vancouver's previous two games but is expected to draw back into the lineup for Ilya Mikheyev on Thursday for Game 5. The 23-year-old has vastly underperformed in the playoffs after scoring 24 goals in the regular season, with one assist, four SOG, two PIMs and a -2 plus/minus in eight games played.
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Juulsen is expected to be a healthy scratch for Game 5 on Thursday vs. Edmonton.
Juulsen appears to be a healthy scratch for Game 5 as Carson Soucy returns from a one-game suspension. The 27-year-old has appeared in two playoff games prior to his scratch on Thursday, with zero points, four PIMs and one SOG while averaging only 12:54 TOI/GP.
Di Giuseppe is expected to draw back into Vancouver's lineup for Game 5 on Thursday vs. Edmonton.
Di Giuseppe has been a healthy scratch for Vancouver's previous two games but is expected to draw back into the lineup for Game 5 as he replaces Linus Karlsson. The 30-year-old has struggled through his eight games played so far in the playoffs, with one assist, two SOG, and two PIMs while averaging 10:11 TOI/GP.
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Karlsson is expected to be a healthy scratch for Game 5 on Thursday vs. Edmonton.
Karlsson dressed in the Canucks' previous two playoff games but is expected to be a healthy scratch for Game 5 on Thursday vs. Edmonton as he is replaced by Phil Di Giuseppe. The 24-year-old averaged only 9:54 TOI in his two playoff games played and failed to pick up a point with two PIMs.
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Jones will be a healthy scratch for Game 5 on Wednesday vs. Dallas.
With Devon Toews (illness) returning from injury for Game 5, Caleb Jones will be a healthy scratch on Wednesday. The 26-year-old has appeared in three games for the Avalanche in the playoffs but has yet to pick up a point to go along with his six PIMs and +1 plus/minus.
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Faksa will draw back into Dallas' lineup for Game 5 on Wednesday vs. Colorado.
Faksa has not played in Dallas' previous three playoff games but will draw back into the lineup as he replaces the injured Roope Hintz (upper body) on Wednesday vs. Colorado. The 30-year-old has appeared in four of Dallas' 11 games so far and has a goal, and five SOG in four games played while averaging 10:42 TOI/GP.
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Juulsen is expected to draw into the Canucks lineup for Game 4.
Juulsen will play in his second game of the postseason, replacing Carson Soucy, who is serving his one-game suspension. Expect Juulsen to come out of the lineup for Game 5 with Soucy eligible to play.
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Jones will draw into the Avalanche lineup for Game 4.
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Brodzinski will be a healthy scratch for Game 5 vs. the Hurricanes.
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Rempe will be back in the Rangers lineup for Game 5.
Forbort will be a healthy scratch for Game 4 on Sunday vs. Florida.
Forbort appeared in the first three games of Boston's second-round series but will head to the press box on Sunday for Game 4 as Parker Wotherspoon returns to the lineup. The 32-year-old has failed to produce offensively in his three playoff games played, with no points, and one SOG while averaging 17:49 TOI/GP.
Wotherspoon will draw back into Boston's lineup for Game 4 on Sunday.
Wotherspoon was a healthy scratch for Game 3 but will draw back into Boston's lineup for Game 4 on Sunday vs. Florida. The 26-year-old has appeared in seven games so far in the playoffs and has an assist, eight SOG and four PIMs while averaging 16:54 TOI.
