Namestnikov suffered a lower-body injury in Tuesday's win over the Lightning and is expected to miss some time. Alexander Radulov will return to the lineup on Thursday to replace Namestnikov in the bottom-6.
Deslauriers missed two games after suffering an injury while blocking a shot in St. Louis last Friday. Deslauriers will replace Jordan Greenway (upper-body) in the lineup on Thursday.
Greenway suffered an upper-body injury vs. the Oilers on Tuesday and will not play on Thursday. Nic Deslauriers will draw back into the lineup to replace him but Tyson Jost will move up to the Joel Eriksson Ek line.
Benoit played 15:40 TOI on Tuesday but will be a healthy scratch for the second time in three games on Thursday. Josh Mahura will replace him in the lineup.
Mahura has been a healthy scratch for three of the last four games but will replace Simon Benoit in the lineup on Thursday. Mahura has one goal and two assists in his last 10 games.
Comtois played just 8:19 TOI on Tuesday but will come back out of the lineup on Thursday. Sam Steel will replace Comtois, as he'll be a healthy scratch for the second time in three games.
Steel was a healthy scratch on Tuesday but will replace Max Comtois in the lineup on Thursday. Steel, who has played primarily as a bottom-6 option for the Ducks this season, has no goals and just three assists in his last 18 games.
Jones played 14:44 TOI and was a minus-2 in Tuesday's loss to the Kings. He'll be replaced by Calvin de Haan (lower-body) in the lineup on Thursday.
de Haan missed Tuesday's game vs. the Kings with some bumps and bruises but will replace Caleb Jones in the lineup on Thursday. de Haan has two goals and no assists in his last 20 games.
Luff played the last five games but will miss Thursday's game vs. the Oilers. Cody Glass was recalled from Milwaukee (AHL) and will replace him in the Predators' bottom-6.
Glass has spent most of the season in the AHL, leading them with 60 points (14G / 46A) in 63 games. Glass will replace Matt Luff, who is day-to-day with an illness.
Veronneau was an undrafted free agent out of Princeton University, who had four points (2G / 2A) in 16 career NHL games with the Senators. He's spent the last two season in the SHL, most recently scoring 34 goals with 26 assists (60 points) in 51 games with Leksands IF.
Kuznetsov was missing from the morning skate on Thursday and will be a game-time decision for their game in Toronto. Monitor Kuznetsov's status as the Capitals hit the ice for warmups at 6:30 PM ET.
Wahlstrom has been a regular in the Islanders lineup for a while now but will come out Thursday in Pittsburgh. Kieffer Bellows will replace him on a line with Mathew Barzal.
Bellows has been a healthy scratch for five games and missed Tuesday's game due to illness but will replace Oliver Wahlstrom in the lineup on Thursday. Bellows has scored four goals with nine assists (13 points) in 35 games this season.
Rodrigues left Tuesday's game due to an illness after playing just 6:27 TOI and was not on the ice for the Penguins' morning skate. He has not been ruled out for Thursday's rematch vs. the Islanders but is a game-time decision.
