Campbell has been out since January 24th with a leg injury but will accompany the team out west. Campbell told reporters that he’s “feeling good and ready to go,” so it sounds like he could stat Saturday in Edmonton. In two starts this season, Campbell has gone 2-0-0 while stopping 48 of 52 shots (.923 SV%).
Chlapik was a second-round pick in 2015 and has appeared in just one game with the Senators this season. Chlapik was on a one-year contract with a $735K cap-hit but is now a free agent after having his contract terminated.
Ovechkin was missing from Friday’s practice session and the Capitals have listed him as a game-time decision for Saturday’s game in New Jersey. With a 1 PM ET start, monitor his status when they hit the ice for warmups at 12:30 PM ET.
Matthews has been dealing with a hand injury and missed Friday’s practice, making him questionable for Saturday’s game. Friday was believed to be more maintenance-related, so expect him to play in the battle of MVP candidates.
Raanta has missed the last six games but will serve as Adin Hill’s backup on Friday. Darcy Kuemper is day-to-day with a “very minor” lower-body injury, so expect Hill and Raanta to split their Friday/Saturday back-to-back with the Avalanche.
Kuemper will not be available for Friday’s game vs. Colorado, so Adin Hill will make his first start of the season and Antti Raanta will serve as the backup. The Coyotes called his injury “very minor” but it seems unlikely that he’ll be available for tomorrow’s rematch.
Tarasenko skated on a line with Brayden Schenn in Friday’s practice, indicating that he’s getting very close to making his season debut. The Blues start a six-game road trip on Saturday in San Jose and it goes until Monday, March 8th, so look for Tarasenko to debut sometime in the next week.
Ullmark was hurt in the first period of Thursday’s game and did not return for the second period. Ullmark is being evaluated on Friday and has already been ruled out for this weekend’s back-to-back vs. the Flyers.
Eichel missed Thursday’s morning skate and was a late-scratch for last night’s game vs. the Devils. Eichel was once again missing from practice on Friday and is listed as day-to-day. Consider him questionable for this weekend’s back-to-back vs. the Flyers.
This isn’t overly surprising, since Chytil just returned to practice on Thursday. Monitor his status heading into Sunday’s game vs. the Bruins.
Grzelcyk has been out since February 10th but is on the current road trip and head coach Bruce Cassidy said that he could be back on Sunday. With Grzelcyk still out on Friday, Urho Vaakanien, Jakub Zboril and John Moore will remain in the lineup but a decision will need to be made on Sunday.
