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Husso will start Thursday vs. the Rangers.
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MacDermid will draw back into the Avalanche lineup on Thursday.
With Samuel Girard out with a lower-body injury, MacDermid willl play on defence on Thursday. MacDermid has just three points (1G / 2A) in 42 games this season, averaging just 7:07 TOI/gm.
Girard (lower-body) will not play Thursday in Carolina.
Girard will come out of the Avalanche lineup on Thursday due to a lower-body injury, so Kurtis MacDermid will suit up on defence. Girard returned to Colorado to be evaluated.
The Ducks have recalled Buddy Robinson from San Diego (AHL).
The Ducks will be without Ryan Getzlaf, Isac Lundestrom and Jakob Silfverberg on Thursday, so Robinson, Danny O'Regan and Vinni Lettieri were called up from the AHL. Robinson has split his season between the AHL and NHL, tallying four points (1G / 3A) in 23 games with the Ducks.
The Ducks have recalled Danny O'Regan from San Diego (AHL).
The Ducks will be without Ryan Getzlaf, Isac Lundestrom and Jakob Silfverberg on Thursday, so O'Regan, Vinni Lettieri and Buddy Robinson were called up from the AHL. O'Regan has played in just one game with the Ducks this season, spending most of the year in San Diego, where he has 11 goals and 15 assists (26 points) in 37 games.
The Ducks have recalled Vinni Lettieri from San Diego (AHL).
The Ducks will be without Ryan Getzlaf, Isac Lundestrom and Jakob Silfverberg on Thursday, so Lettieri, Danny O'Regan and Buddy Robinson were called up from the AHL. Lettieri has scored five goals with three assists (eight points) in 17 NHL games this season.
The Ducks have placed Jakob Silfverberg (undisclosed) on IR.
Silfverberg suffered an undisclosed injury in Chicago on Tuesday and will miss at least one week after being placed on IR on Thursday. The move was made to clear space on the roster for the Ducks to recall Vinni Lettieri, Buddy Robinson and Danny O'Regan.
The Ducks have placed Ryan Getzlaf (lower-body) on IR.
Getzlaf is set to miss his third straight game on Thursday, so the Ducks moved him to IR to open cup a roster spot to call-up some reinforcements. Jakob Silfverberg was also placed on IR, so they'll be without three of their regular forwards on Thursday.
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Jones will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.
Jones has played in 12 straight games but will come out of the lineup on Thursday to make room for Riley Stillman. Jones' offence has actually picked up recently, posting five points (1G / 4A) in his last seven games.
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Shesterkin will start Thursday in St. Louis.
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Stillman will be back in the Blackhawks lineup on Thursday.
Stillman was a healthy scratch vs. the Ducks on Tuesday but he will replace Caleb Jones on the blueline on Thursday. Stillman has scored one goal with nine assists (10 points) in 31 games this season.
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Markstrom will start Thursday vs. the Lightning.
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Wedgewood will start Thursday in Toronto.
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Hellebuyck will start Friday against the Islanders.
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Comrie will start Thursday in New Jersey.
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Lankinen will start Thursday in Boston.
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Kuemper will start Thursday in Carolina.
The Stars have placed Miro Heiskanen (illness) on injured reserve.
Heiskanen has been diagnosed with mononucleosis and is out indefinitely. The Stars have placed him on IR retroactive to March 2nd, meaning he's eligible to return to the lineup whenever he is healthy, but mononucleosis is likely to sideline him for a lengthy period of time.
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Husso was the first goalie off of the ice at the Blues morning skate.
Grzelcyk (illness) will not play on Thursday.
Grzelcyk was on track to return to the lineup after missing one game with an upper-body injury but is now under the weather and will miss his second straight game. Jack Ahcan will stick on the Bruins' blueline and PP2 with Grzelcyk out.
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