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Woll will make his first career start on Saturday.
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Niederreiter (lower-body) is not on the ice for warmups; will not play vs. the Flyers.
Necas (illness) is not on the ice for warmups; will not play vs. the Flyers.
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Vladar led the Flames onto the ice for warmups.
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Samsonov will start Friday in Columbus.
The Penguins have recalled Juuso Riikola from Wilkes-Barre (AHL) on an emergency basis.
Riikola will travel to Ottawa for Saturday's game and will likely play because Chad Ruhwedel and Marcus Pettersson are ineligible to travel to Canada.
Pettersson (COVID-19) will not be available for Saturday's game in Ottawa.
Pettersson was activated from the COVID-19 protocol list for Thursday's game but he is ineligible to travel to Canada due to the Canadian government’s mandatory 14-day quarantine requirement following his previous positive tests for COVID-19.
Ruhwedel (COVID-19) will not be available for Saturday's game in Ottawa.
Ruhwedel was activated from the COVID-19 protocol list for Thursday's game but he is ineligible to travel to Canada due to the Canadian government’s mandatory 14-day quarantine requirement following his previous positive tests for COVID-19.
Goalie Start
Wedgewood will start Friday in Chicago.
Line Change
Dineen will come out of the Coyotes lineup on Friday.
Dineen played in three straight games, firing six shots and going minus-3 in 16:24 ATOI. Dineen will be replaced by Kyle Capobianco, who is making his season debut.
Capobianco (lower-body) will make his season debut on Friday.
Capobianco missed the first 13 games of the season with a lower-body injury but will replace Cam Dineen in the lineup on Friday. Capobianco has one goal in 14 career NHL games with the Coyotes.
Line Change
Jaskin will come out of the Coyotes lineup on Friday.
Jaskin has played in the last 10 games but will be replaced by Alex Galchenyuk (upper-body) in the lineup on Friday. Jaskin dominated the KHL last season but has just one assist in 11 games this season.
Galchenyuk (upper-body) will make his season debut on Friday.
Galchenyuk missed the first 13 games of the season with an upper-body injury that he suffered late in the pre-season. Galchenyuk, who will replace Dmitrij Jaskin in the lineup, had five goals and eight assists (13 points) in 34 games with the Maple Leafs and Senators last season.
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DeSmith is expected to start Saturday in Ottawa.
The Sharks have activated Radio Simek from the COVID-19 reserve list.
Simek has missed the last six games while on the COVID-19 reserve list but should be back in the lineup on Saturday. With Simek back, Nicolas Meloche was reassigned to the AHL.
The Sharks have activated Jacob Middleton from the COVID-19 reserve list.
Middleton has missed the last six games while on the COVID-19 reserve list but should be back in the lineup on Saturday. With Middleton back, Artemi Kniazev was reassigned to the AHL.
The Sharks have activated Matt Nieto from the COVID-19 reserve list.
Nieto has missed the last six games while on the COVID-19 reserve list but should be back in the lineup on Saturday. With Nieto back, Joel Kellman was reassigned to the AHL.
The Sharks have activated Marc-Edouard Vlasic from the COVID-19 reserve list.
Vlasic has missed the last six games while on the COVID-19 reserve list but should be back in the lineup on Saturday. With Vlasic back, Jaycob Megna was reassigned to the AHL.
The Sharks have activated Kevin Labanc from the COVID-19 reserve list.
Labanc has missed the last five games while on the COVID-19 reserve list but should be back in the lineup on Saturday. With Labanc back, Sasha Chmelevski was reassigned to the AHL.
The Sharks have activated Timo Meier from the COVID-19 reserve list.
Meier has missed the last five games while on the COVID-19 reserve list but should be back in the lineup on Saturday. With Meier back, John Leonard was reassigned to the AHL.
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