Anderson suffered a shoulder injury in Ottawa on Saturday and is expected to miss at least one month. Anderson has had a terribly difficult season, scoring just one goal on 63 shots (1.6 SH%) with three assists (four points) in 26 games.
This is surprising. The Blue Jackets announced that Werenski will miss one month with a sprained AC joint just over two weeks ago, but activating him from IR suggests he will play tonight in Detroit. The 22-year-old is a Michigan native, so he will be playing in front of family if he is in the lineup and comes in with 16 points (6G / 10A) in 26 games this season.
Hart allowed one goal on seven shots after replacing Brian Elliott in the Flyers loss in Winnipeg on Sunday. In his last three starts, Hart has allowed three goals in each game while posting a .892 SV%. He draws a good matchup on Tuesday with the Ducks in town. Anaheim has lost five of their last six (1-3-2) road games while scoring 2.67 goals per game.
Twarynski played Sunday in Winnipeg but swaps spots with Andy Andreoff and goes back to Lehigh Valley. The 22-year-old has two goals and one assist in 12 AHL games this season.
The Flyers are dealing with injuries upfront so they have a lot of Phantoms on the roster right now and Andreoff is the latest to get called-up. Andreoff has one assist in six games with the Flyers and eight points (4G / 4A) in 14 AHL games this season.
Ullmark allowed three goals on 26 shots in the Sabres' loss to the Islanders on Saturday. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Ullmark, who will make his fifth straight start tonight in Toronto. In his first start against the Maple Leafs, Ullmark allowed four goals on 29 shots in a 6-4 win (Nov.29) but this time he will not be going head-to-head with Michael Hutchinson.
Dobson played in the last three games with Nick Leddy out with a lower-body injury but is expected to come out of the lineup vs. the Predators. Dobson failed to register a point in those three games, giving him just two assists in 10 games this season.
Leddy missed the last three games with a lower-body issue but is expected to replace Noah Dobson against the Predators. Leddy has 11 points (2G / 9A) and a plus-5 rating in 23 games this season.
Johnson has missed the last four games with a lower-body injury but head coach Jon Cooper said that he is "good-to-go" tonight vs. the Senators. Johnson could skate in the top-6 if Nikita Kucherov can't play--he is listed as a game-time decision. Johnson has seven goals and seven assists (14 points) in 27 games this season.
Kucherov was hurt Saturday and missed Monday's practice but head coach Jon Cooper listed him as a game-time decision for Tuesday's game vs. the Senators. “We got a little lucky," Cooper told reporters and Kucherov's fantasy owners feel the same way. He has four goals and 12 assists (16 points) in his last 12 games.
Greiss allowed one goal on 33 shots in the Islanders win in Florida last Thursday. The win snapped a brief two-game losing streak for Greiss, who comes into Tuesday's game at 7-0-0 with a 1.61 GAA and .946 SV% in seven home games this season. Tonight he takes on a Predators team that is 3-3-1 while scoring 2.86 goals per game in their last seven.
Hart allowed one goal on seven shots after replacing Brian Elliott in the Flyers loss in Winnipeg on Sunday. In his last three starts, Hart has allowed three goals in each game while posting a .892 SV%. He draws a good matchup on Tuesday with the Ducks in town. Anaheim has lost five of their last six (1-3-2) road games while scoring 2.67 goals per game.
Bernier stopped 42 of 43 shots in the Red Wings' win in Montreal on Saturday. Bernier was absolutely brilliant and earned back-to-back wins for the first time since November 10th/12th. As scary as it might be to start the Red Wings goalie right now, the matchup looks OK. Columbus has lost seven of their last eight road games (1-4-3) while scoring just 2.00 goals per game and they played last night, so the struggling Elvis Merzlikins will be between the pipes for them.
Michael Dal Colle was injured over the weekend, so it looks like Kuhnhackl will replace him in the lineup on Tuesday. Kuhnhackl, who had no points in six NHL games before getting demoted, had two assists in four AHL games.
Gibbons has basically split his time between the Hurricanes and Checkers this season. The veteran winger has no points in 13 NHL games but is near a point-per-game with 13 points (3G / 10A) in 14 AHL games.
Eriksson Ek missed Sunday's game in Chicago with an upper-body injury that he suffered Saturday vs. the Flyers. With Eriksson Ek going on IR, the Wild have recalled Luke Johnson and Nico Sturm from Iowa (AHL).
Kahkonen's first taste of the NHL went pretty well. He went 3-1-1 with a 2.96 GAA and .916 SV% but his return to the AHL suggests that Devan Dubnyk could be available on Tuesday. Kahkonen has gone 7-2-1 with a 2.47 GAA and .909 SV% in the AHL this year.
Sturm has been called up on several occasions this season but has yet to appear in a game with the Wild in 2019-20. The 24-year-old centre could make his season debut this week with Joel Eriksson Ek going on IR.
Johnson was originally a fifth-round pick of the Blackhawks back in 2013 but signed with the Wild this past July. The 25-year-old has 15 games of NHL experience and seven points (3G / 4A) in 10 AHL games with Iowa this season.
