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"Good possibility" that Grubauer (lower-body) is available for Tuesday's game in Calgary.

Grubauer missed the last five games with a lower-body injury but was at practice on Monday and head coach Jared Bednar thinks both Grubauer and Pavel Francouz will be available on Tuesday. The Avalanche managed to go 4-1-0 without Grubauer.

Philipp Grubauer
Vatanen (upper-body) will return to the Devils lineup on Tuesday.

Vatanen has missed the last three games with an upper-body injury but will play Tuesday vs. the Bruins. Vatanen, who has four goals and four assists in 15 games this season, is expected to be on the third pair and first power-play unit in his return.

Sami Vatanen
Hawryluk (upper-body) is expected to miss one more week.

Hawryluk has missed the last seven games and head coach Joel Quenneville expects him to miss at least one more week (four games). They do expect Hawryluk to return to practice at some time this week, which leaves the door open for the winger to play next week.

Jayce Hawryluk
Thompson is expected to miss 3-to-5 weeks with an upper-body injury.

Thompson was hurt in his season debut on Sunday. He was called-up to replace Kyle Okposo (concussion) but suffered an injury of his own after playing just 6:59 TOI. He was hit awkwardly by Olli Maatta and suffered what appeared to be a shoulder injury. The Sabres have announced that he will miss at least three weeks.

Tage Thompson
Okposo is out indefinitely with a concussion.

Okposo has had trouble with concussions throughout his career so this is obviously scary news for the 31-year-old winger. Tage Thompson, who was called up to replace Okposo on Sunday, was hurt in that game so the Sabres will likely dig deeper into their farm system for replacements on Tuesday. Given his history with concussions, Okposo could be sidelined long-term.

Kyle Okposo
Bishop will start Tuesday vs. the Canucks.

Bishop was pulled after allowing three goals on 15 shots in the Stars come-from-behind win in Edmonton on Saturday. Bishop seems to either play great and win or get pulled. Overall, he has gone 6-5-1 with a 2.29 GAA (4th in the NHL) and .925 SV% (t-6th) in 14 starts. Vancouver has lost three of their last four (1-2-1) on the road.

Ben Bishop
Zibanejad (upper-body) skated on his own on Monday; will not play on Wednesday.

Zibanejad remains sidelined by and upper-body injury that he suffered back on October 27th. He hasn't returned to full practice yet but the fact that he is skating on his own suggests that Zibanejad could be back in the next week or so.

Mika Zibanejad
Terry is expected to be a healthy scratch on Monday.

Terry has been held off of the scoresheet in six straight games and has just four points (2G / 2A) in 21 games this season. This will be the first time in 2019-20 that Terry has served as a healthy scratch. Ondrej Kase will replace him in the lineup.

Troy Terry
Campbell will start Monday in Arizona.

Campbell allowed three goals on 33 shots in the Kings loss in Ottawa on November 7th. Jonathan Quick has started the last four games but Campbell will make his eighth start of the season on Monday. He is 1-1-1 with a 3.61 GAA and .875 SV% on the road this season and was 1-1 while stopping 77 of 82 shots (.939 SV%) vs. Arizona last season.

Jack Campbell
Nilsson will start Tuesday in Detroit.

Nilsson allowed one goal on 27 shots in the Senators' win over the Flyers last Friday. Nilsson has played well recently, winning four of his last five games while posting a 2.18 GAA and .932 SV%. In his first start against the Red Wings, Nilsson stopped 34 of 36 shots in a 5-2 win.

Anders Nilsson
Raanta will start Monday vs. the Kings.

Raanta allowed three goals on 34 shots in the Coyotes loss in Minnesota last Thursday. Darcy Kuemper shutout the Flames on Saturday but the Coyotes will go with Raanta on Monday night. Raanta's last five starts haven't gone very well, as he's posted a 3.32 GAA and .907 SV% while going 2-2-1. The Kings have won three in a row but have lost six in a row on the road while scoring just 1.50 goals per game.

Antti Raanta

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