Fritz spent most of the season with Bridgeport (AHL) where he had 12 goals and 25 assists, to rank seventh on the team in points (37). Fritz has limited NHL experience, scoring three goals and five assists (eight points) in 42 career games.
Grzelcyk was crunched from behind by Oskar Sundqvist in Game 2 and will not be available for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Sundqvist was handed a two-minute minor on the play but has been suspended for Game 3. John Moore is expected to replace Grzelcyk in the lineup on Saturday.
Sundqvist received a two-minute minor for boarding on the play but has been suspended for Game 3 in St. Louis. Zach Sanford will replace Oskar Sundqvist on the fourth line.
Luostarinen, 20, was a second-round pick (No.42 overall) in 2017 and recorded 15 goals and 21 assists (36 points) in 54 games with KalPa Kuopio of the Finnish Elite League this season. Luostarinen also appeared in four games for Finland at the IIHF World Championship, where he helped them win Gold.
Riikola, 25, came over the North America this season and served primarily as an extra defenseman for the Penguins. Riikola registered five points (2G / 3A) in 37 NHL games and added two assists in five games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
Gordeev, 20, was originally selected in the fifth-round by the Maple Leafs but his rights were traded to Minnesota. Gordeev had seven goals and 25 assists (32 points) in 63 games between Flint and Guelph (OHL).
Rondbjerg, 20, was selected in the third-round (No.65 overall) in 2017 and had two goals and four assists (six points) in 45 games with Vaxjo HC of the Swedish Elite League.
Dunn has skated regularly this week and was a full participant on Wednesday but isn’t ready to return to the lineup for Game 2. The Blues depth defensemen had a tough time in Game 1 so they certainly could have used Dunn’s services in Game 2.
Fabbri has been a healthy scratch since Game 5 of the Blues round-two win over the Stars, but will replace Robert Thomas in the lineup for Game 2 in Boston. Fabbri, who had just six points in the regular season, has just one goal in eight playoff games.
Thomas was crushed by Bruins defenseman Torey Krug late in Game 1 and will not play in Game 2. Head coach Craig Berube said that his absence is not related to that hit, but he will be replaced by Robby Fabbri regardless of what is taking him out of the lineup. This will be Fabbri’s first game since May 3rd, when he appeared in Game 5 vs. the Stars.
Viel was an undrafted free-agent who spent the season with the San Jose Barracuda (AHL), where he had 11 goals and 11 assists (22 points) in 68 games. Viel spent five years in the QMJHL, where he had 115 goals and 81 assists (196 points) in 259 games.
Kubalik was originally a seventh-round pick of the Kings back in 2013 but spend the last six years overseas between the Czech and Swiss leagues. This past season he had 25 goals and 32 assists (57 points) in 50 games with Ambri-Piotta.
Tinordi spent the entire 2018-19 season with Milwaukee (AHL), where he had eight goals and 14 assists (22 points) in 75 games. Tinordi will likely be one of the first defenseman called-up if the Predators run into any injury concerns next season. He has six assists in 53 career NHL games with the Canadiens and Coyotes.
Nilsson, 29, was acquired from the Canucks midseason, going 11-11-0 with a 2.90 GAA and .914 SV% in 24 games with the Senators. Nilsson figures to grab his fair share of starts in Ottawa in 2019-20 with Craig Anderson entering the final year of his contract.
Gambardella has spent the last two season with Bakersfield (AHL) and appeared in 15 games with the Oilers this season, picking up just three assists. The 25-year-old forward had 29 goals and 19 assists (48 points) in 50 AHL games.
Kaski, 23, is an undrafted free-agent from Finland, who has spent the last three years in the Finnish Elite League, where he posted the third highest-scoring season every by a defenseman in the league, picking up 19 goals and 32 assists (51 points) in 59 games with the Pelicans. The right-handed defenseman will likely be inserted directly into the Red Wings lineup in 2019-20.
Bergmann, 20, was an undrafted free agent who went back to Germany this past season after three years in the USHL. The German winger had 20 goals and nine assists (29 points) in 50 games with the Iserlohn Roosters this season.
Sellgren, 20, was selected in the sixth-round (No.166 overall) in the 2018 NHL Draft and just wrapped up his first season in the Swedish Elite League, where he accumulated three goals and 12 assists (15 points) in 52 games with Lulea HF.
Abols, 23, was originally selected in the seventh-round of the 2016 draft by the Canucks before spending the last two season in the Swedish Elite League. The Latvian centre had 18 goals and eight assists (26 points) in 45 games with Orebro HK this past season.
Norris was a first-round pick of the Sharks in 2017 and was traded to Ottawa as a part of the Erik Karlsson trade. The 20-year-old had 10 goals and nine assists (19 points) in 17 games at the University of Michigan this season. He also added three goals and three assists in seven games while representing the United States at the Wold Juniors.
