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Nilsson allowed two goals on 34 shots in the Senators' win in New York on Monday. It was a nice bounce-back effort for Nilsson, who struggled in his previous outing. The 29-year-old has gone 2-3-1 with a 3.12 GAA and .922 SV% in six games this year and faces the Kings on Thursday. Los Angeles has lost its last four road games while scoring just 1.25 goals per game.

Luoto came over from Finland this year and the 22-year-old has registered three assists in nine games with the Moose. Luoto will replace Bryan Little (head) on the roster and could make his NHL debut on Thursday.

Little was taken to hospital for stitches and evaluation after being hit in the head by a Nikolaj Ehlers shot on Tuesday. There is no word on how long Little will be sidelined but his move to IR means he'll miss at least two games. Joona Luoto was recalled from Manitoba (AHL) to take his spot on the roster.

Petan was brought back up from the AHL for Tuesday's game but Dmytro Timashov will replace him on Thursday night. Petan is still stuck on zero goals and one assist in five games this season.

Timashov was a healthy scratch on Tuesday but will be back in for Nic Petan on Thursday. Timashov has registered four points (1G / 3A) in 12 games this season while playing just 9:08 ATOI on the fourth line.

Boedker appeared in the last two games but will be replaced by Filip Chlapik on Thursday night. This will likely become a trend for Boedker this season.

After playing in the last two games, Ryan will be scratched for the third time in five games on Thursday. Jonathan Davidsson was recalled from Belleville (AHL) and will make his NHL debut in Ryan's spot.

Brannstrom was given the night off on Tuesday but will replace Cody Goloubef on Thursday evening. Brannstrom has high-end offensive upside but has not shown it yet this season, collecting a single assist in 13 games.

Davidsson was originally a sixth-round pick of the Blue Jackets but was traded to Ottawa as a part of the Matt Duchene trade last February. The 21-year-old winger is in his first year in North America and has registered one goal and two assists in eight games with Belleville. Davidsson will make his NHL debut on Thursday.

White will miss his seventh straight game on Thursday but he was sent to Belleville to practice with the team this week. White is 2.5 weeks into a 3-to-5 week timetable, so it looks like he could return on the front-end of that timetable.

Korpisalo allowed two goals on 25 shots in the Blue Jackets' loss to Vegas on Tuesday. Korpisalo has dropped four straight games while posting an ugly 4.16 GAA and .873 SV% and draws a tough matchup in Arizona on Thursday. The Coyotes are in the middle of the pack in goal-scoring but don't give the Blue Jackets a great chance at winning tonight's game.

Nutivaara played just 5:20 TOI before leaving Tuesday's game vs. the Golden Knights with an upper-body injury. Nutivaara did not travel with the team which means he'll miss at least three games, putting Columbus down two regular defensemen. Scott Harrington is expected to draw-in and replaces Nutivaara on Thursday and Adam Clendening was recalled from AHL to serve as the No.7 defenseman.

Kivlenieks has gone 5-1-2 with a 2.37 GAA and .909 SV% in seven AHL games this season. Kivlenieks has earned his first career call-up but likely won't get any starts with the big club. Joonas Korpisalo figures to get all three starts on their road trip with Kivlenieks replacing Elvis Merzlikins as his back-up until next week.

With Columbus heading out on a three-game road trip that does not have a back-to-back, Merzlikins heads to Cleveland just to get some playing time. The 25-year-old is 0-1-2 with the Blue Jackets so far this season and will get some AHL starts before likely returning to the NHL next week. Matiss Kivlenieks comes up to take his spot as the backup goalie.

Clendening, who has always posted solid numbers in the AHL, has seven points (2G / 5A) in 11 games with Cleveland this season. Clendening was summoned from the AHL to serve as a reserve defenseman for a three-game while Markus Nutivaara sits at home with an upper-body injury.

Texier missed four games with a knee injury that he suffered in Philadelphia on October 26th. A combination of Jakob Lilja and Kole Sherwood helped replace Texier, who will reclaim his spot in the Columbus bottom-6 in Arizona on Thursday night. Texier has two goals on 15 shots (13.3 SH%) and one assist in 11 games this season.

de la Rose was originally a second-round pick of the Canadiens in 2013 but has been with the Red Wings since 2018 after being claimed on waivers in October 2018. de la Rose has just 13 points (4G / 9A) in 76 games with Detroit but is an effective penalty killer and will battle with MacKenzie MacEachern for playing time on the fourth line.