Rattie has been sidelined since October 18th but will return to the Oilers lineup Saturday in Detroit. There’s no word whether or not Rattie will be back on the top-line after recording just two points (1G / 1A) in five games.
Mrazek allowed two goals on 20 shots in the Hurricanes 2-1 loss to the Islanders on Sunday. Mrazek struggled early in the season, but has played better as of late. The 26-year-old is 2-1-0 with a 1.97 GAA and .906 SV% in his last three starts. Tonight he faces an Arizona team that is riding an impressive four-game winning streak while outscoring their opponents 20-to-4.
Mrazek allowed two goals on 20 shots in the Hurricanes 2-1 loss to the Islanders on Sunday. Mrazek struggled early in the season, but has played better as of late. The 26-year-old is 2-1-0 with a 1.97 GAA and .906 SV% in his last three starts. Tonight he faces an Arizona team that is riding an impressive four-game winning streak while outscoring their opponents 20-to-4.
Connauton missed Tuesday’s game vs. the Senators and will be a game-time decision tonight vs. the Hurricanes. Connauton has two assists, a plus-8 rating and 24 shots in 10 games this season.
Raanta stopped 25 of 26 shots in the Coyotes win over the Senators on Tuesday. Raanta has won two in a row and three of his last four starts while posting a 1.76 GAA and .943 SV%. Tonight he will face a Hurricanes team that has lost five of their last seven games while averaging just 2.00 goals per game.
Markstrom allowed two goals on 26 shots in the Canucks win over the Blackhawks on Wednesday. Markstrom has won two straight and four of his last five starts while posting a 2.34 GAA and .928 SV%. Tonight he faces an Avalanche team that is on the tail-end of a back-to-back and have lost three of their last four.
Gourde was an undrafted free agent that worked his way to the NHL after playing 298 AHL games and 38 ECHL games. The 26-year-old exploded onto the scene in 2017-18, scoring 25 goals and 39 assists (64 points) in 82 games. Gourde will turn 27 in December, so this contract will take him through his age-33 season.
Formenton was a second-round pick in 2017 and scored one goal in nine games with the Senators to open the season. Formenton returns to London, where he had 29 goals and 19 assists (48 points) in 48 games last season.
Stars head coach Jim Montgomery told reporters on Wednesday that Carrick wasn’t close to returning, so his move to IR opened up a roster spot to call-up a reserve defenseman. Dillon Heatherington has been recalled from Texas (AHL).
Mamin was a healthy scratch yesterday, but will replace Jared McCann in the Panthers lineup in Finland. Mamin has no points, five PIMS and six shots in five games this season.
McCann is day-to-day with an upper-body injury and will be replaced by Maxim Mamin.
Luongo stopped all 13 shots that he faced in the Panthers season opener in Tampa Bay before leaving the game with a knee injury. Luongo went on to miss nine games, but will start the Panthers’ second game vs. the Jets in Finland. Patrik Laine scored a hat-trick to push the Jets passed the Panthers yesterday.
Prosser has been a healthy scratch in 11 of the Wild’s first 12 games this season. Even the game he played in, Prosser played just 3:03 TOI. He’ll go to Iowa to get some playing time, making it his first AHL stint since 2011-12.
Gravel has just one assist in five games with the Condors this season and has been recalled to take Evan Bouchard’s spot on the roster. Bouchard was sent to the OHL for the rest of the season, so Gravel will likely remain with the Oilers as their sixth/seventh defenseman. He has 10 points (1G / 9A) in 72 career NHL games with the Kings (70 GP) and Oilers (2 GP).
Bouchard, 19, was the 10th overall pick in this summer’s draft and picked up one goal while averaging 12:21 TOI/GM in seven NHL games. Bouchard was impressive, posting a 55.4 CorsiFor% and +11.0 CF% rel, thanks to a 64.3% Offensive-Zone start percentage. Bouchard returns to the London Knights, where he led the team with 87 points (25G / 62A) in 67 games last year.
Di Giuseppe has been a healthy scratch for 10 of the Hurricanes first 12 games, so he’ll go to Charlotte to get some playing time. The former second-round pick most recently picked up 12 points (4G / 8A) in 14 AHL games in 2017-18.
Donato was viewed as a young, breakout candidate in 2018-19, but has struggled early in the season. The former second-round pick had nine points in his first 12 games with the Bruins after leaving Harvard at the end of last season, but has picked up just one goal through 11 games this year. Donato will go to Providence to continue to develop and will likely return to Boston sometime in the near future.
Kulikov and Joe Morrow continue to shuffle in and out of the Jets lineup and Friday will be Morrow’s turn to play. Kulikov has registered just one assist in 11:57 TOI/GM in his first five games of 2018-19.
