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Dahlstrom will be a healthy scratch on Monday.
Dahlstrom has been in the lineup for the last four games but will be replaced by Gustav Forsling on Monday.
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Kunitz will be a healthy scratch on Monday.
Kunitz was in the lineup for the last two games but will be replaced by John Hayden on Monday.
Forsling will draw into the Blackhawks lineup on Monday.
Forsling has been a healthy scratch for the last two games but will replace Carl Dahlstrom on Monday. Forsling has registered two goals and five assists (seven points) in 23 games this season.
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Hayden will draw into the Blackhawks lineup on Monday.
Hayden was a healthy scratch on Saturday but the Blackhawks fourth line shuffle will continue on Monday. Hayden will replace Chris Kunitz and enters play with four points (3G / 1A), a minus-12 rating and 28 shots in 42 games this season.
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Delia will start Monday vs. the Senators.
Delia allowed six goals on 37 shots in the Blackhawks loss in Boston last Tuesday. Cam Ward has played well lately and started three of the last four, but it looks like Delia will start Monday vs. the Senators. The 24-year-old has gone 3-1-2 with a 3.46 GAA and .914 SV% in six games at the United Centre this season.
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Reimer will start Tuesday vs. the Sabres.
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Delia is in the starter's net at the morning skate.
Delia allowed six goals on 37 shots in the Blackhawks loss in Boston last Tuesday. Cam Ward has played well lately and started three of the last four, but it looks like Delia will start Monday vs. the Senators. The 24-year-old has gone 3-1-2 with a 3.46 GAA and .914 SV% in six games at the United Centre this season.
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Kuemper is expected to start Monday in Calgary.
Kuemper stopped all 22 shots that he faced in the Coyotes shutout win over the Maple Leafs on Saturday. Kuemper and the Coyotes have had Toronto’s number this season and it led to Kuemper’s third win in his last four games—stopping 116 of the 124 shots (.936 SV%) that he has faced in that stretch. Tonight he faces a Flames team that is dangerous offensively but come in as losers of five of their last seven.
Boedker (abdomen) returns to the Senators lineup on Monday.
Boedker has missed the last seven games but is ready to play Monday in Chicago. Boedker will replace Darren Archibald and skate on the Senators fourth-line. He had 28 points (6G / 22A) in 51 games before getting hurt.
The Oilers have recalled Andrej Sekera from Bakersfield (AHL).
Sekera appears ready to make his NHL season debut after registering two assists in five games during his conditioning stint in Bakersfield. The 32-year-old defenseman has missed the first four and a half months of the season with an Achilles injury and is coming off of a season in which he appeared in just 36 games—registering eight assists and a minus-15 rating.
The Coyotes assigned Christian Dvorak to Tucson (AHL) for a conditioning stint.
Dvorak has been sidelined by a lower-body issue since training camp but has been skating with the Coyotes recently and a conditioning stint with Tucson is the next step to get him up to game speed. Dvorak will likely play a few AHL games before returning to Arizona where he will make his season debut. With Nick Schmaltz out and Alex Galchenyuk primarily playing the wing, Dvorak could step right into the No.2 centre role between Galchenyuk and Clayton Keller.
Duclair will be a healthy scratch on Monday.
Even with Boone Jenner out, Duclair was demoted to the Blue Jackets’ fourth line in their last game and will be a healthy scratch on Monday with both Eric Robinson and Kole Sherwood remaining in the lineup.
Jenner (undisclosed) will return to the Blue Jackets lineup on Monday.
Jenner stayed back in Columbus while the team went to Chicago for a quick one-game road-trip, but is ready to play Monday vs. the Lightning. Jenner will replace Anthony Duclair in the lineup and comes into play with 26 points (10G / 16A) in 53 games this season.
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Korpisalo will start Monday vs. the Lightning.
Korpisalo allowed three goals on 32 shots in the Blue Jackets loss to St. Louis on February 2nd. Sergei Bobrovsky has started the last six games but Korpisalo will get a shot tonight vs. the Lightning. The 24-year-old has gone 4-3-1 with a 3.16 GAA and .893 SV% in 11 appearances (nine starts) at Nationwide Arena this season.
Oshie will be “re-evaluated” after suffering an upper-body injury on Sunday; questionable for Monday’s game in Los Angeles.
Oshie was forced to leave Sunday’s game with an upper-body injury after playing just 7:10 TOI and his status for Monday’s game remains in question. Head coach Todd Rierden said that he doesn’t think Oshie will be out long-term but that he will be re-evaluated on Monday. It seems highly unlikely that Oshie will suit up but monitor his status as puck-drop draws near.
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Smith will start Monday vs. the Coyotes.
Smith allowed four goals on 38 shots in the Flames 5-4 win in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Smith has turned in two straight good games, going 1-0-1 while stopping 64 of the 70 shots (.914 SV%) that he faced in Florida and Pittsburgh. Today he faces his former team (Arizona) for the third time this season—he is 2-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA and .962 SV% in the first two meetings
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Miller led the Ducks onto the ice for warmups.
Mittelstadt (lower-body) will return to the Sabres lineup on Sunday.
Ericsson will be a healthy scratch on Sunday.
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Bernier led the Red Wings onto the ice for warmups.
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