Paquette has been sidelined by a lower-body injury since October 17th, but he is very close to return to the Lightning lineup. The 24-year-old will be a game-time decision vs. Chicago and comes into tonight with one assist in six games this season.
Vasilevskiy allowed four goals on 31 shots in the Lightning’s loss to the Islanders on Saturday. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for Vasilevskiy, who has won 14 of his first 17 appearances of the season. He has been virtually unbeatable at Amalie Arena (8-1-1) and the Blackhawks are just 5-4-1 on the road.
Dotchin has missed the last two practices and will miss tonight’s game because on an undisclosed injury. With Dotchin out, Andrej Sustr could draw into the lineup after being a healthy scratch on Saturday.
Pulock and Thomas Hickey have been playing together, but the pairing will come out of the lineup tonight to allow Scott Mayfield and Dennis Seidenberg to play for the first time in a few games.
Hickey and Ryan Pulock have been playing together, but the pairing will come out of the lineup tonight to allow Scott Mayfield and Dennis Seidenberg to play for the first time in a few games.
Seidenberg will replace Ryan Pulock on the Islanders blueline as they continue to rotate this third pairing from time-to-time. Seidenberg has no place in fantasy lineups as he has just two assists in seven games this season.
Schneider allowed three goals on 36 shots in the Devils’ win in Minnesota on Monday. November has been an average month for Schneider, who is 3-3-2 with a 2.56 GAA and .925 SV% in eight starts, but Monday was a big road win for the Devils. Tonight he faces a Bruins team that is 2-1-0 on their current road trip.
Mayfield will replace Thomas Hickey on the Islanders blueline as they continue to rotate this third pairing from time-to-time. Mayfield has been a healthy scratch for the last three games but returns with two goals and two assists (four points) in 12 games this season.
Quine has played in the last two games and four of the last five, but with Cal Clutterbuck (illness) ready to go tonight, Quine will sit and watch as a healthy scratch.
Clutterbuck has missed the last two games with an illness but will replace Alan Quine in the lineup tonight vs. the Flyers. Clutterbuck has seven points (3G / 4A), 23 shots but most importantly 45 hits in 15 games this season.
Palmieri can’t seem to catch a break as he will miss at least one month with a broken foot, just a few weeks after returning to the lineup from another lower-body injury. This is going to be a tough blow for the Devils to overcome.
Haapala came over from Finland this offseason and was originally expected to make the Panthers roster, but opened the season in Springfield, where he has two goals and five assists in 11 games. Haapala will make his NHL debut on a line with Vincent Trocheck and Nick Bjugstad.
Jerabek is in his first year in North America after spending seven years in the Czech Republic and one in the KHL. The Czech blueliner’s call-up suggests that Shea Weber will not play again and that another defenseman may not be playing either. The 26-year-old has one goal and 10 assists (11 points) in 17 games with Laval.
Greiss allowed three goals on 39 shots in the Islanders win in Tampa Bay last Saturday. Jaroslav Halak gave him the night of on Sunday, but Greiss will return to the crease tonight vs. Philadelphia. Greiss has won three straight games while allowing nine goals on 108 shots (.917 SV%).
Read cleared waivers earlier this week so he has been sent to the AHL to make room for Danick Martel to come up. Read had no points in four games with the Flyers this season.
Alt has appeared in six NHL games while filling first for an injured Shayne Gostisbehere and now a suspended Radko Gudas. He has swapped places with Samuel Morin and returns to Lehigh Valley, where he has two goals and four assists in 11 games.
Martel, 22, was an undrafted free agent, who is playing in his third full AHL season after three years in the QMJHL. Martel has been on fire with the Phantoms this season, recording 14 goals and five assists (19 points) in 17 games this season.
Morin was supposed to get called up a few weeks ago, but an injury held him down. the former first round pick (No.11 overall in 2013) has five points (1G / 4A) in 10 AHL games this season and tonight he is expected make his season debut, which would be just his second career NHL game.
Elliott stopped all 13 shots that he faced after replacing Michal Neuvirth in last night’s loss to the Canucks. Wth Neuvirth struggling, Elliott will return to the crease tonight, searching for his first win since November 9th. Despite only winning one game in six starts, Elliott has posted an impressive 1.87 GAA and .938 SV% in November.
Sbisa will miss his fourth consecutive game with a lower-bod injury, but it appears he is nearing a return to the Golden Knights blueline. Monitor Swiss’s status as Vegas heads into their back-to-back with the Sharks and Coyotes on Friday and Saturday.
