Burakovsky, who served as a healthy scratch during the Winter Classic and has only played in two of the last eight games, skated on the top-line in practice on Saturday morning. It looks like he will go from the doghouse to the penthouse. He has 13 points (4G / 9A) in 28 games this season.
Lundqvist gave up two goals on 20 shots in the Rangers win over the Panthers on Wednesday. He has won eight of his last nine starts and now sits pretty at 17-8-3 with a 2.39 GAA and .913 SV%. He is a must-start tonight with the Buffalo Sabres in town.
Hutchinson gave up three goals on 31 shots in the Jets loss to the Wild on Monday. He was given Wednesday night off, but will be back in the cage for his fourth start in the Jets last five games. He will look to build off of a strong December, where he went 5-2-0 with a 2.14 GAA and .927 SV%.
Ristolainen was back paired with his usual partner Nikita Zadorov last night vs. the Panthers. He played 19:07 TOI and registered one shot in the 2-0 loss. The Sabres are back in action tonight in New York.
Versteeg suffered a hand injury while blocking a shot in the Winter Classic. Versteeg is expected to be sidelined for at least a few weeks, so the Blackhawks have recalled highly-touted prospect Teuvo Teravainen from Rockford (AHL).
Teravainen, 20, has six goals and 17 assists in 33 games with the IceHogs this season. After a slow start as he adapted to the North American style of play (particularly the dump-and-chase style of the AHL), he had three goals and seven assists in his last 10 games.
Lupul was placed on IR earlier in the week, but the Maple Leafs announced on Friday that he will be out for one month. Look for him to return in early-February.
Holland missed Friday’s game with an upper-body injury and will obviously miss Saturday’s game vs. the Jets as well. With a week-to-week injury it is hard to pinpoint when Holland will return until he is upgraded to day-to-day.
Kadri was held out of last night’s game and won’t play tonight in Winnipeg because of an undisclosed injury. He is likely in danger of missing a third game next Wednesday, but could be back for Friday’s clash with the Blue Jackets.
Gudbranson was not in the lineup on Friday against the Sabres because of an upper-body injury. Shane O’Brien was recalled and replaced Gudbranson on the Panthers blue line. Monitor his status leading up to Sunday’s game vs. the Capitals.
Stalberg returns to Nashville where he has appeared in five NHL contests in 2014-15. In six games with Milwaukee, he has amassed six points (2G / 4A), including a three-point effort (1G / 2A) last time out on Tuesday vs. Lake Erie.
Salomaki, 21, was a second round pick (52nd overall) of the Predators in the 2011 NHL Draft. He has 16 points (5G / 11A) and 26 penalty minutes in 29 games for the Admirals this season, in addition to ranking among the AHL’s Top 10 forwards in plus/minus rating (+13).
Beck was set to miss the Predators upcoming two-game road trip with an illness, so his placement on IR allowed the Predators to recall Miikka Salomaki from Milwaukee (AHL) to bring on the road trip as the extra forward.
Megna was a healthy scratch on Friday and with the addition of David Perron yesterday, there was no way Megna was getting into the lineup over Perron on Saturday. He heads back to WBS where he has 14 points (9G / 5A) in 22 games.
Wideman, 24, leads the Binghamton Senators in points with 29 (12G / 17A) despite playing on the blue line. He has been recalled to be the Senators seventh defenseman this afternoon in Boston. Given the great season that he is having in the AHL, the Senators could elect to have him make his NHL debut today.
Lindblad, 24, played just 7:27 in his only game during his recall. He’ll join Providence where he sits with 13 points (7G / 6A) in 30 games this season.
Trotman, 24, had four assists in the 17 games that he spent with the Bruins. The young blue liner will head back to Providence where he registered three assists in nine games before being called-up.
Methot has only played in two games for the Senators this season because of a lingering back injury. He is expected to play for Binghamton on Saturday before returning to the Senators next week.
Gaudet played in the first two games of his NHL career during his recall. He heads back to Portland where he has eight points (4G / 4A) in 29 games.
Reimer allowed three goals on 41 shots in the Maple Leafs’ 3-2 loss to the Lightning on Monday. Reimer has sat the last two games, including last night, so he is expected to start the second game of the back-to-back. The Winnipeg native was pulled after allowing four goals on 19 shots in his only start at MTS Centre last season.
