Nurse was suspended for three games for fighting an unwilling Roman Polak. With his suspension up, Nurse is expected to return tonight vs. St. Louis. The young blueliner has just eight points (2G / 6A) in 59 games this season.
Ortio allowed four goals on 35 shots in the Flames win over St. Louis on Monday. Ortio will make his sixth consecutive start tonight, he has has gone 3-1-1 with a 2.60 GAA and .907 SV% in his previous five starts. He will face the Jets on home ice, where he has gone 2-4-2 with a 3.42 GAA and .876 SV% this season.
Talbot allowed four goals on 29 shots in the Oilers loss to the Coyotes on Saturday. Laurent Brossoit got the nod on Monday, so they’ll go back to Talbot tonight vs. the Blues. Talbot has gone 4-2-0 with a 1.65 GAA and .947 SV% in March and is 0-2-0 with a 3.05 GAA and .898 SV% in two starts vs. the Blues this season.
Ortio allowed four goals on 35 shots in the Flames win over St. Louis on Monday. Ortio will likely make his sixth consecutive start tonight, he has has gone 3-1-1 with a 2.60 GAA and .907 SV% in his previous five starts. He will face the Jets on home ice, where he has gone 2-4-2 with a 3.42 GAA and .876 SV% this season.
Teravainen missed Tuesday’s morning skate with an illness, but he was on the ice for Wednesday’s morning skate and will be in the lineup vs. the Flyers. The Blackhawks will shake up their lines tonight and Teravainen is expected to skate with Andrew Ladd and Andrew Shaw. He has 11 goals and 19 assists (30 points) in 66 games this season.
Nystrom has been out with since January 26th with a foot injury, so he heads to the AHL to get back into game shape. Nystrom has seven goals in 40 games this season.
Bourque has been sidelined with an upper-body injury since November 27th, so he will go back to the AHL to get back into game shape. He has four points (1G / 3A) in 22 games this season.
Johnson has missed the last seven games with a shoulder injury, but will undergo surgery and miss the remainder of the regular season. Johnson’s season wraps up with 14 points (6G / 8A) and a minus-16 rating in 60 games.
Hamilton, 24, has registered 16 goals and 19 assists (35 points) in 53 games with Stockton (AHL) this season. The Flames have a number of “bumps and bruises,” so Hamilton could make his Flames debut tonight vs. Winnipeg. Hamilton has one goal in 29 career NHL games.
O’Reilly has been sidelined with a foot injury since February 19th, but he will return to the lineup tonight vs. the Canadiens. O’Reilly has 49 points (17G / 32A) in 59 games this season, including four points (1G / 3A) in three games vs. Montreal. He will centre a line with Evander Kane and Nicolas Deslauriers.
Tryamkin, 21, is a monster of a defenseman, standing in at 6-foot-7, 228 lbs. He was the Canucks third round pick (66th overall) in 2014 and will make his NHL debut tonight after spending four seasons in the KHL. He had 11 points, 71 PIMS and a minus-3 rating in 53 games with Yekaterinburg Automobilist this season.
Hansen will miss his eighth consecutive game with an upper-body injury, but it looks like he will return later in the week. Hansen has 19 goals and 13 assists (32 points) in 57 games this season.
Burrows missed Tuesday’s game vs. the Jets but is expected to return to the lineup tonight vs. the Avalanche. Burrows has one goal and two assists in his last four games, but just 19 points (8G / 11A) in 65 contests this season.
Granlund suffered an upper-body injury in Tuesday’s loss to the Jets and will miss Wednesday’s game vs. the Avalanche. Granlund will come out, but the Canucks are expected to get Alex Burrows back in the lineup tonight. Granlund is day-to-day.
Dorsett suffered an injury in Monday’s game vs. the Jets and will be held out of the lineup on Wednesday. With Dorsett out, the Canucks have recalled Brendan Gaunce from Utica for tonight’s game.
Weber missed Monday’s game vs. the Jets and will be held out of tonight’s game vs. the Avalanche. Weber has been in and out of the lineup all season, so this is not a big loss for the Canucks.
Sbisa suffered an upper-body injury in Monday’s loss to the Jets and will miss at least a couple of weeks. With Sbisa out, Nikita Tryamkin will make his NHL debut on Wednesday.
Raanta allowed two goals on 36 shots in the Rangers win in Buffalo on March 8th. Henrik Lundqvist started the last two games, but Raanta will go tonight in Anaheim. Raanta has won four of his last five starts while posting a 2.26 GAA and .929 SV%, but he draws a rough matchup vs. the Ducks, who snapped a three-game losing streak with a 7-1 win over New Jersey on Monday.
Lehner allowed three goals on 34 shots in the Sabres loss in Montreal last Thursday. Chad Johnson started on Saturday, but the Sabres will come back with Lehner tonight vs. the Canadiens again. Despite losing Thursday, he is 1-1-0 with a 2.57 GAA and .928 SV% in two starts against the Habs this season.
Miller allowed two goals on 37 shots in the Canucks win over the Predators on Saturday. It was Miller’s 15th win of the season and snapped a three-game losing skid. After getting Monday night off, Miller will be back in goal tonight vs. the Avalanche—he stopped 37 of 38 shots in s Canucks 5-1 win in his first start vs. Colorado back on February 21st.
