Eaves left Tuesday’s game with a lower-body injury and did not return. The injury must be rather serious if the Stars placed him on IR immediately. With Eaves on IR, the Stars have recalled Curtis McKenzie.
Grabner is expected to make his season on Thursday in Ottawa. He skated on the Islanders second line with Frans Nielsen and Mikhail Grabovsky this morning, so expect Josh Bailey to take a seat on Thursday. Grabner had 26 points (12G / 14A) in 64 games last season.
Dubinsky has missed the entire start of the season, but is nearing his season debut. It is unlikely that he returns to the lineup on Thursday, but he could be back by Saturday vs. the Lightning.
Pavelec stopped 19 of 20 shots in the Jets 2-1 win over the Sabres last Wednesday. The win snapped a personal five-game losing streak for Pavelec. He wrapped up November at 4-4-1 with a 2.12 GAA and .928 SV%. He draws a beauty matchup tonight vs. an Oilers team who have lost 10 games in a row.
Seabrook missed Tuesday’s practice with an illness, but was back on the ice this morning for the game day skate, which suggests he is good-to-go tonight vs. the Blues. He has 14 points (5G / 9A) and a minus-3 rating in 24 games this season.
Suter underwent blood-work on Tuesday to determine whether or not surer has the mumps virus. There is no word on how long the Wild expect Suter to be out, but he will for sure miss tonight’s game which means Christian Folin is in.
Visnovsky has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury and is danger of missing a third consecutive game on Thursday in Ottawa. With Visnovsky and Johnny Boychuk on IR the Islanders have recalled Griffin Reinhart.
Boychuk last played on October 26th, he has missed the last three games with an upper-body injury. He could be in danger of missing a fourth straight game on Thursday vs. Ottawa. With Boychuk on IR the Islanders have recalled Griffin Reinhart.
Suter missed Tuesday's practice and did not take part in the Wild's morning skate. He is "doubtful at a minimum" according to head coach Mike Yeo, so expect Suter to sit tonight vs. the Canadiens. If he sits expect Christian Folin to be in the lineup.
The Isles placed Johnny Boychuk and Lubomir Visnovsky on IR to make room to call Reinhart. Reinhart, 20, has two goals and six assists in 15 games with Bridgeport this season. He has no points in three career games with the Islanders.
Couture caught an inadvertent shoulder to the jaw when he collided with Flyers’ forward Michael Raffl. Couture went down in a heap, left the game and did not return. "He was checked out during the game," coach Todd McLellan said after San Jose's 2-1 victory. "I saw him after. He looks OK, but he'll be re-evaluated in the morning."
Wilson, who was making his NHL debut on Tuesday, played just 4:21 before being removed from the game. He will be evaluated on Wednesday, if he is healthy he has a chance to stay for a few games with Chris Kunitz out for a couple of weeks with a foot fracture.
Clutterbuck played just 5:48 TOI before retiring to the dressing room for the night. Coach Capuano called Clutterbuck day-to-day and said that he will be evaluated on Wednesday.
Hamonic was injured on a hit from Senators’ forward Chris Neil in last night’s win. Head coach Jack Capuano said that Hamonic is day-to-day. Monitor his status in advance of Thursday’s rematch in Ottawa.
Gionta was injured while blocking a shot in Tuesday’s loss to the Penguins. He played just 2:02 before heading to the dressing room for the evening. The Devils did not have an update on Gionta post-game.
Elias was injured when he was hit by a teammate’s shot. Following the game, Scott Gomez said he believes that Elias suffered an elbow injury on the play. Head coach Pete DeBoer did not have an update on Elias following Tuesday’s loss.
Jagr was crushed by Robert Bortuzzo in Tuesday’s loss to the Penguins. Jagr suffered what appeared to be a head injury on the play and retired to the dressing room for the night. Bortuzzo will have a hearing for the hit, however no penalty was called on the play. There was no update on Jagr following the game.
Martinez has missed the last seven games with a finger injury, but will be back in the lineup tonight as Jamie McBain comes out of the lineup. Martinez has seven points (2G / 5A) and a plus-9 rating in 17 games this season.
Chiarot, 23, has nine points (4G / 5A) in 24 games with St. John’s this season. He has just one game of NHL experience, but could make his season debut tomorrow with Tobias Enstrom on IR with a lower-body injury.
Enstrom practiced today and said after he felt good but would wait & see what the medical staff said about his lower body injury. Appearantley they didn’t like what they saw as they placed Enstrom on the injured reserve list and recalled Ben Chiarot from the St. John’s IceCaps. The move to the IR for Enstrom is retroactive to November 23rd, so he is eligible to return whenever he is healthy.
