Heatley had been working his way back from a preseason groin injury and skated on the Ducks' top-line this morning, so expect him to play tonight vs. the Blackhawks. The former 50-goal scorer has been a shadow of his former self in recent years, but if anyone can rejuvenate his career, it is Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry.
Franzen tried to skate at 100 percent this mooring but said "it didn't feel great" after practice. He aded that he is not optimistic he will be back by the weekend, but continue to monitor this wingers status as the week progresses.
Reaves was ruled out for tonight on Monday, but he was at the morning skate today and head coach Ken Hitchcock said that Reaves is feeling better and feels good enough to play tonight.
Blues' head coach Ken Hitchcock said that Tarasenko had a few rough days battling illness, but feels good enough to play tonight. Tarasenko skated on with Jori Lehtera and Alex Steen in practice this morning, so expect to see him there tonight. He has one goal and four assists in seven games.
Stanton has been out since October 17th because of a lower-body injury that he suffered vs. the Oilers. Stanton is not known for his offence, but stabilizes the Canucks blueline with safe defensive play. He remains day-to-day, but should return at some point this week.
Gibson allowed one goal on 17 shots in a winning effort in his return to the Ducks crease last Friday. With Frederik Andersen coming off of his worst performance of the year on Sunday the Ducks to turn to Gibson tonight. It is not a favourable matchup, but he goes head-to-head with Scott Darling making his second NHL start.
Despite missing yesterday's practice and this morning's gameday skate, Sedin will be in the lineup against the Hurricanes. Henrik has goals in back-to-back games and has a total of 10 points (4G / 6A) in eight games. It has been a nice start for the Sedin's, who appear to be a back on track after an off-year.
Niemi stopped 33 of 34 shots in the 4-1 win over the Ducks on Sunday. The win snapped a two-game losing streak that saw Niemi allow nine goals on 61 shots (.852 SV%). It was a nice bounce-back against a really good Ducks team, so look for him to carry it into tonight in Colorado.
Tarasenko missed practice on Monday and was listed as questionable for tonight, but his participation in the morning skate suggests that he will be in the lineup. The Blues did not provide a definitive work on Tarasenko's status, so he will likely be a game-time decision.
Lecavalier will miss his sixth straight game tonight but he will travel with the team this week, however his status still remains up in the air. He participated in the morning skate which is another positive, but as of right now, he remains without a target date.
Miller allowed two goals on 22 shots in a win over the Capitals on Sunday. Miller has had just one bad start this season, but he has otherwise played very well, winning five of six with a 2.58 GAA and .906 SV%. Tonight he is a must-start at home against the winless Hurricanes.
Manson, 23, has one assist in seven games in his first full season with Norfolk. The 6-foot-3, 203 lbs. blueliner was a sixth round pick in 2011 and will likely serve as the Ducks seventh defenseman while Ben Lovejoy is sidelined with a fractured finger.
Bortuzzo is within a few days of returning to the Penguins lineup according to head coach Mike Johnston. Bortuzzo has not played yet this season, but will likely be in the lineup full-time starting next week when Olli Maatta misses four weeks after having surgery to remove a tumour from his neck.
Raymond, who was placed on IR this afternoon to make room for David Jones will likely miss at least one week. Week-to-week injury tags are extremely vague, so look for him to miss one week and be re-evaluated after that.
Howard surrendered three goals on 26 shots in the Red Wings comeback OT win over the Penguins last Thursday. Jonas Gustavsson got the call on Saturday, so it is back to Howard on Wednesday. He is 3-1-2 with a 1.95 GAA and .929 SV% in six starts this season, so get him in your lineups.
Gibson allowed one goal on 17 shots in a winning effort in his return to the Ducks crease last Friday. With Frederik Andersen coming off of his worst performance of the year on Sunday, look for the Ducks to turn to Gibson tonight. It is not a favourable matchup, but he goes head-to-head with Scott Darling making his second NHL start.
Hiller stopped all 16 shots that he faced in the Flames 5-0 win over the Hurricanes on Thursday. It was a nice easy night for the Swiss netminder who improved to 3-1-0 with a 1.78 GAA and .948 SV% on the season. He has been excellent and draws an OK matchup tonight against a Habs team coming off of a loss to the Oilers last night.
Heatley has not played yet this season, but he is on the ice for the Ducks' morning skate and is taking line rushes with Corey Perry (Ryan Getzlaf taking the morning off) which would suggest that he will make his Ducks' debut tonight on the top-line. His scoring has fallen off in recent years, but play with Perry and Getzlaf is a good way to ignite your offence.
Potter has not played a game this season because of a shoulder injury but will go to the AHL to get some games in and try and work his way back to the NHL.
Stalberg missed the first three games of the season with a lower-body injury, but had played in the last five games, failing to record a point with a minus-1 rating while averaging just 12:20 of playing time. "Viktor has had some unfortunate injury trouble during his last two training camps,” GM David Poile said. “We want Viktor to have some time in Milwaukee to fine tune his game and we look forward to having him back in Nashville.
