Wilson has had a hard time staying healthy in recent years. He has missed a total of 63 games between the last two seasons and so far this year. Nick Holden will re-enter the lineup with Wilson out.
Weiss has already been ruled out for Saturday's contest but monitor his status prior to Tuesday, when the Red Wings take on the Jets at home.
Chimera, 34, has recorded 11 points (five goals, six assists) and 10 penalty minutes in 16 games this season. Chimera has registered 107 points (45 goals, 62 assists) and 251 penalty minutes in 265 career games with Washington. The 6’3”, 216-pound forward has played in 726 career regular-season games with Edmonton, Columbus and Washington, recording 279 points (126 goals, 153 assists)
Andersen gave up one goal on 33 shots in a win over the Rangers on Monday. He has been excellent since filling in for Viktor Fasth as the Ducks second goalie. Andersen is 4-0-0 with a 1.36 GAA and .952 SV% and has great matchup 3-13-1 Sabres making a stop in Anaheim tonight.
Crawford allowed one goal on 25 shots in an easy win over the Jets on Wednesday. Crawford has won eight of his last 10 starts with a 1.96 GAA and .928 SV%, solidifying himself near the top of fantasy hockey goalie rankings. He has a difficult matchup against the speedy Stars who have won three straight.
The Oilers line rushes this morning suggest Yakupov will either play on the fourth line with Luke Gazdic and Ryan Smyth or will be a healthy scratch on Saturday. He has struggled to one goal and two assists with a minus-14 rating in 15 games. The 2012 first overall pick had a solid rookie season (31 pts in 48 games) but has yet to follow that up with anything fantasy relevant this year.
Downie will miss his fourth consecutive game tomorrow, but is aiming at returning on Tuesday in Ottawa. He had one goal and six assists in 11 games with the Avalanche, but was injured in his first game with the Flyers.
Duchene missed Thursday's practice with a sore foot after blocking a shot on Wednesday. The general feeling was that Duchene would be fine to play tonight, so this is not surprise. Reports are the he is skating well this morning. Duchene has had a torrid start to the season scoring 10 goals and adding seven assists (17 points) in 14 games.
Lehner will get his third consecutive start when the Senators take on the Panthers on Saturday. He allowed a single goal on 34 shots in a win over the Habs on Thursday. It was his second straight win - his only two this season. Lehner has a great chance to make it three straight tomorrow vs. Florida.
Hutton gave up four goals on 31 shots in a winning effort against Colorado on Wednesday. It was Hutton's fifth straight start - the win moved him to 4-1-1 on the season. He has a favourable matchup when he faces the Winnipeg Jets tonight.
Kane expressed his displeasure this morning about not playing on Wednesday. He said he was healthy enough to play and was an "obvious healthy scratch". Regardless Kane will be back in the Jets lineup tonight on a line with Olli Jokinen and Devin Setoguchi.
Hutton gave up four goals on 31 shots in a winning effort against Colorado on Wednesday. It was Hutton's fifth straight start - the win moved him to 4-1-1 on the season. He has a favourable matchup when he faces the Winnipeg Jets tonight.
Pavelec was given the last two nights off after yielding four goals on 14 shots in 25:49 last Saturday. He returns to the cage tonight to face the Predators. Pavelec is 0-1-0 with 2.92 GAA and .898 SV% vs. Nashville this season.
Whitney has a minus-7 rating and no points in six games.
Dupuis missed practice on Thursday, but was on the ice this morning and will play on Saturday. Dupuis will skate on his regular line with Sidney Crosby and Chris Kunitz. He has two goals and nine assists in 16 games.
Weiss is not skating this morning and Red Wings GM Ken Holland says that he is hurt and will not play tomorrow, but provided no details. This is a tough break for Weiss who appeared more comfortable with the Red WIngs in the last few games. With Weiss out, Darren Helm was skating in the top-six with Tomas Tatar and Daniel Alfredsson.
Perron sat for the last four games with a sore neck. If he does play tomorrow, it will be the first time that the Oilers top-6 forwards have all played together this season. Perron has two goals and seven assists in his first 13 games as an Oiler.
Important to note that Trouba is just doing some light skating and passing puck around with strength coach Lee Stubbs. This is still a positive sign for Trouba, who was stretchered off of the ice on October 18. The rookie defenseman was enjoying a strong start to his NHL career posting a goal and an assist in eight games. Trouba was logging 21-plus minutes a night so his return to the Jets lineup would certainly help solidify their blueline.
Eager had one assist while averaging 7:04 TOI in seven games with the Oilers.
Omark was recalled on Wednesday and was a minus-1 in 9:04 in his season debut on Thursday. Omark being sent to the AHL suggests that David Perron (neck) will be back in the Oilers lineup on Saturday.
