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The Minnesota Wild has recalled forward Stephane Veilleux from the Iowa Wild (AHL)
Veilleux had two assists in 21 games with the Wild.
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Nikolai Kulemin will now be unavailable to return to the #Leafs lineup until Oct 29th against the Oilers at the very earliest.
Kulemin should not be on your fantasy radar.
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Leafs send down Smith and Devane. Recall Broll, Leivo and Brennan.
Just reshuffling the 4th line and calling up an extra Dman for the road trip. Brennan has had a great start with the Toronto Marlies. He has scored four goals and added two assists in the first two games. The D-man recorded a hat trick against the Grand Rapids Griffins.
The 19-year-old native of the Czech Republic tied a franchise record with four goals to lead the Sharks to a 9-2 rout of the New York Rangers.
Buy, buy, buy. I'm not expecting Patrick Kane circa-2007-08 season rookie scoring numbers but Hertl is providing the flair and energy that the Sharks haven't seen in years. He's worth a roster spot in everyday leagues to ride while he's hot.
General
I think he'll play 25-30 games.
Obviously this is speculation at this point in the season but Sam Carchidi's best guess is that Emery would play at most 30 games if Mason has established himself as the primary starter in the Flyers' net. At the very least, you will need to own both Flyers' goalies or try to get whatever value you can for Emery at this point.
Nash left last night's game after being elbowed in the head by Brad Stuart.
Nash missed four games with a concussion last season. The Rangers did not release an update on his status after the game.
Tim Thomas left tonight's game in the first period.
He is not expected to return to the game.
Injury
Niklas Backstrom has left the game and has been replaced by Josh Harding.
Backstrom was crashed into and appeared to have injured his leg on the post. He is questionable to return to the game.
Goalie Start
Enroth will start for the Sabres.
Enroth allowed three goals on 34 shots in a 4-1 loss to the Penguins on Saturday. It was a good start for the Sabres backup, who will go again tonight with Miller still banged up. Buffalo has only scored two goals in their first three games. Until they start scoring, their goalies fantasy value remains low.
Goalie Start
Craig Anderson will start tomorrow vs. Kings. #Sens
Anderson allowed four goals on 42 shots in a 5-4 shootout loss to the Maple Leafs on Saturday. He will get the start against the Kings tomorrow; a tough matchup.
Line Change
Does not look as though McClement will play tonight. Not on the ice for warm-up.
McClement's wife went into labour this morning.
Jason Spezza said he will be fine tomorrow but Paul MacLean says Spezza will be evaluated in the morning and may not play. MacLean says at "some point or another" they have to get the groin to 100 percent because they do not want it to be an issue all season.
MacLean says he will sit down with the training staff and Spezza to make a decision. Monitor his status tomorrow.
Call up / Send down
The Montreal Candiens have recalled Nathan Beaulieu from Hamilton (AHL).
Beaulieu who was sent down just three days ago is back with the big club.
The Sabres have officially placed Henrik Tallinder (upper-body) on injured reserve to make room for Marcus Foligno.
Tallinder is expected to miss another week with the injury he suffered last Friday.
Line Change
Rostislav Olesz in; Ryan Carter out.
Tonight's game will be Rostislav Olesz's first as a Devil and first NHL game since Nov. 13, 2011 with Chicago against Edmonton.
Patrick Roy said Wilson was not expected to play Tuesday at Toronto but likely will suit up Thursday at Boston or Saturday at Washington.
Wilson, a gritty fifth-year defenseman who is recovering from a preseason knee injury. He has been limited to playing in only 71-of-164 games over the past two seasons.
Line Change
Brookbank will make his season debut tomorrow.
The Blackhawks are currently carrying eight defenseman, so they have the ability to shuffle their bottom pair around. "You just can't really get too down on yourself when you're not playing," said Brookbank, who was signed to a two-year deal prior to the 2012-13 season. "You just want to be positive. You don't want to be walking around the room kind of moping around and stuff like that."
Max Pacioretty will play Wednesday.
Pacioretty was back on the ice today after sitting out during Saturday's game with Philadelphia. He played 13:54 with no points and a minus-2 rating in his only appearance.
Goalie Start
Price starts tomorrow in Calgary.
Price faced 23 shots on Saturday and stopped 22 of them en route to a 4-1 win over the Flyers. He is 1-1-0 with a 2.52 GAA and .918 SV% and has a good chance to get to 2-1 vs. the Flames tomorrow.
Goalie Start
Smith starts for the Yotes.
Smith was under siege on Saturday night. He faced 50 shots and stopped 47 of them in a 4-1 loss to the Sharks. He has had a solid start to the season (2.02 GAA / .946 SV%) and will look to keep it rolling on Long Island tonight. He is 3-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA and a .970 SV% in his career vs. NYI.
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