Staios will take warmups to see if he can play.
Staios has a minor injury, which should be expected at his only age. The veteran has eight assists with a minus-16 rating in 56 games.
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Pandolfo scratched
Pandolfo draws out for tonight's game. He has a goal and an assist with a minus-13 rating in 54 games.
#Pens coach Bylsma: Vitale (upper body) is day-to-day
Sounds like Vitale is too banged up to play. The pivot has four goals and 13 points in 63 games.
#Pens coach Bylsma: Johnson skated today for first time in rehab
Progress for Johnson, who might be lost for the rest of the regular season. No real reason to own the veteran at this point.
Goalie Start
G Brad Thiessen starts tonight for #Pens vs. Winnipeg Jets.
Thiessen faces the Jets for the first time in his career.
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Mike Santorelli, Jerred Smithson scratched for #FlaPanthers v #Flyers
Smithson draws out for tonight's game. He has an assist in 11 games.
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Mike Santorelli, Jerred Smithson scratched for #FlaPanthers v #Flyers
Santorelli is once again a healthy scratch. He has nine goals and 11 points in 59 games.
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#FlaPanthers Stephen Weiss back on ice, skating with Fleischmann and Versteeg
Versteeg moves back up to his normal line. Through 60 games, he scored 22 goals and 49 points.
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#FlaPanthers Stephen Weiss back on ice, skating with Fleischmann and Versteeg
Sounds like Weiss is banged up but he is expected to play tonight. The top-line center scored 17 goals and 51 points in 69 games this season.
Goalie Start
Nabokov in goal for #Isles tonight.
In six career starts against the Leafs, Nabokov has a 3-2-1 record with a 2.64 GAA and .910 SV%.
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Kubina and Lilja both expect to play tonight vs FLA
Lilja should round out the third pairing tonight. The veteran registered three assists in 41 games with the team.
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Kubina returns tonight.
Look for Kubina on the third pairing tonight. Through seven games in Philadelphia, he has two assists.
Gus and Manning are the last two D out there. Usually indicates they're the scratches.
Expect Manning to watch tonight's game from the press box. He has no points in four games.
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Gus and Manning are the last two D out there. Usually indicates they're the scratches.
Gustafsson takes a seat for tonight's game. The rookie scored a goal and four points in 27 games.
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Butler out. #Sens
Butler draws out of the lineup tonight. The scoring winger has six goals and 15 points in 54 games.
Sanford likely done for the year. #CBJ
Probably safe to drop Sanford in single-season leagues.
Call up / Send down
Defenseman Brayden McNabb has been returned to the AHL's Rochester Americans.
McNabb goes back to the AHL with seven healthy d-men and Tyler Myers back from a suspension. The rookie scored a goal and five points in 21 games.
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Konopka back in lineup vs Devils. "I'm hoping they're gonna start the same lineup," he said, referring to scraps with Rangers. #nhl #sens
Konopka will draw back into the lineup tonight. The pugilist has three goals and five points with 172 PIM on the season.
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Talbot-Couturier-Rinaldo.
Talbot practiced on the fourth line this morning, a good indication he will play tonight. In his first 71 games in Philadelphia, the former Penguin scored 18 goals and 29 points.
Appears 22-year-old junior F David Eddy of St. Cloud State will sign as a free-agent with #Flames.
Eddy just finished his junior year of college and should join the Abbotsford Flames soon.
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