Goalie Start
Mathieu Garon gets the start in net for Lightning Tues vs Ducks.
In 18 career appearances against the Ducks, Garon has a 8-6-3 record with a 2.98 GAA, .906 SV% and one shutout.
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Line Change
With Warren Peters eligible to return Thursday
Peters gets back into the lineup following a one-game suspension. He scored a goal and five points in 36 games.
Call up / Send down
The Wild has the day off from practice, but that doesn’t mean the Minnesota to Houston shuttle has stopped running. Minnesota has reassigned forward Jeff Taffe to the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Taffe heads back to the minors. The veteran has two assists in five games.
Call up / Send down
#Oilers have recalled goaltender Yann Danis from the Oklahoma City Barons of the AHL
Danis is expected to backup Devan Dubnyk over the next week or two.
Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin will be out of the #Oilers line-up for 7-10 days with a sore groin.
Tough break for Khabibulin, who was enjoying a bounce-back season of sorts. Expect Devan Dubnyk to handle the load in his absence.
While the Tampa Bay Lightning’s injury situation has certainly improved as of late, the team received news that defenseman Mattias Ohlund, who has missed each of the Lightning’s 58 games this season, will have major surgery performed on his left knee that has had him sidelined since early October.
You have to imagine Ohlund misses the rest of the season due to this injury.
Goalie Start
Tomas Vokoun in net for #Caps tonight.
In 31 career starts against the Canes, Vokoun has a 13-11-1-4 record with a 2.75 GAA, .917 SV% and two shutouts.
Waiver Move
#RedWings have put G Ty Conklin on waivers.
Conklin cleared waivers at this time last year which makes it pretty likely that he clears again.
Ruslan Fedotenko on ice for second straight day.
Sounds like Fedotenko is progressing. He has seven goals and 14 points in 51 games.
Line Change
When Giroux left mid-practice, they had Eric Wellwood change jerseys and fill in as C on his line.
Giroux abruptly left practice leading to speculation that he might be hurt. The superstar center has 22 goals and 68 points in 54 games. Wellwood filling in likely means this absence is maintenance related.
Marc-Edouard Vlasic wasn’t made available to the media after taking a puck to the face on Sunday in Detroit. An update is expected on the defenseman on Monday, when the Sharks have an afternoon practice in Columbus.
Doesn't sound good for the wounded d-man. The blue liner has four goals and 19 points in 57 games with a tidy plus-18 rating.
The Sharks expect to have an update on Douglas Murray, who has missed the last two games with a fractured Adam’s apple, in the “next day or two,” McLellan said on Sunday.
Stay tuned for a further update on Murray. The physical d-man has four assists in 45 games.
Whether or not Joe Pavelski skates today will be of note. The forward took a slap shot to the helmet from Detroit’s Nicklas Lidstrom on Sunday and although he returned, voiced some concerns after the game.
Sounds like the scoring forward is simply day-to-day. Pavelski has 22 goals and 45 points in 57 games. Stay tuned for a further update on his status.
DETROIT - Injured Sharks forward Marty Havlat is scheduled to return to action in mid-March, Todd McLellan said after the Sharks-Red Wings game on Sunday afternoon.
Great news on Havlat, as he progresses. Limited to only 26 games, the winger has two goals and 15 points.
Vinny Lecavalier left practice early with a lingering upper body injury not believed to be serious but we'll see after talking to the coach
No need for Lecavalier to push himself in practice. The big center has 21 goals and 46 points in 58 games.
Line Change
#Caps line rushes this morning: 25-90-28;
Johansson moves between Semin and Chimera. He has 11 goals and 31 points in 56 games.
Line Change
#Caps line rushes this morning: 26-21-22;
Looks like Hendricks moved onto the Laich line. The Blaine, Minnesota has thee goals and seven points with 72 PIM in 54 games.
Line Change
#Caps line rushes this morning: 8-85-20;
Brouwer gets another look on the Ovechkin line. The 26-year-old scored 15 goals and 27 points in 58 games.
Line Change
#Caps line rushes this morning: 8-85-20;
Perreault gets a chance to center Ovechkin tonight. The diminutive center scored nine goals and 18 points in 40 games.
Injury
Leblanc encore absent.
Leblanc remains out due to his illness. The prized rookie has three goals and seven points in 23 games.
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