Stajan has missed the last 16 games with a knee injury, but will return tomorrow vs. San Jose. The 30-year-old does not bring much in the way of offence, but is a reliable two-way centre that will help the Flames in both ends of the rink.
Stone must have suffered an undisclosed injury in the Senators loss to the Islanders on Thursday. Puck-drop is at 1 PM ET so there will be no morning skate, so monitor his status prior warmups.
Well I am sure Weiss’ absence at practice this morning worried a ton of Red Wings fans and fantasy owners who just picked him up. He has been sizzling since returning to the lineup and should be in for another good game tomorrow vs. New York. His one downside, you would like to see him play more, he is averaging just 12:17 TOI in seven games.
Abdelkader was not on the ice for the Red Wings’ practice this morning, but did skate by himself after the practice—that is the first time he has done so since being injured. He is highly doubtful for Saturday and Sunday’s games.
Komarov missed Friday’s practice, which suggests he will miss Saturday’s game vs. Vancouver. Coach Carlyle said that Komarov didn’t suffer a setback, but wasn’t feeling well enough to practice today…So it sounds like he suffered a setback.
Fistric has been sidelined with a back ailment since October 30th, but it looks like he will replace Mat Clark in the Ducks’ lineup tonight vs. Minnesota. He has yet to record a point and is a minus-1 while averaging 11:03 TOI in three games this season.
Hjalmarsson was reportedly battling an undisclosed injury and was questionable to play tonight vs. Montreal. However, he took part in the morning skate and is good to go which means that Klas Dahlbeck’s NHL debut will have to wait.
Weiss was listed as a game-time decision for Thursday’s game, but did play and actually recorded a goal and two assists, which gives him nine points (4G / 5A) in seven games since returning from injury. This is the Stephen Weiss that the Red Wings were expecting when they signed him to a fat contract, but with the recent success you have to remember he is as big of an injury risk as any player in the NHL. Monitor his status prior to Saturday’s clash with the Rangers.
Suter took part in the Wild’s morning skate which was a good sign that he might play, but the Wild will wisely hold him out tonight and allow him to have the weekend to recover because they are off until next Tuesday. Chrisitan Folin is expected to remain in the lineup for Suter.
Hornqvist left last night’s game after a helmet-to-helmet hit from Canucks’ defenseman Ryan Stanton. Hornqvist has been excellent in his first year in Pittsburgh so losing him for any period of time would be crushing. The Penguins recalled Bryan Rust from the AHL this morning, which is not encouraging news for Hornqvist owners.
Gaustad is not a fantasy relevant player, but this is a big defensive loss for the Predators. He will be replaced by Gabriel Bourque.
Ryan missed the last two games, but will play tonight with a fractured finger. He was listed as a game-time decision, but he will officially replace Zack Smith in the lineup. Ryan has five goals and eight assists (13 points) in 21 games this season.
The Senators place Patrick Wiercioch on IR which allowed them to activate Methout, who is listed as a gametime decision. He will take part in warmups and then a decision on his status will be made. The expectation is that he will be in the lineup, no word on who will come out.
Wiercioch was scratched on Tuesday and did not practice on Wednesday, presumably because he was dealing with a muscle strain. His designation to IR allowed the Senators to activate Marc Methot, who could be making his season debut tonight. Wiercioch is day-to-day.
Murphy will miss his second straight game with an upper-body injury that he suffered on Monday vs. the Oilers. He is listed as day-to-day.
Clitsome missed Wednesday’s game with a lower-body injury that he must have suffered on Friday vs. the Bruins. He joins Zach Bogosian and Tobias Enstrom as Jets blue liners who are available for at least the next two weeks.
Enstrom has already missed the last four games with a lower-body injury he suffered on November 23rd vs. St. Louis. Now he is expected to miss the next four weeks and Zach Bogosian suffered a lower-body injury and will join him for the next 4-6 weeks.
Bogosian suffered the injury while blocking a shot in the Jets OT win over the Oilers on Wednesday night. The Jets will also be without Tobias Enstrom for the rest of the month, so this will be a huge test for their blue line. Bogosian is out until the New Year at least, could be sidelined until mid-January. Expect a call-up from St. John’s.
Couture suffered an apparent head injury in the Sharks win over the Flyers on Tuesday. He skate in the top-6 this morning and said that he is feeling good to go tonight, but needs to pass one more concussion protocol test. Consider him as a game-time decision.
Kennedy has missed the last two games with a lower-body injury, but it looks like he will be back in tonight on a line with James Sheppard and Tye McGinn.
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