Eric Robinson will be a healthy scratch on Thursday, allowing Rousek to re-enter the lineup. Rousek has not played since March 9th and has zero points in seven games this season.

Eric Robinson will be a healthy scratch on Thursday, allowing Rousek to re-enter the lineup. Rousek has not played since March 9th and has zero points in seven games this season.
Ian Cole will be a healthy scratch on Thursday, allowing Juulsen to re-enter the lineup. Juulsen has not played the last two games for the Canucks and had only one point (0G / 1A) in 10 games before he departed from the lineup.
Noah Juulsen will draw into the Canucks lineup on Thursday, making Cole a healthy scratch. The veteran Cole has nine points (2G / 7A), 67 hits, and 147 blocks in 68 games this season.
Connor Brown will draw back into the lineup for the Oilers on Thursday, making Ryan a healthy scratch. Ryan has only played once in the last three games and has not scored a point in his last 11 games.
Brown did not play on Tuesday but will return to the lineup on Thursday against the Buffalo Sabres, replacing Derek Ryan, who will be a healthy scratch. Last week, Brown scored his first goal of the season on his 89th shot.
Matt Martin will be a healthy scratch on Thursday, allowing Engvall to draw back into the lineup. Engvall did not play the last game and has 21 points (8G / 13A) in 61 games this season.
Sebastian Aho will be the odd man out of the lineup for the Islanders on Thursday, allowing Bortuzzo to return from a multi-month absence, playing for the first time since January 2nd. The 35-year-old veteran has yet to pick up a point in 15 games this season with both New York and St. Louis.
Pierre Engvall will draw back into the lineup for the Islanders on Thursday, sending Martin to the press box as a healthy scratch. Martin has six points (3G / 3A), and 129 hits in 45 games this season.
Jesper Fast will not play on Thursday due to an upper-body injury, allowing DeAngelo to re-enter the lineup. DeAngelo has not played since February 25th, when he scored a goal in 15:46 ice time.
With Torey Krug battling a lower-body injury, Scandella will re-enter the lineup for the Blues. Scandella has not played the last five games but has been semi-productive when in the lineup lately, scoring three points (0G / 3A) in his last seven games.
Dellandrea appears to be the odd-man out on Wednesday with Tyler Seguin set to return from a lower-body injury. Dellandrea has two goals and seven assists in 40 games this season.
Sgarbossa and Nicolas Aube-Kubel will draw in with T.J. Oshie (upper-body) and Aliaksei Protas (lower-body) missing the game due to injury. Sgarbossa has three goals and two assists in 16 games this season.
Aube-Kubel and Michael Sgarbossa will draw in with T.J. Oshie (upper-body) and Aliaksei Protas (lower-body) missing the game due to injury. Aube-Kubel has six goals and ten assists in 49 games this season.
It has been nearly two months since Timmins last dressed for the Maple Leafs (Jan 20th) but he will get an opportunity on Wednesday as he replaces TJ Brodie in the lineup. The 25-year-old beat a battle with mono last month and will look to build off his impressive 16-game showing this season so far as he has six points (1G/5A), 14 SOG, eight PIMs and a +5 plus/minus.
Gregor was a healthy scratch for the first half of the Maple Leafs' back-to-back on Tuesday but will draw back into the lineup for the injured Ryan Reaves (eye) on Wednesday. The 25-year-old centre signed with Toronto this season after a successful PTO and has provided a solid bottom-six option with five goals, 11 points, 99 SOG, 17 PIMs and -7 plus/minus through 56 games played.
Brodie will be a healthy scratch for the first time as a Maple Leaf as he heads to the press box in place for Connor Timmons on Wednesday in Washington. The 33-year-old stay-at-home defender has done well defensively this season, but has struggled to find his offensive spark as he has yet to score but has 18 assists, 26 PIMs and a +14 plus/minus through 66 games in 2023-24.
Dean was the 30th overall pick of the St. Louis Blues in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft and will make his NHL debut on Thursday against the Ottawa Senators. The 21-year-old has 13 points (8G / 5A) in 47 games with the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL) this season.
Lundkvist has not played since March 8th, missing the last four games, but will return to the lineup on Wednesday against the Arizona Coyotes. The 23-year-old Lundkvist was already in and out of the lineup regularly to start the season, and with the Stars' recent addition of Chris Tanev on the blueline, the trend will likely continue, if not worsen.