Duclair was held out of Thursday's practice because he was under the weather and will not play in Friday's game vs. Chicago. Since Duclair can't go, look for Sam Reinhart to move back up to the top line with Aleksander Barkov.
Duclair was held out of Thursday's practice because he was under the weather and is questionable to play in Friday's game vs. Chicago. If Duclair can't go, look for Sam Reinhart to move back up to the top line with Aleksander Barkov.
Ritchie had six goals, two assists, 46 SOG, 23 PIMs and a +2 plus/minus through 34 games with Calgary and will make his Arizona debut Thursday after dealing with some visa issues. This is the 29-year-olds fourth team in his career.
Ritchie had six goals, two assists, 23 PIMs and 46 SOG and has been traded alongside Connor Mackey to Arizona for Troy Stecher and Nick Ritchie. The 29-year-old has 375 NHL games of experience over nine NHL seasons.
Duclair has not played this season due to an offseason Achilles injury but will make his season debut Friday vs. Buffalo. The 27-year-old is coming off a career year, where he had 31 goals, 27 assists, 167 SOG, 30 PIMs and a +19 plus/minus through 74 games in 2021-22.
Duclair was a full participant in Wednesday's practice, and head coach Paul Maurice said that he "looks like he’s ready to go.” Duclair, who had 31 goals and 27 assists (58 points) in 74 games last season, skated on a line with Eetu Luostarinen and Nick Cousins in practice.
Ritchie has six goals, eight points, 46 SOG, 23 PIMs and a +2 plus/minus through 34 games played this season but will be a healthy scratch Monday vs. Philadelphia. Adam Ruzicka will take his spot in the Flames lineup.
Duclair is nearing his season debut, and it could come as early as Friday vs. the Sabres, according to head coach Paul Maurice. The Panthers will wait and see how Duclair responds to practice this week before making a decision on his status for Friday's game.
Ritchie has missed the previous 11 games due to a wrist injury but has been activated from the injured reserve Friday. The 29-year-old has six goals, two assists, 41 SOG, 21 PIMs and a +2 plus/minus through 30 games prior to the injury.
Ritchie will head to the press box as a healthy scratch as Milan Lucic heads back into the Flames lineup Friday. Ritchie has been having a solid season to date, with five goals, seven points, 16 PIMs and 31 SOG through 24 games this season.
Ritchie has missed the Flames' last two games due to an undisclosed injury but will return Friday vs. Washington. Through 17 games this season he has two goals and six assists with a +2 plus/minus rating.
Duclair, who set new career-highs in goals (31), assists (27) and points (58) during the 2022 season is expected to be out for the first-half of the 2022-23 season after undergoing surgery to repair an Achilles tendon injury. His injury could open the door for someone like Grigori Denisenko to make the Panthers out of training camp.
Ritchie picked up a lower-body injury vs. the Blues on Saturday and will not be available or Monday's game against the Kings. Calle Jarnkrok (illness) is expected to be back in the lineup to replace Ritchie in the bottom-6.
Ritchie was one of the few Flames not to test positive for COVID-19 during their massive outbreak but he tested positive now and did not travel to Seattle for Thursday's game.
Duclair has missed the last eight games with a lower-body injury but will be back in the Panthers' top-6 on Tuesday. Duclair was playing very well before getting hurt, registering 17 points (9G / 8A) in 19 games.
Duclair was a late scratch on Friday and will not play Saturday vs. Seattle. The Panthers recalled Aleksi Heponiemi and he may draw into the lineup to replace Duclair.
Duclair was a late scratch after warmups on Friday and will likely be a game-time decision on Saturday. Owen Tippett moved to the Panthers' top line with Duclair out and Maxim Mamin replaced him in the lineup.
