Anaheim Ducks News

Fabbri has been a healthy scratch for the last four games but will draw in for Sammy Blais (undisclosed) on Thursday. Fabbri has had an extremely quiet season, scoring just two goals with three assists in 29 games.

With Jakub Voracek set to serve the second game of his two games suspension, Bailey will come up to be the 12th forward on Thursday. Bailey has no points in six games with the Flyers but has six goals and two assists (eight points) in 16 AHL games with the Phantoms.

Gibson allowed five goals on 33 shots in the Ducks loss to the Blues on Wednesday. Gibson has gone 1-2-0 with a 2.71 GAA and .913 SV% in three starts since returning to the Ducks crease. Tonight he faces a Canadiens team that has lost eight of their last 13 games (5-7-1) and come in on the tail-end of a back-to-back.

Gibson allowed one goal on 26 shots in the Ducks win over the Avalanche on Sunday. Gibson has played solidly since returning from injury, stopping 56 of he 59 shots (.949 SV%) that he has faced in two games. He draws a tough assignment on Wednesday with St. Louis in town—the Blues are 13-3-1 in their last 17 games.

Jakub Voracek missed Sunday’s game and Nolan Patrick was hurt early in the same game, so Bailey’s call-up suggests one of them won’t be available for Wednesday’s game. The 23-year-old has no points in five games with Philadelphia but has picked up six goals and two assists (eight points) in 13 AHL games.

Kylington will not play for the second time in three games because of a lingering undisclosed injury. Kylington is day-to-day.

Kylington suffered an injury while blocking a shot on Wednesday and will not be available for Friday’s game. Dalton Prout will replace Kylington on the third pairing.

Because of salary cap issues, the deal can’t officially be signed until after Monday’s trade deadline but Silfverberg’s new cap-hit is expected to be north of $5.0 million. Silfverberg has always been a player who shoots the puck a lot and has been able to maintain 2-plus shots per game even on a bad Ducks team this season, scoring 16 goals with just eight assists (24 points) in 51 games. The Ducks are expected to be sellers at the deadline but Silfverberg will be sticking around.

Fabbri was in the lineup for the last two games because Steen was out due to personal reasons, but is back in the lineup on Tuesday. Fabbri has had a really tough season, scoring just two goals and three assists (five points) in 25 games.

Bailey was a healthy scratch in Detroit on Sunday but will replace rookie defenseman Philippe Myers as they go back to 12 forwards and six defensemen. Bailey has no points in two games while averaging just 5:32 TOI/gm with Philly.