Bishop failed to record a point in his first seven career NHL games during his call-up, but returns to the AHL where he has five points (3G / 2A) in nine games. Bishop was returned to the AHL to create room so the Hurricanes could activate Victor Rask (hand) from IR.
Ritchie missed Sunday’s game vs. the Sharks with an upper-body injury, but he has been upgraded to questionable for tonight’s game vs. Philadelphia. Monitor Ritchie’s status as the Ducks hit the ice for warmups at 9:30pm ET.
Ritchie is fresh off of signing a three-year extension with the Ducks worth $4.599M (1.533M AAV) and will make his season debut tonight in Chicago. Ritchie will skate on the Ducks top line with Ryan Getzlaf and Rickard Rakell.
Hunt was an NHL hopeful but he will start the year in the AHL, where he accumulated 46 points (23G / 23A) in 58 games a season ago.
Farabee is known as a high-character 200-foot player. He served as the captain of the U.S. National U-18 team and scored 33 goals with 43 assists (76 points) in 62 games while playing on a line with Oliver Wahlstrom and projected 2019 No.1 overall pick Jack Hughes. Farabee creates offence with his great speed and compares favourably to Blues’ forward Brayden Schenn.
Andersson allowed eight goals on 30 shots (38 points) in 53 games with the Heat this season. Andersson comes up because T.J. Brodie suffered an upper-body injury last night. Andersson has not picked up a point in two career NHL games.
Backlund missed Monday’s practice but he is good-to-go for tonight’s game vs. the Oilers. Backlund will have Sam Bennett on his wing tonight though because Mathew Tkachuk is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Backlund has just one goal in his last five games.
Weegar has been a healthy scratch for the lsat three games, but he will replace Ian McCoshen tonight vs. the Maple Leafs. Weegar has not done much offensively this season, scoring just one goal with four assists while averaging 14:12 TOI/GM in 37 contests.
Weegar played just 11:39 TOI on Saturday and will come out of the lineup tonight vs. the Panthers. Ian McCoshen will replace Weegar on the blueline.
Lomberg, 23, has registered five goals, nine assists (14 points) and 84 PIMS in 36 games with Stockton this season. Lomberg is expected to replace Marek Hrivik on the Flames fourth line.
Weegar has been a healthy scratch for the last two games but will replace Ian McCoshen in Detroit tonight. Weegar has one goal and two assists in 23 games this season.
Kadri has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury that he suffered last Thursday in Arizona. Kadri was back centring a line with Patrick Marleau and Leo Komarov on his wings. Kadri isn’t having the same offensive season he had a year ago, but has 13 goals and 10 assists in 38 games—putting him on-pace for 27 goals and 21 assists (48 points) in 80 games.
