The Wild signed the University of Minnesota product last season and he has picked up 18 points (5G / 13A) in 32 games with Iowa (AHL) this season. He will make his NHL debut on the Wild’s third D-pair with Jonas Brodin as his partner. His offensive ability could see him playing a bit of power-play in his debut, but head coach Mike Yeo did not confirm that.
Gostisbehere left Thursday’s game with a lower-body injury and will not play on Saturday. Brandon Manning will get back into the lineup with Gostisbehere out. He is expected to be evaluated over the next 24 hours and a detailed injury report should be released on Saturday.
Reilly, 22, has five goals and 13 assists (18 points) in 32 games with Iowa this season. The highly-touted offensive defenseman didn’t make his NHL debut during his last call-up, but with Nate Prosser dealing with an injury, he could get into the lineup this time around.
Deslauriers suffered the injury in Saturday’s loss to the Red Wings, but finished the game. The injury will keep him out until late January, early February.
Andersen allowed three goals on 11 shots in the Ducks loss in the Islanders on December 21st. John Gibson has started the last four games, but Andersen will start the second game of the back-to-back. Andersen is 5-8-4 with a2.59 GAA and .911 SV% on the season and draws a strong matchup against the 14-15-9 Canucks.
Andersen stopped 21 of 22 shots that he faced in the Ducks win in New Jersey on Saturday. It was a nice return to the crease for Andersen, who will get a second straight start tonight, in the first game of the back-to-back. Andersen is 5-7-4 with a 2.46 GAA and .915 SV% on the year.
Dzingel, 23, was a seventh round pick (204th overall) in 2011 and is getting his first taste of the NHL. Dzingel has registered 22 points (7G / 15A) in 26 games with Binghamton this season. The Ohio State standout could make his NHL debut on Tuesday vs. the Panthers.
Andersen allowed one goal on six shots after replacing John Gibson in the Ducks loss to Carolina on December 11th. Tonight will be Andersen’s first start since November 21st after missing time due to illness. Andersen is 4-7-4 with a 2.55 GAA and .913 SV% on the season and tonight he will start in New Jersey—he comes in at 1-6-1 with a 2.85 GAA and .907 SV% on the road.
Slavin was only sent down for one game and the Hurricanes must like what Slavin brought to the team versus what Ryan Murphy did on Thursday. Savin had one assist in six games with the Hurricanes before he was sent down.
Reilly, 22, has registered two goals and seven assists in his first 23 AHL games with the Iowa Wild. He as a great offensive-defenseman in his time at the University of Minnesota and now it looks like he will get a crack at the NHL.
Slavin, 21, had one assists in six games during his time with Carolina. He heads back to Charlotte, where he has seven assists in 14 games last season.
Andersen has missed the last two games with the flu, but was back in net in practice on Sunday. Andersen has been dealing with a fever, that spiked as high as 102 degrees. John Gibson is expected to start again on Monday but Andersen could be aiming to return for Friday’s game home game vs. the Sharks.
Andersen is not expected to dress on Tuesday because of an illness, so the Ducks have recalled John Gibson to backup Anton Khudobin. The Ducks play on Wednesday as well, so Andersen could miss tomorrow’s game too.
Andersen stopped 24 of 25 shots in the Ducks win in Florida on Thursday. Their Florida trip continues tonight in Tampa Bay where they’ll play a banged up Lightning team. Andersen has gone 4-1-2 with a 2.75 GAA and .907 SV% in November, but has struggled to a 1-5-1 road record this season.
Anderson was yanked after allowing three goals on 10 shots in the Ducks loss in Nashville on Tuesday. After winning his first three starts in November, Andersen has now dropped his last three games while posting an ugly 4.44 GAA and .831 SV%. Tonight he will take on the Panthers for the second time this season—he stopped 23 of 25 in a 3-2 shootout win in their first meeting.
