Aston-Reese was acquired from the Penguins as a part of the Rickard Rakell trade on Monday and will jump right into the Ducks lineup on Wednesday. He is expected to replace Daniel O'Regan in the lineup and skate on the fourth line.
Jaros was traded to the Devils in July and has appeared in just 11 games with the Devils this season. Jaros cleared regular waivers on Monday and was going to be sent to the AHL.
Merzlikins suffered an upper-body during Saturday's game vs. the Blues and is expected to miss some time. The Blue Jackets recalled J-F Berube from the AHL to serve as Joonas Korpisalo's backup on Tuesday.
Aston-Reese missed Tuesday's game with an illness and will remain sidelined in St. Louis. Dominik Simon will stick on the Penguins' fourth line with Aston-Reese out.
Lundestrom missed the last two games with a lower-body injury but travelled to New Jersey and is expected to play Saturday. Lundestrom will likely replace Danny O'Regan in the lineup.
Lundestrom suffered a lower-body injury early in Sunday's game vs. the Sharks and will not play Tuesday in Chicago. The fact that he did not travel to start the road trip, suggests that Lundestrom will miss at least the next five games. The Ducks will likely go with 11 forwards and seven defensemen with Lundestrom out.
Gaunce has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury that the suffered vs. the Devils last Tuesday. Gaunce, who has five points (3G / 2A) in 11 games since joining the Blue Jackets, will replace Emil Bemstrom in the lineup.
Merzlikins gave up four goals on 32 shots in the Blue Jackets shootout loss to the Bruins one Saturday. Merzlikins started both games of the Blue Jackets' back-to-back last week and will be starting his third game in four nights on Monday. He's 1-1-2 with a .905 SV% in four games since returning from injury.
Gaunce is a little banged up, so he'll come out of the lineup on Friday with Yegor Chinakhov drawing back in to replan him.
