Detroit Red Wings News

Just over an hour prior to puck-drop the Blues announced that Tarasenko will not play on Saturday afternoon. Jaden Schwartz will move up to the Blues top line and Zach Sanford will replace him on the third line with Tarasenko out.

Larkin will sit out Thursday’s game vs. the Rangers with a lingering back issue. Larkin is day-to-day and is questionable heading into their weekend back-to-back in Florida. Andreas Athansiou, Luke Glendening and Frans Nielsen will serve as the team’s top-3 centres with Larkin out.

Dries was a healthy scratch in Anaheim on Sunday but will replace Gabriel Bourque on Tuesday. Dries has averaged just 9:06 TOI/gm this season, scoring three goals with three assists (six points) in 39 games.

O’Regan has scored 18 goals with 16 assists (34 points) in 53 games with Rochester (AHL) this season. He will make his season debut after playing just two games with the Sabres last season and recording five points (1G / 4A) in 24 career NHL games overall.

Smith was a late-scratch on Tuesday and will not be available to play in Thursday’s game against the Kings. This move allows the Predators to recall Tyler Gaudet from Milwaukee, which suggests that Viktor Arvidsson could be in danger of missing tonight’s game as well.

Campbell allowed four goals on 24 shots in the Kings 4-2 loss to the Bruins on Saturday. Campbell has posted an impressive 2.23 GAA and .928 SV% this season but the lack of goal support has resulted in just seven wins in 19 appearances (17 starts). The 27-year-old has gone 4-4-0 with a 2.34 GAA and .920 SV% at STAPLES Center this season.

Campbell allowed four goals on 24 shots in the Kings 4-2 loss to the Bruins on Saturday. Campbell has posted an impressive 2.23 GAA and .928 SV% this season but the lack of goal support has resulted in just seven wins in 19 appearances (17 starts). The 27-year-old has gone 4-4-0 with a 2.34 GAA and .920 SV% at STAPLES Center this season.

Mrazek allowed three goals on 21 shots in the Hurricanes loss in New Jersey last Sunday. Curtis McElhinney has started the last two games, including last night, so Mrazek will face the Stars on Saturday. Mrazke is 6-5-1 with a 2.93 GAA, .883 SV% and one shutout in 12 games on home-ice this season.

The Oilers needed to shed some cap-space so that they could activate defenseman Andrej Sekera and Talbot is in the final year of a three-year deal that carries a $4.166M AAV cap-hit and Stolarz’s $761K AAV provides them with over $3.4M in savings. Since his breakout year in 2017, Talbot has struggled—tying for 39th in the NHL in SV% (.903) and 43rd in GAA (3.13). Talbot has ties to rookie netminder Carter Hart, as they train together in the summer, so bringing in a quality veteran to help Hart along the way is the reason the Flyers made this deal. If Talbot plays well, Philly may re-sign him and make Hart-Talbot their 1-2 punch in net for the next couple of seasons.