Tore Krug was hurt late in Sunday's game vs. the Flyers, so Vaakanainen's call-up suggests that Krug will miss Tuesday's game and the 20-year-old defenseman will make his season debut. Vaakanainen was a first-round pick (No.18 overall) in 2017 and has two assists in 15 games with Providence this season.
Korpisalo allowed two goals on 32 shots in the Blue Jackets win in Arizona on Thursday. The victory snapped a four-game losing streak for Korpisalo, who is now 3-1-0 with a 3.25 GAA and .907 SV% on the road this season. Heading to Colorado isn't as scary without Mikko Rantanen or Gabriel Landeskog, but the Ads are still 5-2-1 with 3.88 goals per game in Colorado this season.
Korpisalo allowed two goals on 32 shots in the Blue Jackets win in Arizona on Thursday. The victory snapped a four-game losing streak for Korpisalo, who is now 3-1-0 with a 3.25 GAA and .907 SV% on the road this season. Heading to Colorado isn't as scary without Mikko Rantanen or Gabriel Landeskog, but the Ads are still 5-2-1 with 3.88 goals per game in Colorado this season.
Reimer allowed four goals on 25 shots in the Hurricanes loss to the Devils last Saturday. Reimer has been a pure backup to start the 2019-20 season, starting just five of the Hurricanes' first 16 games, going 2-3-0 with a 2.93 GAA and .907 SV%. Tonight he faces a Senators team that he's seen a lot of in his career--he is 15-5-3 with a .928 SV% in 25 career appearances against Ottawa.
Korpisalo allowed two goals on 25 shots in the Blue Jackets' loss to Vegas on Tuesday. Korpisalo has dropped four straight games while posting an ugly 4.16 GAA and .873 SV% and draws a tough matchup in Arizona on Thursday. The Coyotes are in the middle of the pack in goal-scoring but don't give the Blue Jackets a great chance at winning tonight's game.
Zibanejad will not play Wednesday vs. the Red Wings but also won't travel to Carolina for Thursday's game. Look for Zibanejad to return on Sunday at the earliest. Ryan Strome will continue to centre the first line with Zibanefad sidelined.
Korpisalo allowed two goals on 28 shots in the Blue Jackets' 3-0 loss to the Flames on Saturday. Korpisalo has now dropped three straight while giving up a combined 12 goals on just 85 shots (.859 SV%). He carries a .885 home SV% into Tuesday's meeting with a Golden Knights team that is 4-2-0 while averaging 3.00 goals per game on the road this season.
Zibanejad will miss his third straight game with an upper-body injury on Monday but is "making progress," according to head coach David Quinn. "He had another good day today," Quinn told reporters. "He's still day-to-day" and "we'll see" when asked about a potential return on Wednesday. The Rangers have played well without Zibanejad, thanks to new-found chemistry between Artemi Panarin and Ryan Strome and the impressive play from Filip Chytil, who was recalled from Hartford (AHL).
Korpisalo was pulled after allowing four goals on 12 shots in the Blue Jackets loss to the Oilers on Wednesday. With Elvis Merzlikins starting last night, head coach John Tortorella will tab Korpisalo for tonight's game vs. the Flames. Calgary has lost three of five and rank 21st in the NHL in offence (2.73 GF/gm) though 15 games.
Reimer stopped all seven shots that he faced in relief in his last appearance (Oct.18). Petr Mrazek has been used exclusively in the last five games but Reimer will be back in on the tail-end of a back-to-back. He is 2-2-0 with a 2.67 GAA and .918 SV% in five appearances and tonight he faces a Devils team that has lost three in a row.
Reimer stopped all seven shots that he faced in relief in his last appearance (Oct.18). Petr Mrazek has been used exclusively in the last five games but Reimer will be back in on the tail-end of a back-to-back. He is 2-2-0 with a 2.67 GAA and .918 SV% in five appearances and tonight he faces a Devils team that has lost three in a row.
The Rangers will stick with the same lineup on Saturday, which means Zibanejad will miss his second straight game. Rangers' head coach David Quinn announced that Zibanejad's injury is in the "neck area." Filip Chytil played very well in Zibanejad's absence, so expect them to make sure he's 100 percent before re-inserting him into the lineup in a November game.
Korpisalo allowed six goals on 45 shots in the Blue Jackets loss in Philadelphia on Saturday. The loss snapped a brief two-game winning streak for Korpisalo, who will make his fifth straight start on Wednesday. He enters play at 3-2-1 with a 2.80 GAA and .894 SV% on home ice this season and faces an Edmonton team that has lost four fo their last five while averaging just 1.40 goals per game.
The Red Wings coaching staff is reportedly unhappy with how Cholowski has been playing lately, so he'll come out of the lineup on Tuesday. Joe Hicketts was recalled from Grand Rapids (AHL) and will replace Cholowski against the Oilers.
Zibanejad suffered an upper-body injury against the Bruins on Sunday and will not be in the lineup vs. Tampa Bay. Zibanejad will be replaced by Filip Chytil, who was recalled from Hartford (AHL) on Monday. Zibanejad is officially day-to-day.
Zibanejad suffered an upper-body injury on Sunday and was not on the ice for Monday’s practice. Brett Howden was bumped up into the top-6 and Ryan Strome was on the first power-play unit after Zibanejad got hurt. Look for them to play expanded roles and for Jesper Fast (personal) to replace him in the lineup if Zibanejad can’t play.
Zibanejad was forced to leave Sunday's game against the Bruins following a hit from Patrice Bergeron. Head coach David Quinn said that Zibanejad's injury "isn't a concussion" and added that it's just an "upper-body" issue and that he is "day-to-day." It looks like Zibanejad avoided serious injury but he remains questionable for Tuesday's game against the Lightning.
Glendening was forced to leave Wednesday’s game in Ottawa with a hand injury and is expected to miss at least two weeks. Glendening was previously skating on the second line, so the Red Wings will shuffle their lines up for Friday’s game with Glendening sidelined.
