Kurashev (illness) is not on the ice for warmups; will not play Monday in Anaheim.
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Philipp Kurashev will be a game-time decision Monday vs. Anaheim (illness).
Kurashev has eight goals, 15 assists, 101 SOG, 10 PIMs and a -28 plus/minus through 58 games this season but will be a game-time decision Monday as he battles an illness.
Laurent Brossoit is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
Brossoit was 1-0-0 with a 2.20 GAA and .936 SV% through three games this season but is now considered day-to-day due to a lower-body injury. Brossoit joins a long list of injured goalies as he becomes the third Vegas injured netminder.
Martin Kaut has been reassigned to the San Jose Barracuda (AHL).
Kaut has two goals, two assists, 32 SOG and four PIMs through 30 games between San Jose and Colorado this season but has been reassigned to the San Jose Barracuda (AHL) Monday. The 23-year-old heads back to the Barracuda, where he had a goal and six assists through seven games played prior to his last promotion.
The Sharks have acquired Shakir Mukhamadullin, Fabian Zetterlund, Nikita Okhotyuk, Andreas Johnsson, a Conditional 2023 1st Round Pick, a Conditional 2024 2nd Round Pick and a 2024 7th Round Pick from the Devils for Timo Meier, Scott Harrington, Santeri Hatakka, Zachary Emond, Timur Ibragimov, and a 2024 5th Round Pick.
Mukhamadullin was the No.20 overall pick in 2020 and has remained in the KHL since. The 21-year-old defenseman is 6-foot-3, 194 lbs. and has scored six goals with 19 assists (25 points) in 67 games with Ufa Salavat Yulayev (KHL). Mukhamadullin could come to San Jose in 2023-24.
Goalie Start
Brossoit led the Golden Knights onto the ice for warmups.
Klingberg (lower-body) is on the ice for warmups and is expected to play Saturday.
The Bruins have acquired Shane Bowers from the Avalanche for Keith Kinkaid.
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Dmitry Orlov will arrive in Vancouver Friday and has a chance to play Saturday vs. the Canucks.
The Bruins acquired Dmitry Orlov and Garnet Hathaway from the Capitals for a 2023 first-round pick, 2025 second-round pick, 2024 third-round pick and forward Craig Smith.
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Dmitry Orlov will be a healthy scratch Thursday for trade-related purposes.
Orlov has three goals, 16 assists, 77 SOG and 10 PIMs across 43 games played this season but will be a healthy scratch Thursday as he is expected to be traded before the March 3rd trade deadline.
Goalie Start
Brossoit will start Thursday vs. the Flames.
Brossoit was fantastic in his first start of the season, stopping 37 of 39 shots (.949 SV%) as he was the bad luck loser in a defeat to the Chicago Blackhawks in overtime. The 29-year-old will take on the Calgary Flames Thursday, who have only won two of their last five games but are 2nd in the NHL in shots per game (35.7).
Goalie Start
Brossoit was the first goalie off the ice at the Golden Knights morning skate.
Brossoit was fantastic in his first start of the season, stopping 37 of 39 shots (.949 SV%) as he was the bad luck loser in a defeat to the Chicago Blackhawks in overtime. The 29-year-old will take on the Calgary Flames Thursday, who have only won two of their last five games but are 2nd in the NHL in shots per game (35.7).
The Predators have recalled Kiefer Sherwood from Milwaukee (AHL).
Sherwood has 22 goals, 38 points, 22 PIMs and a +9 plus/minus through 42 games with the Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) and has been recalled to Nashville on Thursday. Sherwood scored the very first goal of the 2022-23 NHL season and has two points and 11 PIMs through five previous games with the Predators this season.
Klingberg is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
John Klingberg will be a game-time decision Thursday vs. Washington (lower body).
Klingberg had two assists and four PIMs in the Ducks' last game Monday vs. Florida but is now a 50/50 game-time decision to play Thursday as he deals with a lower-body injury. The 30-year-old has seven goals, 15 assists, 71 SOG, 30 PIMs and a -29 plus/minus through 48 games prior to the injury.
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Klingberg listed as a late scratch for the Ducks.
Vincent Desharnais has been recalled by Bakersfield (AHL) and is expected to draw into the lineup Tuesday.
Desharnais had two assists, 19 PIMs and a +1 plus/minus through 13 games with Bakersfield (AHL) and has been recalled to Edmonton where he has spent the majority of the season. The towering 26-year-old defenseman returns to Edmonton, where he had four assists, 17 PIMs, and a +9 plus/minus through 12 games this season.
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Kaut will make his Sharks debut on Monday.
Kaut had a goal, five assists, eight PIMs and a +1 plus/minus with the San Jose Barracuda (AHL) since being dealt from Colorado weeks ago and has been recalled by the San Jose Sharks for the first time Monday with the intention to draw into the Sharks' lineup for the first time. In 27 games with the Colorado Avalanche before the deal, he had a goal, two assists, and 24 SOG.
Goalie Start
Brossoit will make his season debut Tuesday in Chicago.
Brossoit had an 8-11-3 record, .909 SV% and 2.72 GAA with the Henderson Silver Knights (AHL) and will make his Vegas season debut Tuesday vs. Chicago. The 29-year-old was 10-9-3 with a .895 SV% and 2.90 GAA through 24 games played in 2021-22 with Vegas. He takes on the Chicago Blackhawks, who have won their last two games but are still 31st in the NHL in both goals per game (2.47) and shots (26.8).