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Vasilevskiy is expected to start in Arizona on Saturday.
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Point (illness) will play in Arizona on Saturday.
Bjorkstrand is expected to miss 8-10 weeks with a sprained and fractured ankle.
Point (illness) will not play against the Golden Knights on Thursday.
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Vasilevskiy will start in Vegas on Thursday.
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Elliott will start in Columbus on Thursday.
Atkinson is expected miss 2-3 weeks with a high ankle sprain.
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Vasilevskiy will start on Saturday against the Flyers.
Cirelli is day-to-day with a lower-body injury and will not play Thursday against the Oilers.
Kucherov is day-to-day with a lower-body injury and will not play Thursday against Edmonton.
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Vasilevskiy will start against the Oilers on Thursday.
Atkinson will miss 2-3 weeks with a sprained ankle.
Atkinson has already missed time with a sprained ankle this season. He missed just over two weeks in late-December/early-January and will now likely be sidelined through the rest of February. Liam Foudy is up with the team replacing Atkinson, but his stay is expected to be a short one.
Kucherov left Tuesday's game with a lower-body injury and did not return.
Kucherov got tangled up with Jack Johnson late in the second period and limped to the bench and down the tunnel. Kucherov did not return for the third period and head coach Jon Cooper did not have an update post-game. Consider Kucherov day-to-day with a lower-body injury until they release more information.
Cirelli left Tuesday's game with a lower-body injury and did not return.
Cirelli blocked a shot from Evgeni Malkin on a late-first-period penalty kill and never returned. head coach Jon Cooper did not have an update post-game, so consider Cirelli day-to-day with a lower-body injury until they release more information.
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Vasilevskiy led the Lightning onto the ice for warmups.
Vasilevskiy stopped 17 of 18 shots in the Lightning's win over the Islanders on Saturday. Vasilevskiy is riding a five-game winning streak, posting a 2.00 GAA and .928 SV%. Tonight he faces the Penguins for the second time in less than a week--he stopped 29 of 31 shots in a 4-2 win over Pittsburgh last Thursday.
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Elliott will start Tuesday against the Islanders.
Elliott allowed two goals on 28 shots in the Flyers win in Washington on Saturday. Elliott played well while Carter Hart was out, going 5-1-1 with a 2.06 GAA and .916 SV% in seven starts. In two appearances (one start) vs. the Islanders, Elliott stopped 52 of the 55 shots (.945 SSV%) that he's faced. He's also 10-4-2 with a 3.06 GAA and .897 SV% on the road this year.
Atkinson (undisclosed) will not play on Monday.
There no word what kind of injury Atkinson is dealing with but it will leave the Blue Jackets without seven regular skaters tonight vs. the Lightning. Liam Foudy has come up from the London Knights (OHL) to take Atkinson's spot in the lineup. Consider him day-to-day until the Blue Jackets release a more detailed injury report.
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Johansson will start Sunday vs. the Ducks.
Johansson allowed three goals on 21 shots in the Sabres shootout loss to the Red Wings on Thursday. With Carter Hutton out with a personal matter, Johansson will make his second career NHL start vs. the Ducks. Today he'll face a Ducks team that is 2-0-2 while scoring 3.00 goals per game in the first four games of their road-trip.
McDonagh (lower-body) is expected to miss a couple of weeks.
Head coach Jon Cooper updated McDonagh's status following Saturday's morning skate and it wasn't good. Cooper said that McDonagh is "more than day-to-day" and that they will "circle back in a couple of weeks to see how much progress" he makes.
McDonagh (lower-body) is not expected to play Saturday.
McDonagh left Thursday's game after blocking an Evgeni Malkin shot and did not return. McDonagh was reportedly seen in a walking boot postgame but head coach Jon Cooper said he didn't believe it was very serious. Luke Schenn is expected to replace him on Saturday.