Mar 12, 2018
Ice Chips: Bolts call up Budaj from AHL
The Bolts recalled goalie Peter Budaj from the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League.
TSN.ca Staff
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Toronto Maple Leafs
Sophomore superstar Auston Matthews, who has missed the past six games with a shoulder injury, skated with the team during practice, but did not take part in regular lines rushes on Monday.
However, he did take some reps with his regular unit on the power play and remained on the ice for the full session for the first time since his injury. Head coach Mike Babcock said he won't return Wednesday against the Dallas Stars, but sometime after that. The 20-year-old has 28 goals and 22 assists over 53 games this season.
Defenceman Nikita Zaitsev missed Saturday's win against the Pittsburgh Penguins due to an illness and was the only Maple Leaf absent from practice on Monday. - Mark Masters and Kristen Shilton, TSN
Leafs' Practice Lines
Forwards
Hyman-Nylander-Marner
Marleau-Kadri-Komarov
van Riemsdyk-Bozak-Brown
Moore-Plekanec-Kapanen
Martin
Defence
Rielly-Hainsey
Gardiner-Polak
Dermott-Carrick
Leivo
Ottawa Senators
Craig Anderson will get the start against the Florida Panthers on Monday night. Anderson is 19-20-6 on the season with a .901 save percentage.
Winnipeg Jets
Goalie Steve Mason will remain out for 2-3 weeks after getting a scope on his knee, head coach Paul Maurice said on Monday. In other injury news, defenceman Dmitri Kulikov (upper-body) is in Winnipeg for further evaluation, defenceman Toby Enstrom (lower-body) might be able to suit up vs. the Nashville Predators on Thursday, Mark Scheifele (upper-body) will not play the last two games of the Jets' road trip and Jacob Trouba's (lower-body) timetable is still up in the air. - Ken Wiebe, Winnipeg Sun
Projected Lines vs. Capitals - Brian Munz, TSN
Forwards
Connor-Little-Wheeler
Ehlers-Stastny-Laine
Perreault-Copp-Roslovic
Tanev-Hendricks-Armia
Defence
Morrissey-Myers
Chiarot-Byfuglien
Morrow-Poolman
Goalies
Hellebuyck
Hutchinson
New Jersey Devils
Centre Travis Zajac will travel with the team out west after missing Saturday's game against the Nashville Predators for undisclosed reasons. - Amanda Stein, Devils.com
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Bolts recalled goalie Peter Budaj from the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League. The 35-year-old has been out since Dec. 29 due to a lower-body injury and has been in the minors on a conditioning stint. He has appeared in seven games with the Lightning this season. - Team Tweet
Washington Capitals
Backup goalie Philipp Grubauer will get a third consecutive start between the pipes Monday night vs. the Winnipeg Jets. - Brian McNally, NHL.com