Keep updated on all the injury news and roster moves from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.

 

San Jose Sharks

Head coach Pete DeBoer listed both Joe Thornton and Logan Couture as day-to-day and gave no timetable for their return to action. Thornton suffered a lower-body injury Sunday against the Vancouver Canucks when he crashed into Michael Chaput while Couture lost multiple teeth when a puck hit him in the face during a game on March 25. On Tuesday, he said there were no lingering head issues, but has no idea when he'll be ready to play. - Curtis Pashelka, Bay Area News Group

 

Philadelphia Flyers

The club called up defenceman Sam Morin from the American Hockey League Tuesday morning and will make his NHL debut against the New Jersey Devils. Morin was selected by the Flyers 11th overall in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, but has yet to play in a NHL game. The 21-year-old has three goals and 12 assists over 68 games with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms this season. Forward Mike Vecchione, a recently signed college free-agent, will also make his NHL debut Tuesday. The Flyers have been eliminated from the playoffs. In other news, defenceman Brandon Manning is out day-to-day with an upper-body injury. - Team Tweet, Sam Carchidi of The Philadelphia Inquirer

 

Toronto Maple Leafs

Curtis McElhinney will get the start between the pipes for the Maple Leafs Tuesday night when they host the Washington Capitals. - Dave McCarthy, NHL.com

 

Washington Capitals

The Caps will go with their backup as well as Philipp Grubauer will replace Braden Holtby for their clash against the Leafs. - Team Tweet

 

Tampa Bay Lightning

Canadian goalie prospect Connor Ingram has signed an amateur tryout with the AHL affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Syracuse Crunch. The 20-year-old, who was selected by the Bolts in the third round of the 2016 Draft, has played with the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League for the past four seasons and was part of Team Canada at the world junior championship earlier this year. - Bob McKenzie, TSN

 

Dallas Stars

It appears Ales Hemsky (hip), Jiri Hudler (groin) and Curtis McKenzie (eye) could all miss the rest of the season with their respected injuries.- Mark Stepneski, Dall Stars Website

 

Minnesota Wild

Jason Zucker practiced with the team on Tuesday, but is not expected to play against the Carolina Hurricanes. - Michael Russo, Star Tribune 

 

New York Rangers

Ryan McDonagh, Mats Zuccarello, Jesper Fast and Rick Nash will all miss Wednesday's game against the Caps, but won't miss any playoff action. - Team Tweet

 

 

Nashville Predators

James Neal and Yannick Weber, who are both battling through upper-body injuries, will not be in the lineup Tuesday against the Islanders. - Robby Stanley, NHL.com

 

Winnipeg Jets 

Projected Lines vs. Blues 

Perreault-Little-Laine
Ehlers-Scheifele-Wheeler
Copp-Lowry-Armia
Tanev-Petan-Thorburn 

Defence

Morrissey-Trouba
Melchiori-Byfuglien
Stuart-Nogier

Goalie

Hutchinson
Hellebuyck

 

Games Notes 

Lightning (88P) at Bruins (92P) - 7PM

BOS is 3-1-0 vs TB this season, 1-1-0 at home. TB has won 3 of past 4 in BOS

BOS (ROW-41):

won 5 straight, outscoring opponent 16-6, 18/19 on PK
Marchand (2G, 3A) won 4 straight

TB (ROW-35):

5-0-1 past 6GP, 25GF, 7/18 on PP
Kucherov (7G, 5A) last 7GP

 

Blue Jackets (106P) at Penguins (107P) - 7PM

CBJ are 2-0-1 vs PIT this season, 0-0-1 in PIT. PIT 3-1-0 past 4GP at home vs CBJ

PIT (ROW-44):

won 2 straight, both by 1G, 2/5 on PP
Crosby (1G, 1A) last 4GP

CBJ (ROW-47):

0-2-1 past 3GP, 4GF, 0/7 on PP
Atkinson (1G) last 8GP

 

Capitals (112P) at Maple Leafs (93P) - 730PM

TOR is 1-0-1 vs WSH this season, 1-0-0 at home. WSH has won 2 of past 3 in TOR

TOR (ROW-38):

won 4 straight, 15GF, 4/11 on PP
Matthews (8G, 4A) 9 game PT streak

WSH (ROW-50):

7-1-0 past 8GP, 30GF, 10/22 on PP
Ovechkin (0P) last 3GP

 

Red Wings (76P) at Senators (92P) - 730PM

DET is 3-0-0 vs OTT this season. OTT 2-1-3 past 6GP at home vs DET.

OTT (ROW-36):

0-3-2 past 5GP, 10GF, 2/14 on PP
Hoffman (4G, 7A) last 10GP

DET (ROW-23):

3-6-1 past 10GP on road, 23GF, 5/23 on PP
Zetterberg (1G, 3A) last 5GP on road

 

Jets (81P) at Blues (93P) - 8PM

WPG is 4-0-0 vs STL this season, 2-0-0 in STL. WPG has won 3 straight in STL, twice past regulation

STL (ROW-42):

7-0-2 past 9GP, 11GA, 23/27 on PK
Tarasenko (3G, 2A) last 4GP

WPG (ROW-34):

won 4 straight, 9GA, 8/9 on PK
Laine (2G, 1A) last 11GP

 

Islanders (86P) at Predators (91P) - 8PM

NSH is 1-0-0 vs NYI this season, winning at NYI. NSH 5-1-0 at home vs NYI in shootout era

NSH (ROW-38):

1-2-0 past 3GP, 5GF, 1/13 on PP
Forsberg (2G, 1A) last 3GP

NYI (ROW-35):

won 2 straight, 3GA, 6/7 on PK
Tavares (1A) last 3GP

 

Hurricanes (84P) at Wild (100P) - 8PM

CAR is 1-0-0 vs MIN this, winning at home. MIN has won 3 straight at home vs CAR

MIN (ROW-43):

won 2 straight at home, 5GF in each game, 2/4 on PP
Staal (3G, 4A) last 8GP

CAR (ROW-33):

lost 2 straight, 2GF, 1/4 on PP
Skinner (12G, 3A) last 13GP

 

Blackhawks (107P) at Avalanche (45P) - 9PM

CHI is 3-0-1 vs COL this season, 17GF, 1-0-0 in COL

COL (ROW-20):

1-8-0 past 9GP, 41GA, 14/24 on PK
MacKinnon (1G, 3A) last 4GP

CHI (ROW-46):

1-1-1 past 3GP on road, 9GF, 0/10 on PP
Kane (1G, 5A) last 4GP

 

Flames (92P) at Ducks (99P) - 10PM

ANA is 3-1-0 vs CGY this season, 1-0-0 at home. ANA has won 24 straight at home vs CGY

ANA (ROW-40):

8-0-3 past 11GP, 23GF, 29/36 on PK
Getzlaf (1G, 1A) last 2GP

CGY (ROW-40):

3-2-0 past 5GP, 16GF, 7/18 on PP
Gaudreau (3G, 9A) 8 game PT streak

 

Oilers (97P) at Kings (81P) - 1030PM

EDM is 3-1-0 vs LAK this season, 0-1-0 at LA. LAK have won 10 straight at home vs EDM

LAK (ROW-35):

lost 2 straight at home, 1GF, 1/9 on PP
Carter (1G, 1A) last 9GP

EDM (ROW-40):

won 5 straight, 19GF, 3/16 on PPMcDavid (6G, 13A) 10 game PT streak

 

Canucks (69P) at Sharks (95P) - 1030PM

SJ is 4-0-0 vs VAN this season, 1GA in each game. 1-0-0 at home

SJ (ROW-42):

2-8-0 past 10GP, 19GF, 4/24 on PP
Burns (1G, 2A) last 13GP

VAN (ROW-26):

lost 4 straight, 3GF, 0/6 on PP
Horvat (4A) last 5GP