Mar 19, 2015
Ice Chips: Luongo returns for Panthers
After missing six games due to injury, Roberto Luongo returns in net for the Florida Panthers Thursday. Check in throughout the day for the very latest from around the NHL, including injury updates, roster moves, and other breaking news.
TSN.ca Staff
Check in throughout the day for the very latest from around the NHL, including injury updates, roster moves, and other breaking news.
Florida Panthers
Goalie Roberto Luongo will start tonight for the Panthers against the Detroit Red Wings after missing six games to injury. - Miami Herald
Winnipeg Jets
Dustin Byfuglien will not play Thursday against the St. Louis Blues. It will be the sixth straight game he's missed. - TSN
Ottawa Senators
Left winger Clarke MacArthur, who suffered a concussion on Feb. 16, has resumed skating, but there’s no timetable for his return. Robin Lehner, who also suffered a concussion on the same play, has not been back on skates. – Ottawa Citizen
Projected lines against Bruins
Hoffman-Zibanejad-Ryan
Michalek-Turris-Stone
Condra-Pageau-Lazar
Puempel-Legwand-Chiasson
D-pairs
Methot-Karlsson
Wiercioch-Ceci
Boroweicki-Gryba
Hammond
Driedger
Toronto Maple Leafs
Jonathan Bernier starts in goal as the Leafs look to end a three-game slide. Toronto has lost nine of their past 10 meetings with the Sharks, including a Jan. 15 meeting in San Jose.
Tim Erixon will replace T.J. Brennan on the Leaf defence. Erixon has played in only four games thus far as a Leaf.
Sam Carrick will replace the suspended Nazem Kadri. - TSN
Detroit Red Wings
Pavel Datsyuk won't travel to Florida, idled with the ubiquitous "lower-body ache." But Darren Helm should return against the Panthers tonight after missing seven games with a strained oblique. – Detroit Free Press
Vancouver Canucks
Canucks reassign Frank Corrado to the Comets of the AHL. - Team Release
Canucks Projected Lines:
Forwards
Daniel-Henrik-Burrows
Matthias-Bonino-Vrbata
Kenins-Horvat-Hansen
Higgins-Vey-Dorsett
Defence
Edler-Tanev
Hamhuis-Weber
Sbisa-Bieksa
Goalies
Lack
Markstrom
Philadelphia Flyers
All signs point to defenseman Michael Del Zotto returning to the lineup Thursday after missing six games because he "tweaked something." The Flyers called it an upper-body injury. – Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News
Montreal Canadiens
Morning skate lines
Pacioretty - Plekanec - Gallagher
Galchenyuk - Desharnais - Parenteau
De la Rose - Eller - Smith-Pelly
Prust - Malhotra - Weise
Markov - Subban
Beaulieu - Gilbert
Emelin - Pateryn
Price starting
Tokarski
Scratches: Petry (flu), Weaver, Gonchar
Injured: Mitchell (UBI), Flynn (UBI)
Colorado Avalanche
Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson is not traveling with the team and will miss consecutive-night, two city games beginning Thursday at the Arizona Coyotes. Colorado's only selected NHL all-star has missed the past 21 games after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery in the days leading into January's all-star break. But Johnson is close to coming off the injured reserve, and could be poised to play in the final 11 games starting Monday at Calgary. – Denver Post
Dallas Stars
John Klingberg looks good to go Thursday. He has missed three games with an upper body injury, but the Stars sent Jamie Oleksiak back to the AHL, so they have only six defesemen right now. That means Klingberg is ready to return. – Dallas Morning News