Feb 26, 2015
Thursday's Ice Chips: Smith-Pelly to debut for Habs
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.
Anaheim Ducks
F Chris Wagner has been recalled from the Norfolk Admirals. - Team tweet (@AnaheimDucks)
Buffalo Sabres
F Tyler Ennis and C Zemgus Girgensons will miss the team’s game against the Vancouver Canucks at First Niagara Center with lower-body injuries. Recently-recalled Philip Varone and Zac Dalpe will take their place in the line-up. - Sabres.com
Columbus Blue Jackets
G Curtis McElhinney starts tonight vs. Montreal. - Team tweet (@BlueJacketsNHL)
Minnesota Wild
Newly-acquired F Sean Bergenheim skated on a line with Thomas Vanek and Mikko Koivu at Thursday's practice. - Team tweet (@mnwild)
Montreal Canadiens
F Devante Smith-Pelly will debut tonight for the Montreal Canadiens. The team has not announced whose place in the line-up he will take. - Team tweet (@CanadiensMTL)
Philadelphia Flyers
D Kimmo Timonen who has not played so far this season with blood clots in his legs and lungs told Sam Carchidi: "If they want me to play Saturday, I'm good to go". - Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull), Philadelphia Inquirer.
G Rob Zepp will start tonight vs. Toronto. - Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull), Philadelphia Inquirer.
D Carlo Colaiacovo is expected to be assigned to Lehigh Valley (AHL) to make room for Timmonen, once he is ready to return. - Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull), Philadelphia Inquirer.
San Jose Sharks
F Danil Tarasov has been assigned to Worcester (AHL). - Team release
F Raffi Torres had ACL repair surgery. He dhould be ready to return to the club by training camp. - David Pollak (@PollakonSharks), Mercury News
St. Louis Blues
Projected Line-Up vs. Jets:
Forwards
Steen - Backes - Oshie
Schwartz - Lehtera - Tarasenko
Berglund - Stastny - Jaskin
Ott - Goc - Reaves
Defence
Gunnarsson - Pietrangelo
Lindbohm - Bouwmeester/Cole
Jackman - Butler - Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford), St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Tampa Bay Lightning
D Victor Hedman left practice early, but head coach Jon Cooper didn't think it was anything serious and expects him to play tomorrow. - Bryan Burns, (@BBurnsNHL), Lightning.com
Toronto Maple Leafs
Projected Liens vs. Flyers
Forwards:
van Riemsdyk - Bozak - Kessel
Lupul - Kadri - Panik
Komarov - Jokinen - Clarkson
Sill - Holland - Booth
Defence
Phaneuf - Holzer
Rielly - Polak
Gardiner - Robidas
Goaltenders
Bernier
Reimer
Winnipeg Jets
Projected Lines vs. St. Louis
Forwards
Ladd - Little - Frolik
Tlusty - Scheifele - Stafford
Thorburn - Lowry - O'Dell
Pardy - Slater - Peluso
Defence
Enstrom - Myers
Stuart - Trouba
Harrison - Byfuglien
Goaltender
Hutchinson
- Sara Orlesky, TSN
G Michael Hutchinson is expected to start vs. St. Louis tonight. - Gary Lawless (@garylawless), TSN Radio 1290.
F Blake Wheeler will miss tonight's game vs. St. Louis with a lower-body injury. - Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford), St. Louis Post-Dispatch