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

Pittsburgh Penguins

Head coach Mike Sullivan said Thursday he expects centre Sidney Crosby to miss roughly a week with an upper-body injury. He added Crosby is not dealing with a concussion, though he won't face the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night.

"Sid will not play tonight... Right now his status is day-to-day, but my sense is it's going to be a week."

Crosby skated on his own before the team went out for morning skate on Thursday.

Matt Murray will start in net against the Lightning.

Washington Capitals

Evgeny Kuznetsov (upper-body), Braden Holtby (upper-body) and Michal Kempny (illness) are all day-to-day according to Isabelle Khurshudyan of The Washington Post.

T.J. Oshie, who took a high hit at the hands of Josh Morrissey Wednesday night, is likely day-to-day as well, notes Khurshudyan.

Morrissey is scheduled to have a hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety later on Thursday.

 

Vancouver Canucks

Goalie Jacob Markstrom was not on the ice for practice Thursday. Markstrom finished the game against the New York Islanders Tuesday but appeared to tweak his lower body during the game. Head coach Travis Green will provide an update after practice. Richard Bachman will likely make his first NHL start since April 2017, when the Canucks face the Minnesota Wild Thursday. - Jeff Paterson, TSN 1040

Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames forward Dillon Dube is no longer feeling the effects of a head injury he's missed time with, but after originally planning to return Thursday against the Montreal Canadiens, he will sit out tonight's game according to the Calgary Sun.

Head coach Bill Peters noticed a "drop-off" in Dube's performance in Wednesday's practice.

"I didn't think he responded probably as well as we would like just from being off," Peters said. "It's nothing to do with the concussion, just a lot of rust built up over the time he has missed."

Dube has been out for more than a week after taking a hit from Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Duncan Keith. 

The 20-year-old has two assists in 14 games so far this season.

Projected lines vs. Canadiens

Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm
Tkachuk-Backlund-Bennett
Czarnik-Jankowski-Neal
Frolik-Ryan-Hathaway

Giordano-Brodie
Hanifin-Hamonic
Valimaki-Andersson

Smith - starting
Rittich

 

Winnipeg Jets

Thursday's practice lines

Ehlers-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Little-Laine
Copp-Lowry-Tanev
Petan-Roslovic-Perreault
Lemieux 

Morrissey-Trouba
Chiarot-Niku (Byfuglien not skating)
Morrow-Myers

Hellebuyck 
Brossoit

 

Dallas Stars

Defenceman Marc Methot has been placed on the injured reserve list retroactive to Nov. 1 because of a lower-body injury, the team announced. 

Defenceman Gavin Bayreuther has been recalled from the AHL's Texas Stars. Bayreuther has five points in seven games so far this season, while Methot is pointless through nine games with the big club.

New York Islanders

The Islanders placed Andrew Ladd, Casey Cizikas and Matt Martin on the injured reserve list Thursday, according to Arthur Staple of NHL.com. 

Ladd is out indefinitely, Cizikas is out two to three weeks and Martin (upper-body) is day-to-day.

The club has recalled 35-year-old forward Stephen Gionta and forward Michael Dal Cole from the AHL's Bridgeport Sound Tigers.

 

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Lightning have called up goaltender Eddie Pasquale from the AHL's Syracuse Crunch after it was revealed that starter Andrei Vasilevskiy is dealing with a fractured foot. 

Goaltender Louis Domingue is expected to slide into the starter's net in his absence with Pasquale serving as the backup. 

Pasquale has a .892 save percentage in six games with the Crunch so far this season. 

 

NHL Game Notes

Worst GA/G – Oct 28 to Present

Team                           GA/G  GP

Ottawa Senators         4.56     9

Montreal Canadiens    4.5       8

New Jersey Devils      4.5       8

Colorado Avalanche   4.33     6

Arizona Coyotes         3.57     7

(Since MTL shutout BOS on Oct 27)

 

Most Goals Oct 17 to Present

Player                          Team   G         GP

Jeff Skinner                 Buf      12        12

Max Domi                   Mon     10        13

Leon Draisaitl             Edm    10        14

Gabriel Landeskog      Col      10        12

David Pastrnak           Bos      10        13

 

Frederik Andersen's last 8 Starts

Rec      6-2-0

GAA   1.39

SV%    .955

SO       1

 

Sharks All-Time Points Leaders

Player                          Pts

Patrick Marleau           1082

Joe Thornton               978

Joe Pavelski                 709

Logan Couture            454

Owen Nolan                451

 

Rangers (20P) at Islanders (20P) - 7PM (Nov 15)

NYI 4-0-0 vs NYR in 17-18, outscoring them 15-6. NYI 7 straight wins vs NYR

NYI: (9-6-2)

4-0-2 last 6GP at home, 10GA, PK 19/25

Bailey (3G) last 3GP

NYR: (9-7-2)

6-0-1 past 7GP, 17GA, PK 21/24

Zibanejad (2G, 3A) last 5GP

Devils (15P) at Flyers (19P) - 7PM (Nov 15)

PHI 1-0-0 vs NJ in 18-19, winning at home. PHI 3-0-1 last 4GP at home vs NJ

PHI: (9-8-1)

2-3-0 last 5GP at home, 12GF, PP 0/14

Voracek (2G, 3A) last 6GP

NJ: (7-8-1)

2-6-0 last 8GP, 21GF, PP 5/26. both wins vs PIT

Hall (3G, 3A) last 5GP

Lightning (25P) at Penguins (17P) - 7PM (Nov 15)

TB 2-1-0 vs PIT in 17-18, 0-1-0 in PIT. PIT 3 straight home wins vs TB, 16GF

PIT: (7-6-3)

1-5-1 last 7GP, 13GF, PP 4/23

Malkin (1A) last 5GP

TB: (12-5-1)

lost 2 straight, 8GA, PK 3/5

Stamkos (0P) last 2GP

Panthers (17P) at Jackets (22P) - 7PM (Nov 15)

CBJ 1-0-0 vs FLA in 18-19, winning in FLA. CBJ 5 straight wins vs FLA, 3 of the wins at home

CLS: (10-6-2)

3-0-1 last 4GP, 7GA, PK 11/13

Panarin (3A) last 8GP

FLA: (7-5-3)

Won 5 straight, outscoring opponent 19-7, PP 7/20

Hoffman (7G, 8A) 13 game PT streak

Wings (18P) at Senators (17P) - 730PM (Nov 15)

DET 3-1-0 vs OTT in 17-18, 1-1-0 in OTT

OTT: (7-8-3)

2-3-1 last 6GP, 30GA, PK 10/16

Chabot 0P last 2GP, longest drought of season

DET: (8-8-2)

won 4 straight, 8GA, PK 13/16

Larkin (3G, 8A) has a PT in 7 of past 8GP

Canucks (22P) at Wild (24P) - 8PM (Nov 15)

VAN 1-0-0 vs MIN in 18-19, 5-2 win at home. VAN 3 straight wins in MIN

MIN: (11-5-2)

5-2-0 last 7GP, 25GF, PP 6/25

Koivu (1G, 6A) last 5GP

VAN: (10-8-2)

0-2-1 last 3GP, all on road, 6GF, PP 1/13

Horvat (2G, 4A) last 4GP

Canadiens (21P) at Flames (21P) - 9PM (Nov 15)

MTL 1-0-0 vs CGY in 18-19, 3-2 home win. MTL won 3 of past 4GP in CGY

CGY: (10-7-1)

1-2-0 last 3GP, all on road, 4GF, PP 1/4

Gaudreau (0P) last 3GP

MTL: (9-6-3)

3-4-1 last 8GP, 36GA, PK 26/29

Domi (5G, 6A) 7 game PT streak

Predators (27P) at Coyotes (17P) - 9PM (Nov 15)

NSH 2-0-1 vs ARZ in 17-18, all games 3-2. ARZ 4-1-0 last 5GP at home vs NSH (lost last)

ARZ: (8-8-1)

1-3-1 last 5GP, 11GF, PP 4/21

Keller 1A last 3GP

NSH: (13-4-1)

2-1-1 on road trip, 14GF, PP 2/18

Forsberg (2G, 2A) last 3GP

Leafs (24P) at Sharks (23P) - 1030PM (Nov 15)

SJ 1-0-1 vs TOR in 17-18, winning at home. SJ 5 straight home wins vs TOR, outscoring them 22-6

SJ: (10-6-3)

Won 4 straight at home, 16GF, PP 2/11

Pavelski (5G, 2A) last 6GP

TOR: (12-6-0)

4-1-0 last 5GP, PK 15/17, 3 total GA in the 4 wins,

Tavares (4G, 5A) 6 game PT streak