Oct 30, 2018
Ice Chips: Thornton returns for Sharks
Veteran forward Alexander Radulov, who has missed the last four games with a lower-body injury, will be back in the lineup Tuesday night when the Stars take on the Canadiens
TSN.ca Staff
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San Jose Sharks
Centre Joe Thornton will return to the team's lineup on Tuesday after missing the previous nine games with a knee injury.
The 39-year-old has one assist in two games this season.
Martin Jones will get the start against the visiting New York Rangers.
Dallas Stars
Veteran forward Alexander Radulov, who has missed the last four games with a lower-body injury, will be back in the lineup Tuesday night when the Stars visit the Canadiens in Montreal, according to head coach Jim Montgomery
Vegas Golden Knights
Forward Cody Eakin joined the team for practice on Tuesday, two days after taking a high hit from Ottawa Senators defenceman Mark Borowiecki.
Eakin left Sunday's win over the Senators in the first period after the hit and did not return. Borowiecki received a three-game suspension for the hit.
In eight games this season, Eakin has three goals and one assist.
Winnipeg Jets
The Jets held their first skate since flying to Finland on Tuesday morning at Hartwell Arena in Suomi. Winnipeg will play back-to-back games against the Florida Panthers on Thursday and Friday at the arena.
Patrik Laine, who opened Saturday's loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on the fourth line, skated with Adam Lowry and Brandon Tanev - who he finished Saturday's game playing with - on Tuesday. Laine has bounced around the Jets lineup this season as the team looks to spark the 20-year-old, who has just three goals and five points in 12 games this season.
They used the following lines in Tuesday's skate:
Forwards
Ehlers-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Little-Perreault
Laine-Lowry-Tanev
Lemieux-Copp-Roslovic
Petan
Defence
Morrissey-Trouba
Chiarot-Byfuglien
Morrow-Myers
Kulikov- Poolman
Goalies
Hellebuyck
Brossoit
Edmonton Oilers
Third-year player Jesse Puljujarvi, who was selected by the Oilers fourth overall in the 2016 NHL Draft, will be a healthy scratch for a fourth straight time on Tuesday when the Oilers host the Minnesota Wild. The 20-year-old has one goal over seven games this season. Rookie Evan Bouchard will also be a healthy scratch for a third straight game. - Ryan Rishaug, TSN
Projected Lines vs. Wild - Ryan Rishaug, TSN
Forwards
RNH McDavid Yamamoto
Reider Draisaitl Chiasson
Lucic Strome Caligula
Khaira Brodziak Kassian
Defence
Klefbom Larsson
Nurse Russell
Garrison Benning
Goalies
Talbot
Montreal Canadiens
Head coach Claude Julien announced defenceman Noah Juulsen will miss Tuesday's game against the Dallas Stars as he continue to deals with an injury.
Projected Lines vs. Stars - John Lu, TSN
Forwards
Tatar - Danault - Gallagher
Drouin - Domi - Lehkonen
Byron - Kotkaniemi - Armia
Deslauriers - Peca - Hudon
Defence
Benn - Petry
Ouellet - Mete
Alzner - Reilly
Goalies
Price starting
Niemi
Scratches: Shaw, Scherbak, Juulsen (UBI)
Pittsburgh Penguins
No. 1 defenceman Kris Letang will be a game-time decision for Tuesday's game against the New York Islanders with a lower-body injury. Derick Brassard also has a lower-body injury and won't play.
New Jersey Devils
Keith Kinkaid will get the start in net against the Lightning on Tuesday.
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Lightning will be without defenceman Victor Hedman and forward Ondrej Palat on Tuesday night when they face the New Jersey Devils.
Hedman (upper-body) and Palat (lower-body) have also been ruled out for the team's Thursday contest against the Nashville Predators. Both players were injured in Friday's game against the Vegas Golden Knights.
Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy will start against the Devils.
The Lightning used the following lines at morning skate, per the team's website:
Miller-Stamkos-Kucherov
Gourde-Point-Johnson
Killorn-Cirelli-Joseph
Erne-Paquette-Callahan
McDonagh-Stralman
Koekkoek/Gaunce-Girardi
Coburn-Sergachev
Boston Bruins
Defenceman Charlie McAvoy has been placed on the injured reserve with an upper-body injury. The injury is retroactive to the last time he played on Oct. 18. - Joe Haggerty, NBC Sports