Nov 29, 2016
Ice Chips: Little returns to Jets lineup
Keep updated on all the injury news and roster moves from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.
TSN.ca Staff
Keep updated on all the injury news and roster moves from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.
Buffalo Sabres
Centre Jack Eichel will make his season debut when the Sabres visit the Ottawa Senators Tuesday. Eichel has been sidelined since suffering an ankle injury in a preseason practice. - John Vogl, The Buffalo News
Toronto Maple Leafs
Centre William Nylander will start tonight as the Maple Leafs fourth line centre against the Edmonton Oilers. Nylander missed last Saturday's win over the Washington Capitals with an upper-body injury. - Mark Master, TSN
Projected Lines vs. Oilers
JVR-Bozak-Marner
Hyman-Matthews-Brown
Komarov-Kadri-Soshnikov
Martin-Nylander-Smith
Leivo
Ottawa Senators
Goalie Craig Anderson will start tonight for the Senators when they host the Buffalo Sabres. Anderson, who's wife Nicholle is battling cancer, will make his fifth consecutive start. - Ian Mendes, TSN
Winnipeg Jets
Centre Bryan Little will return to the Jets's lineup tonight. Little has missed the last 23 games after suffering an injury in Winnipeg's first game of the season. - Ted Wyman, Winnipeg Sun
Chicago Blackhawks
Centre Jonathan Toews will not suit up for the Blackhawks when they take on the Florida Panthers Tuesday. Toews has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury. - Chris Kuc, Chicago Tribune
Edmonton Oilers
Projected Lines vs. Maple Leafs
Pitlick - McDavid - Puljujarvi,
Maroon - RNH - Eberle,
Pouliot - Draisaitl - Caggiula,
Hendricks - Letestu - Kassian
**Lucic not on ice for skate but likely to play
Klefbom - Larsson
Sekera - Russell
Nurse - Benning
Talbot
Vancouver Canucks
Projected Lines vs. Wild - Farhan Lalji, TSN
Daniel-Henrik-Sutter
Baertschi-Horvat-Burrows
Granlund-Caput-Eriksson
Skille-Gaunce-Megna
Hutton-Gudbranson
Sbisa-Stecher
Tryamkin-Larsen
Miller
Markstrom
Inj: Edler, Tanev, Hansen, Dorsett
Scratches: Biega, Labatte
Boston Bruins
Defenceman Zdeno Chara will not play for the Bruins when they take on Philadelphia Flyers Tuesday. Boston head coach Claude Julien is unsure as to when Chara will return to the lineup. - Adam Kimelman, NHL.com
New York Rangers
Left wing J.T. Miller did not practice on Monday but seems likely to play Tuesday against the Carolina Hurricanes. Rangers' head coach Alain Vigneault says there's a strong chance that Miller plays at centre. Miller was held out to rest his knee which required stiches after he was hit by a puck in last Sunday's loss to the Ottawa Senators. - Steve Zipay, Newsday
Detroit Red Wings
Defenceman Brendan Smith will miss the next four weeks after suffering a knee injury in last Saturday's loss to the Montreal Canadiens. Red Wings' coach Jeff Blashill estimates left wing Tyler Bertuzzi, who suffered an ankle injury against Montreal, will be sidelined between three to five weeks. - Ansar Khan, MLive
Games Notes
Hurricanes (22P) at Rangers (31P) - 7PM
CAR is 1-0-0 vs NYR this season, winning at home. NYR have won 11 straight at home vs CAR
NYR (15-7-1):
2-3-1 past 6GP, 13GF, 1/15 on PP
Grabner (0P) last 3GP
CAR (9-8-4):
lost 2 straight on the road, 1GF in each game, 0/4 on PP
Skinner (1G, 2A) last 2GP
Lightning (27P) at Blue Jackets (26P) - 7PM
CBJ are 1-0-0 vs TB this season, winning in TB. TB was 2-0-0 at CBJ last season
CBJ (11-5-4):
1-1-2 past 4GP, 8GF, 1/9 on PP
Atkinson (1G, 2A) past 2GP
TB (13-9-1):
1-3-0 past 4GP, 9GF, 1/13 on PP
Kucherov (6G, 4A) past 8GP
Bruins (24P) at Flyers (23P) - 730PM
BOS was 1-1-1 vs PHI last season. 1-1-0 in PHI
PHI (10-10-3):
2-2-1 past 5GP at home, 14GF, 1/16 on PP
Simmonds (2G, 3A) past 4GP
BOS (12-10-0):
2-4-0 past 6GP, 12GA, 14/14 on PK
Marchand (2A) last 4GP
Sabres (19P) at Senators (29P) - 730PM
BUF is 1-0-1 vs OTT this season. 1-0-0 in OTT
OTT (14-7-1):
won 4 straight, 5GA, 10/13 on PK
Stone (3G, 2A) past 4GP
BUF (7-9-5):
0-1-1 past 2GP, 1GF in each game, 0/7 on PP
Okposo (1G, 2A) last 3GP
Stars (24P) at Red Wings (22P) - 730PM
Teams split two games last season, DAL winning in DET
DET (10-10-2):
2-0-1 past 3GP, 7GA, 8/9 on PK
Nyquist (1G, 2A)
DAL (9-8-6):
5-2-3 past 10GP, 7/32 on PP, 3GF or less in 7 straight games
Seguin (0G, 3A) past 7GP
Devils (25P) at Jets (22P) - 8PM
Teams split two games last season. NJ winning in WPG
WPG (10-12-2):
won 4 straight at home, outscoring opponent 17-4, 5/15 on PP
Scheifele (2G, 0A) last 5GP
NJ (10-6-5):
1-3-2 past 6GP, 23GA, 17/19 on PK
Cammalleri (4G, 4A) 3 game PT streak
Panthers (23P) at Blackhawks (31P) - 830PM
Teams split two games last season. CHI winning at home. CHI has won 5 straight at home vs FLA
CHI (14-6-3):
coming off a 3-3-1 road trip, 12GF, 2/16 on PP
Kane (2G, 1A) last 2GP
FLA (11-10-1):
1-2-0 past 3GP, 4GF, 1/10 on PP
Marchessault (2G, 1A) last 5GP
Predators (23P) at Avalanche (19P) - 9PM
NSH is 1-0-0 vs COL this season, winning in COL. NSH has won 2 straight in COL, 5GF in each game
COL (9-10-1):
1-2-1 past 4GP at home, 9GF, 0/11 on PP
MacKinnon (3G, 4A) last 5GP
NSH (10-8-3):
lost 2 straight on the road, 1GF, 1/8 on PP
Forsberg (1G, 3A) past 4GP
Maple Leafs (22P) at Oilers (26P) - 9PM
TOR is 1-0-0 vs EDM this season, winning at home. EDM has won 2 straight at home vs TOR
EDM (12-9-2):
0-1-1 past 2GP, 3GF, 0/6 on PP
McDavid (5G, 5A) 5 game PT streak
TOR (9-8-4):
1-5-4 on the road, 24GF, 8/27 on PP
Matthews (3G, 1A) past 2GP
Wild (25P) at Canucks (20P) - 10PM
MIN was 2-1-0 vs VAN last season. 1-0-0 in VAN
VAN (9-11-2):
3-1-1 past 5GP, 11GA, 11/12 on PK
Horvat (2G, 4A) 4 game PT streak
MIN (11-7-3):
2-0-2 past 4GP, 9GA, 7/9 on PK
Staal (3A) last 3GP, 3P shy of 800 career
Canadiens (34P) at Ducks (24P) - 10PM
MTL was 1-0-1 vs ANA last season. 0-0-1 in ANA. ANA has gone 4-0-1 at home vs MTL in shootout era
ANA (10-8-4):
0-2-1 past 3GP, all 3-2, 6/10 on PK
Getzlaf (1G, 2A) last 3GP
MTL (16-4-2):
won 2 straight, 1GA in each game, 6/6 on PK
Radulov (1G, 9A) has a PT in 8 of past 9GP
Coyotes (18P) at Sharks (25P) - 10PM
ARZ is 2-0-0 vs SJ this season, both games at home. SJ has gone 8-0-3 past 11GP at home vs ARZ
SJ (12-9-1):
3-1-0 on home stand, 6GA, 5/7 on PK
Burns (2G, 4A) last 4GP
ARZ (8-10-2):
3-1-2 past 6GP, 14GA, 15/16 on PK
Domi (2G, 1A) past 5GP