Ice Chips: Wild G Fleury dealing with upper-body injury
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Minnesota Wild
Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has an upper-body injury and is being evaluated, per Michael Russo of The Athletic. The Wild will recall a goalie from AHL Iowa with head coach Dean Evason saying he doesn't know how long Fleury will be out.
In 12 games this season, Fleury is 6-4-1 with a .906 save percentage and 2.80 goals-against average.
Montreal Canadiens
Defenceman Mike Matheson skated in a regular jersey this morning at practice for the first time. He has yet to play this season due to an abdominal muscle strain suffered in preseason.
The team also recalled forward Rem Pitlick from the AHL's Laval Rocket.
Pitlick has zero points in seven games so far this season with the Canadiens. He has three assists in three games with Laval.
The 25-year-old had 15 goals and 37 points in 66 games last season split between the Canadiens and Minnesota Wild. He is in the first season of a two-year, $2.2 million contract with an average annual value of $1.1 million.
Joel Armia skated on his own this morning but won't travel with the team to Columbus. He has zero points in seven games this season.
The Habs announced on Tuesday night that forward Jonathan Drouin will miss four-to-six weeks with an upper-body injury suffered against the Vegas Golden Knights on Nov. 5.
Caufield - Suzuki - Dach
Hoffman - Dvorak - Gallagher
Dadonov - Monahan - Anderson
Pezzetta - Evans - Slafkovsky / Pitlick
Guhle - David Savard
Edmundson - Xhekaj
Harris - Kovacevic
Matheson - Wideman
Ottawa Senators
Morning skate lines ahead of tonight's matchup against the Buffalo Sabres:
Tkachuk-Stützle-Giroux
DeBrincat-Brassard-Joseph
Motte-Pinto-Batherson
Kelly-Kastelic-Watson
Gambrell
Sanderson-Hamonic
Brannstrom-JBD
Holden-Larsson
Zub- Zaitsev
Forsberg (starters end)
Talbot