Carey Price
, The Canadian Press
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Montreal Canadiens
Goaltender Carey Price is on the ice for the team's morning skate ahead of tonight's regular season finale against the Florida Panthers. Price will start in net tonight against the Panthers, according to interim head coach Martin St. Louis.
The 34-year-old made his return on April 15 after off-season knee surgery that included numerous setbacks and a stint in the NHLPA/NHL player assistance program in October. In four appearances this season, he has an. 853 save percentage and 4.04 goals-against average.
Price has sat out the last two games and visited the surgeon who performed his knee surgery in New York on Wednesday.
Forwards Brendan Gallagher and Tyler Pitlick aren't skating this morning (therapy days).
Toronto Maple Leafs
Captain John Tavares is on the ice for the Leafs' optional skate ahead of tonight's game against the Boston Bruins but won't play (rest). Tavares missed yesterday's practice for maintenance. He has 27 goals and 76 points in 79 games this season.
Head coach Sheldon Keefe confirms the Leafs will go with seven defencemen with Justin Holl drawing back in.
Michael Bunting, who sustained an injury Saturday against the Florida Panthers, was also on the ice for the optional skate.
Anderson, 23, tallied 26 goals and 42 points in 55 games with the Marlies this season.
Erik Kallgren will be in net for the Leafs' season finale as Jack Campbell will have the night off to prepare for the playoffs, according to Keefe.
Kallgren, 25, has a 7-4-1 record with a .886 save percentage and 3.42 goals-against average this season.
Ottawa Senators
The Senators have recalled forward Viktor Lodin from the AHL's Belleville Senators while Scott Sabourin has been assigned to the AHL.
Lodin, 22, has five goals and seven points in nine games with Belleville this season. With Timra in the Swedish Hockey League, he had 12 goals and 27 points in 44 games.
Norris, 22, registered 34 goals and 54 points in 65 games this season and will be an restricted free agent at the end of the season.
Anton Forsberg will be in net for the Senators season finale on Friday against the Flyers, according to Matt Tidcombe of NHL.com.
Forsberg, 29, has a 21-17-4 record with a .916 save percentage and 2.84 goals against average this season.
Winnipeg Jets
Forward Mark Scheifele skated in a non-contact jersey prior to the Jets morning skate, according to team reporter Mitchell Clinton.
Scheifele, 29, hasn't played since April 10 after sustaining an upper-body injury during the Jets' 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators.
The 6-foot-3 forward has 29 goals and 70 points in 67 games this season.
Edmonton Oilers
Forwards Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl will not play against the Vancouver Canucks on Friday, according to interim head coach Jay Woodcroft.
McDavid, 25, will finish the season with 44 goals and 123 points in 80 games.
Draisaitl, 26, finishes his season with 55 goals and 110 points in 80 games.
Defencemen Philip Broberg and Darnell Nurse will also not be in the lineup on Friday.
Nurse, 27, left the Oilers' 6-3 victory against the Colorado Avalanche on April 22 with a lower-body injury and missed the team's last three games.
The 6-foot-4 defenceman has nine goals and 35 points in 71 games this season.
Broberg, 20, was recalled from the AHL's Bakersfield Condors on Thursday and recently recovered from an ankle injury.
The 6-foot-3 defenceman has a goal and three points in 23 games with the Oilers this season.
Mikko Koskinen will be in net on Friday against the Canucks, according to Woodcroft.
Koskinen, 33, has a 26-12-4 record with a .901 save percentage and 3.14 goals-against average this season.
Boston Bruins
The Bruins will hold out forwards Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron, David Pastrnak, Taylor Hall, and Erik Haula, and defencemen Matt Grzelcyk, Charlie McAvoy, and Hampus Lindholm for their season finale against the Toronto Maple Leafs, according to head coach Bruce Cassidy.
The Bruins are one point behind the Tampa Bay Lightning for third place in the Atlantic Division and a date with the Maple Leafs in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Jeremy Swayman will get the start in net against the Maple Leafs on Friday, according to Cassidy.
Jones, 21, had two assists in 12 games with the Rangers this season.
Buffalo Sabres
The Sabres have recalled goaltender Michael Houser from the AHL's Rochester Americans and have assigned goaltender Aaron Dell and defenceman Casey Fitzgerald to the Americans on Friday.
Houser, 29, has a 5-4-0 record with a .900 save percentage and 2.98 goals-against average with the Americans this season.
Dell, 32, has a 1-8-1 record with an .893 save percentage and 4.03 goals-against average with the Sabres this season.
Fitzgerald, 25, registered six assists in 36 games with the Sabres this season.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Casey DeSmith will get the start in net for Friday's regular season finale against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
DeSmith, 30, has a 10-6-5 record with a .914 save percentage and 2.78 goals-against average this season.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Jean-Francois Berube will start in net on Friday against the Pittsburgh Penguins, according to Aaron Portzline of The Athletic.
Berube, 30, has a 3-2-0 record with a .910 save percentage and 3.61 goals-against average in five games this season.
The Blue Jackets are projected to use these lines against the Penguins on Friday:
Nyquist - Roslovic - Voracek
Chinakhov - Sillinger - Bjorkstrand
Robinson - Danforth - Bemstrom
Johnson - Gaunce - Meyer
Gavrikov - Peeke
Kukan - Bean
Bayreuther - Carlsson
Berube
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New York Rangers
Alexandar Georgiev will start in the Rangers' season finale against the Washington Capitals, according to head coach Gerard Gallant.
Georgiev, 26, has a 14-10-2 record with a .896 save percentage and 2.95 goals against average this season.
Goaltender Igor Shesterkin will be given the night off in order to prepare for the NHL playoffs beginning on May 2.
Anaheim Ducks
Defenceman Cam Fowler will not be available for the Ducks' season finale against the Dallas Stars in order to be with his wife after she gave birth, according to Elliott Teaford of the OC Register/Southern California News Group.
Fowler, 30, will finish the season with nine goals and 42 points in 76 games.
John Gibson will start in net on Friday against the Stars, according to Teaford.
Gibson has a 18-26-11 record with a .904 save percentage and 3.21 goals-against average this season.