Sep 20, 2017
Ice Chips: Tavares not playing vs. Flyers
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.
New York Islanders
Newsday Sports' Arthur Staple reports that Islanders' captain John Tavares did not participate in the morning skate and appears to not be playing tonight against the Philadelphia Flyers. Forwards Kyle Clutterbuck, Casey Cizikas and defenceman Thomas Hickey were also not on the ice. According to Staple, all four had a maintenance day on Tuesday.
Thomas Greiss and Kristers Gudļevskis will be between the pipes for the game.
Calgary Flames
Projected lineup vs. Canucks
Forwards
Marek Hrivik - Mikael Backlund - Michael Frolik
Andrew Mangiapane - Mark Jankowski - Kris Versteeg
Joseph Cramarossa - Curtis Lazar - Spencer Foo
Ryan Lomberg - Dillon Dube - Tanner Glass
Defencemen
Brett Kulak - Michael Stone
Rasmus Andersson - Oliver Kylington
Juuso Valimaki - Matt Bartkowski
Goaltenders
Jon Gillies
Tyler Parsons
Montreal Canadiens
Morning skate lines - John Lu, TSN
Forwards
Pacioretty - Drouin - Hemsky
Hudon - Plekanec - Lehkonen
Martinsen - Froese - Scherbak
Carr - Holland - Eisenschmeid
Defencemen
Streit/Mete - Weber
Benn/Jerabek - Davidson
Goaltenders
Price
Lindgren
Winnipeg Jets
According to TSN's Sara Olesky, Steve Mason will start in net tonight against the Edmonton Oilers. Forwards Bryan Little, Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele, along with defencemen Dustin Byfuglien and Dimitry Kulikov didn't take part in the morning skate, but are in the lineup.
Pittsburgh Penguins
According to head coach Mike Sullivan, goaltender Matt Murray will play two periods tonight against the Detroit Red Wings and Tristan Jarry will play one.
Florida Panthers
Head coach Bob Boughner told the Miami Herald's George Richards on the Joe Rose Show that centre Vincent Trocheck suffered minor upper-body injury against the Nashville Predators.
St. Louis Blues
Projected lineup vs. the Blue Jackets - Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic St. Louis
Forwards
Paajarvi-Stastny-Tarasenko
Schwartz-Schenn-Blais
Jaskin-Subdqvist-Bennett
Toropchenko-Musil-Thorburn
Extra: Loney
Defencemen
Edmundson-Pietrangelo
Dunn-Parayko
Butler-Mikkola
Extra: Sergeev
Goaltenders
Allen
Husso
Columbus Blue Jackets
According to The Athletic's Aaron Porzline, centre Sam Vigneault will be sidelined four to six weeks with a broken finger.
Projected Lineup vs. Blues - Aaron Porzline, The Athletic
Forwards
Milano - Dalpe - Bjorkstrand
Calvert - Thurkauf - Atkinson
Bittner - Scott - Schroeder
MacIntyre - Maletta - Pendenza
Defencemen
Murray - Collins
Harrington - Johnson
Benoit - Austin
Goaltenders
Thiessen
Kulbakov
Carolina Hurricanes
Goaltender Scott Darling and forward Lee Stempniak are both a "little dinged," according to head coach Bill Peters. Neither will play tonight against the Tampa Bay Lightning. According to Peters, goalie Cam Ward will be starting in net and split time with Jeremy Smith.
Morning skate lines - Michael Smith, NHL.com
Forwards
Aho-J. Staal-Lindholm
Skinner-Ryan-Miller
Di Giuseppe-Necas-Brown
Hofmann-Wallmark-Smallman
Detroit Red Wings
According to Helene St. James, goaltenders Jimmy Howard and Tom McCollum will be between the pipes against the Penguins.