Ice Chips: Leafs F Roy out Tuesday with upper-body injury

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Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward Nicilas Roy will not play on Tuesday against the St Louis Blues due to an upper-body injury, head coach Craig Berube confirmed. He did not provide a timeline for recovery.

Roy, 28, played 19:45 in Saturday’s 3-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks.

The Maple Leafs have placed defenceman Brandon Carlo on the injured reserve list, it was announced Monday morning.

Carlo did not play in Saturday’s game in Chicago due to a lower-body injury and was considered day-to-day. He played 19:44 of ice time in Thursday’s overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings.

The veteran blueliner has two assists in 18 games so far this season, his first full campaign with the Maple Leafs after coming over in a trade with the Boston Bruins at this year’s deadline.

Forward Scott Laughton joined the Leafs’ practice on Monday wearing a regular sweater, but will not play against the Blues.

The 31-year-old has suited up in just two games this season and ha been out since Nov. 8 after taking a hit from Boston Bruins defenceman Nikita Zadorov.

Anthony Stolarz and Auston Matthews were absent from Leafs practice.

The Leafs lines at Monday’s practice:

Robertson - Tavares - Nylander

Knies - Domi - Cowan

Maccelli - Quillan - McMann

Joshua - Lorentz - Jarnkrok

Laughton, Blais

Rielly - Ekman-Larrson

Benoit - McCabe

Mermis - Stecher

Myers

Woll

Hildeby

New Jersey Devils

The New Jersey placed forward Cody Glass on injured reserve on Monday morning, retroactive to November 12.

Glass was deemed week-to-week after sustaining an upper-body injury on Wednesday against the Chicago Blackhawks.

The Devils called up defenceman Ethan Edwards from the AHL’s Utica Comets in a corresponding move.

Glass, 26, has three goals in 10 games this season. Over 262 career NHL games with the Devils, Nashville Predators and Vegas Golden Knights, and Pittsburgh Penguins, Glass has 38 goals and 96 points.

Montreal Canadiens

The Canadiens called up defenceman Marc Del Gaizo from the AHL’s Laval Rocket.

The 26-year-old has four assists in 11 games with the Rocket this season.

Blueliner Jayden Struble did not practice on Sunday, but the team has not yet provided an update on his status.

Ottawa Senators

Brady Tkachuk and Thomas Chabot were absent from Senators’ practice on Monday, reports Post Media’s Bruce Garrioch.

Chabot did skate as he continues to recover from an upper-body injury he sustained against the Dallas Stars last week.

Tkachuk hasn’t played since Oct. 13 after suffering a right thumb injury against the Nashville Predators.’ He will travel with the team on it’s upcoming road trip.

Garrioch also reports that Olle Lycksell, Lars Eller, and Ridly Greig were absent from practice.

Lycksell remains in concussion protocol but skated, while Eller and Greig were out due to maintenance.

Calgary Flames

The Flames have recalled forward Dryden Hunt and centre Sam Morton from the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers, the team announced.

Rory Kerins was also sent to the Wranglers.

Winnipeg Jets

Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck was absent from the Jets morning skate on Monday.

Lines at Jets practice:

Connor - Scheifele - Vilardi

Namestnikov - Toews - Perfetti

Niederreiter - Lowry - lafallo

Pearson - Barron - Nyquist

(Chibrikov, Lambert, Koepke, Ford)

Morrissey - DeMelo

Samberg - Pionk

Stanley - Schenn

(Miller)

Comrie

*Hellebuyck absent

Boston Bruins

The Bruins have placed forwards Viktor Arvidsson and Casey Mittelstadt on injured reserve, according to Bruins reporter Conor Ryan.

The team also placed defenceman Jordan Harris on long-term injured reserve.

The club placed Johnny Beecher on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Providence in the AHL.

Buffalo Sabres

Forwards Josh Norris and Jason Zucker joined the team’s morning skate on Monday.

Norris resumed skating on Nov. 5 after sustaining an upper-body injury on opening night.

“I don’t know what the timeline is, but I’m feeling good,” Norris said. “It was definitely a big step to skate with the team today; it just indicates that I’m feeling pretty good.”

Zucker has missed the past two weeks due to an illness but head coach Lindy Ruff says he could return as soon as this weekend.

The team also placed defenseman Michael Kesselring on injured reserve and recalled Zach Metsa from the AHL’s Rochester Americans.