Ice Chips: Jets D Morrissey to return against Devils, Daws starts against former team

Star defenceman Josh Morrissey will return to Winnipeg's lineup on Tuesday night against the visiting New Jersey Devils. 

The 31-year-old hasn't played since Oct. 7 due to a wrist injury and has produced three assists over four games this season. 

Morrissey, a native of Calgary, is in his 12th season with the Jets. 

Additionally, goalie Nico Daws appears in line to get the start in net Tuesday against his former team in the Devils. 

The 25-year-old from Brandon, Man., was acquired from New Jersey Devils last month as part of the blockbuster deal involving three-time Vezina Trophy winner Connor Hellebuyck. 

Over six games with the Devils and Jets this season, Daws has a 2-3 record alongside a 2.86 goals-against average and a .886 save percentage. 

Forward Jake Evans, who suffered an upper-body injury during Monday's practice, will be a game-time decision for Tuesday's game against the visiting Minnesota Wild. 

The 30-year-old has two goals and four assists over 17 games this season. 

Meanwhile, veteran winger Josh Anderson, who missed Saturday's game due to personal reasons, will return to the lineup against the Wild while Owen Beck is a healthy scratch. 

Anderson, 32, has seven goals and three assists over 16 games. 

Goalie Jacob Fowler, sporting a 2.16 goals-against average and a .925 save percentage, will get the start. 

In other injury news, defenceman Mike Matheson and goalie Samuel Montembeault joined their teammates for practice on Tuesday as they continue to work their way back to game action. 

The struggling Toronto Maple Leafs provided a handful of injury updates on Tuesday, announcing forward Colton Sissons is out week-to-week and defenceman Morgan Rielly is considered day-to-day with lower-body injuries.

Winger Kirill Marchenko, who hasn’t played since Oct. 26 due to a lower-body injury, is still considered week-to-week.

The 33-year-old Sissons, who has two goals and four assists over 19 games this season with the Leafs, was injured during Sunday’s shutout loss to the New Jersey Devils.

Sissons signed a two-year, $8.5 million contract, featuring a $4.25 million average annual value, with the Leafs this past summer.

Rielly, 32, missed Sunday’s contest after suffering his injury the night before in a loss to the Montreal Canadiens. He has 12 assists over 18 games in 2026-27, his 14th season with the Leafs.

Marchenko, 26, tallied six goals and eight assists over 14 games before going down with his injury.

Roslovic Skates

Forward Jack Roslovic, who missed Sunday's loss with a lower-body injury, was on the ice for Tuesday's morning skate as they Maple Leafs get set to host the Colorado Avalanche.

The 29-year-old Roslovic has been a strong contributor in his first season with the Leafs, producing eight goals and 10 assists over 18 games, playing on the same line as fellow American Auston Matthews.

Roslovic is signed to a two-year, $8 million contract, featuring an average annual value of $4 million.

Toronto also called up forward Ryan Tverberg from the American Hockey League's Toronto Marlies on Tuesday and send down forward Vinni Lettieri.

The 24-year-old Tverberg has four goals and three assists over 14 games in the minors this season. A seventh-round pick by the Leafs in 2020, Tverberg played the first two games of his NHL career last season, but wasn't able to record a point.

According to practice lines, Sergei Bobrovsky will get the start in net for the Leafs on Tuesday.

Maple Leafs' Practice Lines - Mark Masters, TSN

F

Cowan - Matthews -  Roslovic
Tverberg - Tavares - Nylander
Joshua - Paul - McKenna
Duhaime - Blueger - MacEwen

D

McCabe - Raddysh
Ekman-Larsson - Tanev
Mermis - Stecher
McWard

G

Bobrovsky starts
Stolarz 

The Maple Leafs have dropped five of their last six games, including the opening three games of their current six-game home stand, all in regulation. Following the Avs on Tuesday, the Leafs will host the Minnesota Wild on Thursday and Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.  

They own an 8-9-2 record and sit second last in the Atlantic Division. 

Injured starting goalie Linus Ullmark, who hasn't played since Oct. 21 with a lower-body injury, skated on Tuesday, a day after being removed from the Injured Reserve. 

However, Samuel Ersson, will get the start Tuesday night against the visiting Washington Capitals while Jackson Parsons, recalled from the American Hockey League, will serve as the backup. 

Ullmark, 33, has a 7-1 record alongside a 1.33 goals-against average and a .945 save percentage this season, his third in Canada's capital. 

Parsons, a 21-year-old Ottawa native, has posted a 2.64 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage over eight games with the Belleville Senators this season. Parsons doesn't have any games of NHL experience. 

Ottawa has won two straight games and sit fourth in the Atlantic Division with a 11-6-1 record.