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Toronto Maple Leafs
Jospeh Woll is expected to return to the Maple Leafs’ net when they host the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night, confirmed head coach Craig Berube.
Woll, 27, missed the team’s last four games while he was dealing with a lower-body injury. The Maple Leafs went 1-1-2 while Woll was out of the lineup.
The 6-foot-3 netminder has a 4-3-1 record this season with a .928 save percentage and 2.44 goals-against average.
He missed the first 18 games of the season for personal reasons to start the season.
Additionally, Berube added that goaltender Anthony Stolarz is going to see another specialist for his upper-body injury and that the injury is not concussion related.
Stolarz, 31, hasn’t played since Nov. 11 and that he hasn’t been making the progress that the team thought he would be making.
The 6-foot-6 netminder has a 6-5-1 record this season with an .884 save percentage and 3.51 goals-against average this season.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Stuart Skinner will make his Penguins debut in net against his former team in the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday.
Skinner, 27, was traded to Pittsburgh on Friday, along with defenceman Brett Kulak and a draft pick, from the Oilers in exchange for goaltender Tristan Jarry and forward Samuel Poulin.
The 6-foot-4 netminder was 4-2-1 in his last seven games in Edmonton.
He was an 11-8-4 record this season with an .891 save percentage and 2.83 goals-against average.
Montreal Canadiens
Defenceman Mike Matheson will not be available to his club on Tuesday when they take on the Philadelphia Flyers.
Matheson, 31, is considered day-to-day with an undisclosed injury.
The 6-foot-2 left-shot blueliner last appeared during the team’s 4-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday, registering 26:05 of ice time with a plus-1 rating.
Matheson has four goals and 16 points in 32 games this season while averaging 24:54 of ice time.
Chicago Blackhawks
Defenceman Artyom Levshunov will be a healthy scratch against the Toronto Maple Leafs after he was late for practice on Monday, head coach Jeff Blashill announced on Tuesday.
Levshunov, 20, was drafted second overall by the Blackhawks in 2024 and has a goal and 14 points in his first full season in the NHL.
He is averaging 20:19 per game this season and has a minus-13 rating.
Spencer Knight is expected to get the start in net against the Maple Leafs on Tuesday, according to Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Knight, 24, has a 10-7-5 record this season with a .915 save percentage and 2.52 goals-against average.
The Blackhawks used these lines prior to their game against Toronto on Tuesday:
New Jersey Devils
Defenceman Brett Pesce participated in Devils practice on Monday as he continues to recover from a hand injury, according to Mike Morreale of NHL.com.
Pesce, 31, missed the team’s last 24 games with the injury and has three assists in nine games this season.
The Devils placed defenceman Simon Nemec on Injured Reserve with a lower-body injury and recalled Nathan Légaré from the AHL’s Utica Comets on Tuesday.
Nemec sustained an undisclosed injury during Friday’s practice and head coach Sheldon Keefe told reporters that he’s expected to miss some time.
The 6-foot-1 defenceman has seven goals and 18 points in 31 games this season while averaging 20:03 of ice time.
Légaré, 24, appeared in one game with the Devils this season and has three goals and five points in 21 games in the AHL this season.
Forward Jack Hughes continues to be out for the Devils and is still a long ways away from returning according to head coach Sheldon Keefe.
Keefe adds that Hughes’ timeline is long enough that he doesn’t expect to get daily updates on his condition.
Hughes, 24, has been out since Nov. 12 with a hand injury that he sustained at a team dinner.
The 5-foot-11 centre has 10 goals and 20 points in 17 games this season.
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Lightning assigned goaltender Brandon Halverson and forward Scott Sabourin to the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch on Tuesday.
Halverson, 29, made one appearance for the Lightning this season, coming in relief for Jonas Johansson for six seconds during the team’s 3-2 shootout loss to the New York Islanders on Saturday.
The 6-foot-5 netminder has a 9-4-0 record in the AHL with a .901 save percentage and 2.58 goals-against average.
Sabourin, 33, has a goal and three points in seven games with the Lightning this season.
He also has four goals and six points in 17 games in the AHL.