Ice Chips: Oilers G Skinner to make third straight start
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Edmonton Oilers
Stuart Skinner will make his third straight start in goal when the Edmonton Oilers host the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday.
Skinner, 24, is 7-6-0 in 14 appearances this season, including 13 starts. The Edmonton native has a 2.93 goals-against average and .916 save percentage so far in 2022-23.
The Oilers beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-3 on Saturday and fell 3-2 to the Washington Capitals on Monday.
Winnipeg Jets
The Winnipeg Jets have reassigned forward Dominic Toninato to the AHL's Manitoba Moose, the Jets announced Wednesday.
The 21-year-old from Duluth, Minn., has skated in four games with the NHL club this season, recording an assist. Toninato has played in one game for the Moose.
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks aim for their third straight win as they visit the San Jose Sharks.
Spencer Martin will get the start in net for Vancouver and will be making his seventh appearance in the Canucks' last eight games.
Martin was pulled from the Canucks' 7-6 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday after giving up four goals in the first period.
The 27-year-old is 7-2-0 with a 3.37 goal-against average and .892 save percentage so far this season.
Line at morning skate, as per TSN's Farhan Lalji:
Mikheyev-Pettersson-Boeser
Miller-Horvat-Höglander
Kuzmenko-Studnicka-Garland
Joshua-Åman-Lazar
Hughes-Schenn
OEL-Bear
Stillman-Myers
Martin
Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks assigned Lukas Reichel to the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League, the team announced Wednesday.
Reichel, 20, made his 2022 season debut with the Blackhawks on Dec. 6, when he logged 15:38 of ice time in the Blackhawks' 3-0 loss.
At the AHL level, the native of Nuremberg, Germany, native and first-round pick (17th overall) in the 2022 NHL Draft has skated in 19 games, scoring 10 goals and recording 23 points.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus Blue Jackets team reporter Jeff Svoboda announced that goaltender Joonas Korpisalo is slated to start against the Buffalo Sabres.
The 28-year-old from Pori, Finland, is 1-4 in his last five starts and has a season record of 4-5-1 with a 3.51 goals-against-average and a .905 save percentage.