Ice Chips: Leafs recall G Jones on emergency basis
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Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs recalled goaltender Martin Jones on an emergency basis ahead of tonight's matchup with the Boston Bruins.
Netminder Ilya Samsonov will be unavailable Saturday due to illness, the team said.
Joseph Woll is in line to make his fourth straight start in net.
The Leafs signed Jones to a one-year, 875,000 deal in August.
Jones, who has yet to make an NHL appearance this season, spent the 2022-23 campaign with the Seattle Kraken where he went 27-13-3 with a goals against average of 2.99 and a .887 save percentage.
Lines at morning skate as per TSN's Mark Masters:
Knies - Matthews - Nylander
Bertuzzi - Tavares - Marner
Robertson - Domi - Jarnkrok
Gregor - Kampf - Reaves
McMann
Rielly - Brodie
Lagesson - McCabe
Benoit - Timmins
Lajoie
Woll starts
Jones
Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens forward Alex Newhook will miss approximately 10 to 12 weeks with a high ankle sprain, it was announced Saturday morning.
Newhook sustained the injury in a game Thursday night against the Florida Panthers when he crashed awkwardly into the net in the third period. He was helped off the ice and had trouble putting any weight on his left leg.
Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis is loading up a top line in Newhooks' absence, TSN's Kenzie Lalonde reports.
"A lot of guys are going right now so it allows me to load a line," St. Louis said ahead of Saturday's matchup with the Detroit Red Wings.
Defenceman Arber Xhekaj, who last played on Nov. 16 due to an upper-body injury, took part in morning skate.
David Savard skated alone before practice. The defenceman is working his way back from a fractured hand sustained in late October.
Lines at morning skate as per Lalonde:
Caufield-Suzuki-Monahan
Gallagher-Dvorak-Anderson
Pearson-Evans-Slafkovsky
Armia-Stephens-Ylönen
Matheson-Lindström
Guhle-Barron
Struble-Kovacevic
Allen
Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames are preparing to face the Vancouver Canucks and familiar a face in Nikita Zadorov who was traded earlier this week.
Zadorov is expected to be paired with Tyler Myers on the Canucks' blueline.
Flames projected lineup for Saturday night, as per TSN's Salim Valji:
Mangiapane-Lindholm-Sharangovich
Zary-Kadri-Pospisil
Huberdeau-Backlund-Coleman
Greer-Ruzicka-Dube
Weegar-Andersson
Hanifin-Tanev
Gilbert-Oesterle
Markstrom