Ice Chips: Canucks place F Pearson on IR, recall Dries
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Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks have placed forward Tanner Pearson on IR and recalled forward Sheldon Dries from Abbotsford (AHL) to take his spot.
Pearson exited the Canucks' loss on Wednesday against the Montreal Canadiens with an unreported injury.
Dries has played four games with the Canucks this season, and two with Abbotsford. He has one assist with Vancouver.
Calgary Flames
F Jonathan Huberdeau was on the ice skating with the Calgary Flames at their practice on Thursday morning, per reports. However, he was not participating in line rushes and only skated briefly.
Huberdeau, 29, has only produced six points in 11 games this season, after amassing 115 points in 80 games a year ago for the Florida Panthers.
His slow start has raised concern in Calgary after the team traded Matthew Tkachuk for him and signed him to an eight-year, $84-million contract extension in the off-season.
Huberdeau missed the Flames' game against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday with an upper-body injury, though the team indicated it is not too serious and being treated as a day-to-day issue for now.
Toronto Maple Leafs
F Calle Jarnkrok returned to practice Thursday for the Toronto Maple Leafs, after an illness kept him from practicing yesterday.
Wayne Simmonds also practiced with the team on Thursday, but wearing a grey scratches sweater.
The Leafs skated the following lines at practice on Thursday:
Nashville Predators
Nashville Predators head coach John Hynes confirmed some line changes for the Predators for their game against the Colorado Avalanche Thursday night, indicating a line of Cody Glass, Eeli Tolvanen and Alexandre Carrier would replace Michael McCarron, Zach Sanford and Jordan Gross.
Additionally, Kevin Lankinen is going to start in net for Nashville.
The Predators have been shuffling their line combinations a lot recently, trying to find a consistent offensive identity as they have struggled to a 5-7-1 start through their first 13 contests.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Per head coach Brad Larsen, Joonas Korpisalo will be getting the start in net on Thursday in the Columbus Blue Jackets' game against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Forwards Jakub Voracek, Sean Kuraly and Kent Johnson are all going to be held out of the game tonight, due to various minor injuries.
Emil Bemstrom and Brendan Gaunce will be making their season debuts for the Blue Jackets in place of the injured players.
New York Islanders
New York Islanders captain Anders Lee missed the team's morning skate, but is expected to play Thursday against the Arizona Coyotes.
Ilya Sorokin is expected to be in net for the game, and forward Cal Clutterbuck is also expected to return to the lineup.
St. Louis Blues
The St. Louis Blues skated the following lineups in their morning skate ahead of Thursday's game against the San Jose Sharks:
Buchnevich-Thomas-Tarasenko
Saad-O’Reilly-Leivo
Barbashev-Schenn-Kyrou
Alexandrov-Acciari-Pitlick
Leddy-Parayko
Krug-Faulk
Rosen-Mikkola
Binnington
Alexey Toropchenko was on the ice with the team, but did not participate in line rushes. He had shoulder surgery in the off-season.