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Thursday's Ice Chips: Smith-Pelly to debut for Habs

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Devante Smith-Pelly

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Anaheim Ducks

F Chris Wagner has been recalled from the Norfolk Admirals. - Team tweet (@AnaheimDucks)

Buffalo Sabres

F Tyler Ennis and C Zemgus Girgensons will miss the team’s game against the Vancouver Canucks at First Niagara Center with lower-body injuries. Recently-recalled  Philip Varone and Zac Dalpe will take their place in the line-up. - Sabres.com

Columbus Blue Jackets

G Curtis McElhinney starts tonight vs. Montreal. - Team tweet (@BlueJacketsNHL)

Minnesota Wild

Newly-acquired F Sean Bergenheim skated on a line with Thomas Vanek and Mikko Koivu at Thursday's practice. - Team tweet (@mnwild)

Montreal Canadiens

F Devante Smith-Pelly will debut tonight for the Montreal Canadiens. The team has not announced whose place in the line-up he will take. - Team tweet (@CanadiensMTL)

Philadelphia Flyers

D Kimmo Timonen who has not played so far this season with blood clots in his legs and lungs told Sam Carchidi: "If they want me to play Saturday, I'm good to go". - Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull), Philadelphia Inquirer.

G Rob Zepp will start tonight vs. Toronto. - Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull), Philadelphia Inquirer.

D Carlo Colaiacovo is expected to be assigned to Lehigh Valley (AHL) to make room for Timmonen, once he is ready to return.  - Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull), Philadelphia Inquirer.

San Jose Sharks

F Danil Tarasov has been assigned to Worcester (AHL). - Team release

F Raffi Torres had ACL repair surgery. He dhould be ready to return to the club by training camp. - David Pollak (@PollakonSharks), Mercury News

St. Louis Blues

Projected Line-Up vs. Jets:
Forwards

Steen - Backes - Oshie

Schwartz - Lehtera - Tarasenko

Berglund - Stastny - Jaskin

Ott - Goc - Reaves

Defence

Gunnarsson - Pietrangelo

Lindbohm - Bouwmeester/Cole

Jackman - Butler - Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford), St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Tampa Bay Lightning

D Victor Hedman left practice early, but head coach Jon Cooper didn't think it was anything serious and expects him to play tomorrow. - Bryan Burns, (@BBurnsNHL), Lightning.com

Toronto Maple Leafs

Projected Liens vs. Flyers

Forwards:

van Riemsdyk - Bozak - Kessel

Lupul - Kadri - Panik

Komarov - Jokinen - Clarkson

Sill - Holland - Booth

Defence

Phaneuf - Holzer

Rielly - Polak

Gardiner - Robidas

Goaltenders

Bernier

Reimer

- MapleLeafs.com

Winnipeg Jets

Projected Lines vs. St. Louis

Forwards

Ladd - Little - Frolik

Tlusty - Scheifele - Stafford

Thorburn - Lowry - O'Dell

Pardy - Slater - Peluso

Defence

Enstrom - Myers

Stuart - Trouba

Harrison - Byfuglien

Goaltender

Hutchinson

- Sara Orlesky, TSN

G Michael Hutchinson is expected to start vs. St. Louis tonight. - Gary Lawless (@garylawless), TSN Radio 1290.

F Blake Wheeler will miss tonight's game vs. St. Louis with a lower-body injury.  - Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford), St. Louis Post-Dispatch