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Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals will be without forwards Evgeny Kuznetsov and T.J. Oshie along with goaltender Braden Holtby, who will all miss Friday's game against the Colorado Avalanche due to injury.

The Capitals recalled goaltender Ilya Samsonov for the AHL on Friday and re-assigned defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler to the Hershey Bears. Samsonov is expected to serve as Pheonix Copley's backup against the Avalanche.

Philadelphia Flyers

The Flyers announce that goaltender Brian Elliott will be out approximately two weeks with a lower-body injury after being hurt in the third period of Thursday's loss to the the New Jersey Devils. 

Goaltender Alex Lyon has been recalled from the AHL's Lehigh Valley Phantoms, while Calvin Pickard is expected to serve as the backup.

Elliott owns a 6-7-0 mark to go along with a 2.59 goals-against average and .911 save percentage so far this season.

Edmonton Oilers

The Oilers have revealed their goaltending situation for the weekend, with Mikko Koskinen getting the start Saturday against the Calgary Flames and Cam Talbot getting the nod Sunday at home against the Vegas Golden Knights according to TSN's Ryan Rishaug. 

Koskinen left the ice first during Friday's morning skate. 

He has impressed in six games this season, posting a save percentage of .918 and GAA of 2.52. Talbot hasn't been quite as good, letting allowing 3.09 goals a night while stopping 89.5 per cent of shots he's faced. 

Head coach Todd McLellan is comfortable with both guys and feels there's healthy competition, more so than in previous years. Rishaug notes that it is not a goalie controversy, but it's definitely a scenario where Koskinen is pushing Talbot hard and McLellan seems fine with letting nature take its course. 

Vancouver Canucks

Canucks forward Brock Boeser won't make his return Saturday against the Montreal Canadiens and isn't even skating yet according to head coach Travis Green. 

Boeser has not played since Nov. 2 as he recovers from a groin injury. It's unclear when he is expected to make his return. 

In 13 games so far this season, the 21-year-old has four goals and seven assists. Boeser had four points (two goals and two assists) in his last outing.

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Blue Jackets have recalled defenceman Gabriel Carlsson from the AHL's Cleveland Monsters, the team announced Friday. 

Forward Zac Dalpe and goaltender Jean-Francois Berube were assigned to the AHL team.

Carlsson has three points in 17 career games with the Jackets. 

Chicago Blackhawks

Marcus Kruger has been activated from injured reserve, the team announced Friday. The 28-year-old has been out of the action since Nov. 8 because of a left leg injury. The winger has two goals in 16 games.

Defenceman Brandon Davidson has been placed on IR with a leg injury. The 27-year-old missed practice on Nov. 14, and will not dress for the Blackhawks in Chicago's next two home games.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Derick Brassard is back skating with the Penguins for the first time since being injured. Brassard hasn't skated since Oct. 25, because of a lower-body injury. The 31-year-old has missed nine straight games, and has only played in eight contests with Pittsburgh this season.

Boston Bruins

Projected lineup for tonight's game against Dallas:

Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak

Nordstrom-Krejci-DeBrusk

Heinen-JFK-Bjork

Acciari-Kuraly-Backes

 

Krug-Clifton

Lauzon-Grzelcyk

Zboril-Kampfer

 

Rask

Halak

Boston has called up two defencemen to play against the Dallas Stars. Connor Clifton and Jakub Zboril will make their NHL debuts Friday night. The last time the Bruins had two defencemen make their debuts in the same game was Oct. 13 2016, Rob O'Gara and Brandon Carlo.

St. Louis Blues

Brayden Schenn is back in the lineup for the Blues in Friday night's game against the Vegas Golden Knights. The 27-year-old has been on the IR with an upper-body injury, and has missed the last four games consecutively. The forward has three goals and six assists in 12 games this season.

Alexander Steen has an upper-body injury and will not play for the time being. He was ruled out of practice by coach Mike Yeo. Previously in the season, the 34-year-old missed a handful of practices due to neck tightness. Steen has five goals and five assists in 16 games.

Projected lineup, per Jeremy Rutherford: 

Schwartz-O'Reilly-Tarasenko

Fabbri-Bozak-Schenn

Sanford-Thomas-Perron

Blais-Sundqvist-Barbashev

*Maroon injured

 

Gunnarsson-Pietrangelo

Dunn-Parayko

Edmundson-Bouwmeester

 

Allen

NHL Game Notes

 

Longest Active Point Streaks

GM   PLAYER                       TEAM             G   A PTS

14   MIKE HOFFMAN          FLORIDA       7   9  16

11   BLAKE WHEELER      WINNIPEG      2  18  20

8   MAX DOMI                      MONTREAL   5   7  12

7   JOHN TAVARES             TORONTO      5   5  10

 

Lowest GF/G This Season

Team                                       G/G

Los Angeles Kings                  2

Anaheim Ducks                      2.1

Vegas Golden Knights           2.53

Arizona Coyotes                     2.61

Carolina Hurricanes                2.72

Last time Leafs swept Calif. Road trip was in Dec 1995, also last time they were in position to do so. They had 2 Calif road trips that season, other was in Feb. 1-2-0

TB was the only Eastern Conf team in 17-18 to sweep a Calif road trip

 

TML Recent California Road Trips

Season             Rec   Note      

2018-19           2-0-0 (W-LA, W-SJ)

2017-18           1-2-0 (W-ANA)

2016-17           0-2-1 (SOL-LA)

2015-16           1-2-0 (W-ANA)

2014-15           0-3-0

2013-14           2-1-0 (L-SJ)  (W-L-W)  

(PHI 2-0-1 in Calif. In 18-19, best record by East Conf team)

 

Bruins (22P) at Stars (20P) - 8PM (Nov 16)

BOS 1-0-0 vs DAL in 18-19, OTW at home. BOS has won 5 straight in DAL, 23GF

DAL: (9-7-2)

1-2-2 last 5GP, 11GF, PP 2/11

Seguin (2G, 1A) last 3GP

BOS: (10-6-2)

3-2-0 last 5GP, 19GF, PP 9/22

Bergeron (2G, 5A) 5 game PT streak

Sabres (22P) at Jets (23P) - 8PM (Nov 16)

WPG 2-0-0 vs BUF in 17-18, 11GF, PP 4/8

WPG: (11-5-1)

Won 3 straight, all at home, 5GA, PK 10/10

Wheeler (2G, 18A) 11 game PT streak

BUF: (10-6-2)

Won 3 straight, 9GA, PK 10/10

Skinner (7G, 1A) last 6GP

Kings (11P) at Blackhawks (18P) - 830PM (Nov 16)

LAK 2-1-0 vs CHI in 17-18, 2-0-0 in CHI, both games 3-1.

CHI: (7-8-4)

1-6-2 last 9GP, 15GF, PP 4/23 (won last)

Kane (1G, 4A) last 5GP

LAK: (5-11-1)

Lost 3 straight, all at home, 2GF, PP 0/8

Kovalchuk (0P) last 3GP, 3 shots on net

Capitals (19P) at Avalanche (21P) - 9PM (Nov 16)

Teams split 2GP in 17-18. COL winning at home. WSH won 3 of past 4 in COL (lost last)

COL: (9-6-3)

Won 2 straight, 10GF, PP 4/5

Rantanen (2G, 3A) last 2GP

WSH: (8-7-3)

1-3-0 last 4GP, 8GF, PP 1/12

Ovechkin (0G, 2A) last 4GP

Blues (15P) at Knights (17P) - 10PM (Nov 16)

STL 1-0-0 vs VGS in 18-19, winning at home. VGS 2-0-0 at home vs STL in 17-18

VGS: (8-10-1)

Won 3 straight at home, 12GF, PP 2/15. Shutout last 2GP at home

Marchessault (2G) last 6GP

STL: (6-7-3)

Lost 2 straight, 2GF, PP 0/3

O'Reilly (8G, 9A) last 11GP

Leafs (26P) at Ducks (19P) - 10PM (Nov 16)

TOR 2-0-0 vs ANA in 17-18, 10GF.

ANA: (8-9-3)

3-8-2 last 13GP, PP 3/38, 2GF or less in 10 of the games

Getzlaf (2G) last 5GP

TOR: (13-6-0)

8-1-0 on the road in 18-19, 5GF or more in 6 of the games

Marner (1G, 5A) last 3GP