Ice Chips: Sabres' Dahlin day-to-day with UBI
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Buffalo Sabres
The Sabres issued a pair of injury updates Sunday, labelling defencemen Rasmus Sandin as day-to-day with an upper-body injury and Mattias Samuelsson as week-to-week, also with an upper-body injury.
Dahlin played 27:11 in Saturday's overtime loss to the New York Rangers, registering two shots and one hit. He has 14 goals and 49 assists for 63 points in 61 games played this year.
Samuelsson, 22, played 22:17 Saturday and tallied two shots and two hits. He has one goal and seven assists in 48 contests this season.
Additionally goaltender Eric Comrie is out week-to-week with a lower-body injury.
Comrie, 27, last played Thursday's 10-4 loss to the Dallas Stars where he allowed all 10 goals on 49 shots.
The 6-foot-1 goaltender has a 8-9-0 record this season with a .877 save percentage and 3.95 goals-against average.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltender Matt Murray did a training session with goalie coach Curtis Sandford but did not participate in Sunday's practice, according to TSN's Mark Masters
Murray, 28, allowed four goals on 26 shots during the Maple Leafs' 7-4 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.
Head coach Sheldon Keefe confirmed that Murray will start on Monday against the Buffalo Sabres.
The 6-foot-5 netminder has a 12-6-2 record with a .905 save percentage and 2.86 goals-against average this season.
The Maple Leafs have recalled forward Alex Steeves from the AHL's Toronto Marlies, it was announced Sunday.
The 23-year-old registered six shots on goal in Saturday's 3-2 overtime victory over the Hartford Wolf Pack.
He has 17 goals and 28 assists in 53 games this season at the AHL level and zero points in three games with the big club.
The Maple Leafs used these lines during Sunday's practice, according to Masters:
Kerfoot - Matthews - Marner
Bunting - Tavares - Nylander
Steeves - Lafferty - Jarnkrok
Aston-Reese - Kampf - Acciari
Simmonds
Rielly - Brodie
McCabe - Holl
Giordano - Liljegren
Gustafsson - Timmins
Samsonov
Boston Bruins
Defenceman Derek Forbort will play against the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday while defenceman Hampus Lindholm will miss the game due to a foot injury, according to head coach Jim Montgomery.
Montgomery notes that he expects Lindholm to return to the lineup on Tuesday against the Chicago Blackhawks.
Forbort, 31, has been in and out of the lineup as the Bruins experiment with their defence corps post-trade deadline.
The 6-foot-4 defenceman has five goals and 12 points in 51 games this season.
Lindholm, 29, registered a goal and had 21:45 of ice time during the Bruins' 3-2 victory over the Red Wings on Saturday.
The 6-foot-4 defenceman has eight goals and 42 points in 64 games this season.
The Bruins assigned forward Jakub Lauko to the AHL's Providence Bruins on Sunday.
Lauko, 22, registered three goals and five points in 12 games in Boston this season.
The 6-foot forward also has 10 goals and 17 points in 35 games in the AHL this season.
Lauko was draft 77th overall by the Bruins in the 2018 NHL Draft.
Calgary Flames
The Flames are projected to use these lines against the Ottawa Senators on Sunday:
Pelletier - Lindholm - Toffoli
Huberdeau - Kadri - Dube
Mangiapane - Backlund - Coleman
Lucic - Ruzicka - Duehr
Weegar - Andersson
Hanifin - Tanev
Zadorov - Stecher
Markstrom
Vegas Golden Knights
Goaltender Jiri Patera is expected to make his NHL debut against the St. Louis Blues on Sunday.
Patera, 24, was drafted 161st overall by the Golden Knights in the 2017 NHL Draft.
The 6-foot-2 netminder has a 12-13-1 record with the AHL's Henderson Silver Knights with a .916 save percentage and 2.66 goals-against average this season
New York Rangers
Defenceman Ryan Lindgren will remain out of the lineup against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday, according to head coach Gerard Gallant.
Lindgren, 25, missed the last six games due to an upper-body injury.
The 6-foot defenceman has a goal and 17 points in 57 games this season.
Additionally, Jaroslav Halak will be in net against the Penguins on Sunday.
Halak, 37, has an 8-8-2 record with a .900 save percentage and 2.80 goals-against average this season.