Ice Chips: Sens to rest multiple players vs. Blackhawks
Published
Keep updated on all the injury news and roster updates from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators will rest several regular on Tuesday night when they take on the Chicago Blackhawksin their second-last game of the regular season.
Head coach Travis Green says that forward Claude Giroux and defencemen Jake Sanderson and Nick Jensen will not play against the Blackhawks. Hayden Hodgson will also be out of the lineup due to a lower-body injury.
Goaltender Anton Forsberg will get the start.
Brady Tkachuk took part in optional skate Tuesday, his second straight practice with the team as he continues to recover from an upper-body injury sustained on March 30.
Tkachuk, who was wearing a non-contact jersey on Monday, had been skating on his own since Friday. There is a chance he could return for the Sens final regular-season game on Thursday against the Carolina Hurricanes.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Jake McCabe, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, and David Kampf did not take part in Tuesday's skate and will remain out tonight against the Buffalo Sabres.
"I don’t know. That’s going to have to be a question and conversation I’m going to have to have with him individually about where he’s at and what I think is best for the team and him," head coach Craig Berube said of McCabe's chances of playing in Thursday's regular-season finale.
"Is it worth them getting in that game? I don’t know. Like, to risk getting hurt again, just gotta play it by ear."
Anthony Stolarz will get the start against the Sabres on Tuesday.
Knies - Matthews - Marner
Domi - Tavares - Nylander
McMann - Holmberg - Robertson
Lorentz - Laughton - Jarnkrok
Benoit - Tanev
Rielly - Myers
Mermis - Carlo
Stolarz
Woll
Winnipeg Jets
Jets forward Gabriel Viliardi was on the ice with team strength and conditioning coach Jake Wolff on Tuesday morning.
Vilardi was listed as week-to-week after he sustained an injury on Mar. 23. He has 27 goals and 34 assists in 71 games.
Dylan Samberg also took part in Tuesday's morning skate after he appeared to sustain an injury blocking a shot on Sunday against the Edmonton Oilers.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Lightning head coach Jon Cooper says Defenceman Darren Raddysh is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury but is likely to play tonight against the Florida Panthers.
Centre Luke Glendening took part in this morning's optional skate but will not play againsty the Panthers.
The Lightning sit four points behind the Toronto Maple Leafs for top spot in the Atlantic Division with two games remaining in the season.
New Jersey Devils
Jake Allen wis in the starters net for practice ahead of tonight's game against the Boston Bruins. He is expected to start as the Devils play the first game of a back-to-back to finish the season.
Minnesota Wild
Wild defencemen Jared Spurgeon and Jake Middleton will be in the lineup tonight as the team takes on the Anaheim Ducks. Minnesota can clinch a playoff berth with a point tonight or a Blues or Flames loss.
Rookie defenceman Zeev Buium will not make his NHL debut.