Ice Chips: Leafs' Samsonov expected to start against Jets
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Toronto Maple Leafs
Ilya Samsonov is expected to start on Thursday against the Winnipeg Jets, according to TSN's Mark Masters.
Samsonov, 25, entered Tuesday's game in relief of Matt Murray and led the Maple Leafs to a 5-4 comeback win over the Florida Panthers in overtime.
The 6-foot-3 netminder has a 13-4-1 record with a .916 save percentage and 2,24 goals against average this season,
This is Samsonov's second start against the Jets this season after leading the Maple Leafs to a 4-1 win on Oct. 22.
The Maple Leafs used these lines during Thursday's morning skate prior to their game against the Jets, according to Masters:
Bunting - Matthews - Nylander
Jarnkrok - Tavares - Marner
McMann - Kampf - Engvall
Aston-Reese - Kerfoot - Hunt
Simmonds
Rielly -Liljegren
Giordano - Holl
Sandin - Benn
Timmins
Samsonov
Murray
Edmonton Oilers
Jack Campbell is expected to start on Thursday against the Tampa Bay Lightning, according to TSN's Ryan Rishaug.
Campbell, 31, has a 13-8-1 record with an .886 save percentage and 3.36 goals against average this season.
The 6-foot-3 netminder has found a rhythm lately winning his last five starts.
Campbell signed a five-year, $25 million deal with the Oilers in the off-season.
The Oilers loaned forward Devin Shore to the AHL's Bakersfield Condors on Thursday for a conditioning stint.
Shore, 28, hasn't been in the Oilers' 2-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Dec. 31.
The 6-foot-1 forward has three assists in 29 games with the Oilers this season.
The Oilers used these lines during Thursday's morning skate prior to their game against the Lightning, according to TSN's Ryan Rishaug:
Kane - McDavid - Foegele
McLeod - Draisaitl - Hyman
Kostin - Nugent-Hopkins - Janmark
Holloway - Ryan
Nurce - Ceci
Kulak - Barrie
Broberg - Bouchard/Desharnais
Campbell
Montreal Canadiens
The Canadiens used these lines during the morning skate prior to Thursday's game against the Florida Panthers:
Caufield - Suzuki - Ylonen
Hoffman - Dvorak - Anderson
Pezzetta - Dach - Dadonov
Pitlick - Harvey-Pinard
Edmundson - Barron
Matheson - Savard
Harris - Kovacevic
Xhekaj
Montembeault
Primeau
Buffalo Sabres
The Sabres recalled goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen from the AHL's Rochester Americans and assigned forward JJ Peterka to the Americans on Thursday.
Luukkonen, 23, has started 16 games with the Sabres this year and has a 10--5-1 record with an .897 goals-against average and 3.41 save percentage this season.
Peterka, 21, appeared in 41 games with the Sabres and has seven goals and 18 points in his first full season with the team.
The Sabres recalled Peterka hours after sending him down and then assigned forward Vinnie Hinostroza to the Americans.
Hinostroza, 28, cleared waivers earlier on Thursday and has eight assists in 19 games this season.
The Sabres used these lines during Thursday's morning skate prior to their game against the New York Islanders, according to Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News:
Skinner - Thompson - Tuch
Asplund - Cozens - Quinn
Mittelstadt - Jost - Olofsson
Girgensons - Krebs - Okposo
Samuelsson - Dahlin
Power - Jokiharju
Bryson - Lyubushkin
Clague
Luukkonen
Chicago Blackhawks
The Blackhawks used these lines during Thursday's morning skate prior to their game against the Philadelphia Flyers, according to Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times,
Tyler Johnson - Domi - Kane
Kurashev - Toews - Raddysh
Dickinson - Lafferty - Athanasiou
Blackwell - Entwistle - Reese Johnson
McCabe - Seth Jones
Jack Johnson - Murphy
Caleb Jones - Mitchell
Florida Panthers
The Panthers are projected to use these lines for their game against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday, according to team reporter Katie Engleson.
Lundell - Barkov - Reinhart
Verhaeghe - Bennett - Tkachuk
Denisenko - Luostarinen - Cousins
Lomberg - E. Staal - Smith
Forsling - Ekblad
Staal - Montour
Mahura - Gudas
Additionally, Sergei Bobrovsky is expected to start against the Canadiens, according to Engleson.
Bobrovsky, 34, has a 12-13-2 record with an .897 save percentage and 3.25 goals-against average this season.
Columbus Blue Jackets
The Blue Jackets are projected to use these lines for their game against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday:
Gaudreau - Jenner - Laine
Marchenko - Sillinger - Nyquist
Johnson - Roslovic - Bemstrom
Robinson - Kuraly - Olivier
Gavrikov - Boqvist
Berni - Gudbranson
Blankenburg - Peeke
Merzlikins
Tarasov
Los Angeles Kings
The Kings placed forward Carl Grundstrom on injured reserve on Thursday.
Grundstrom, 25, last played during the Kings' 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Jan. 11 and is out with a lower-body injury.
The 6-foot forward has six goals and 10 points in 37 games and hasn't recorded a point in his last seven games.
Additionally, the Kings recalled forwards Samuel Fagemo, Alex Turcotte, and defenceman Tobias Bjornfot from the AHL's Ontario Reign on Thursday.
Fagemo, 22, was a Kings second-round draft pick in 2019 and appeared in three games with the Kings scoring a goal and two points this season.
The 6-foot winger also has 12 goals and 18 points with the Reign this season.
Turcotte, 21, was drafted fifth overall by the Kings in 2019 and has five goals and 12 points in 19 games with the Reign this season.
Bjornfot, 21, was drafted 22nd overall by the Kings in 2019 and has an assist in four games with the Kings this season.
The 6-foot defenceman also has two goals and four points in 30 games with the Reign this season.
Arizona Coyotes
Forward Matias Maccelli won't be in the Coyotes' lineup this week and there's a possibility he will miss next week as well, according to head coach Andre Tourigny.
Maccelli, 22, has already missed the team's last 12 games and is considered day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
The 5-foot-11 winger was originally given a six week timeline to recover from the injury.
Maccelli is a 2019 fourth-round pick of the Coyotes in 2019 and has three goals and 22 points in 30 games this season
Karel Vejmelka will start on Thursday against the Washington Capitals, according to Tourigny.
Vejmelka, 26, has an 11-16-4 record with a .902 save percentage and 3.33 goals-against average this season.
The 6-foot-4 goaltender has lost his last seven starts.
St. Louis Blues
The Blues are projected to use these lines for Thursday's game against the Nashville Predators:
Saad - Thomas - Kyrou
Buchnevich - Schenn - Neighbours
Barbashev - Acciari - Leivo
Toropchenko - Walker - Pitlick
Leddy - Parayko
Mikkola - Faulk
Tucker - Rosen
Binnington
Washington Capitals
The Capitals used these lines during their morning skate on Thursday prior to their game against the Arizona Coyotes, according to Samantha Pell of the Washington Post.
Ovechkin - Strome - Aube-Kubel
Milano - Backstrom - Wilson
Sheary - Eller - Oshie
Johansson - Kuznetsov - Hathaway
Gustafsson - van Riemsdyk
Orlov - Jensen
Alexeyev - Fehervary
Extras: Mantha, Protas, Irwin
Out: Dowd (lower-body injury)
Nashville Predators
The Predators assigned forward Michael McCarron to the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals on Thursday.
McCarron, 27, cleared waivers on Thursday and has a goal and two points in 15 games with the Predators this season.
The 6-foot-6 forward went into the NHL/NHLPA Players Assistance Program on Dec. 11 and was reinstated on Wednesday.