Ice Chips: Talbot to make first Sens start Saturday
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Ottawa Senators
Goaltender Cam Talbot will make his first start of the season on Saturday against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Talbot, 35, missed the first three weeks of the season due to a rib injury and make his Sens debut on Thursday in relief of Anton Forsberg.
Head coach DJ Smith on the Sens goaltending plan:
“The goal all along was to go even & whoever was playing better would get more games. Unfortunately for Forsy he’s had to play almost all of them. Talbot is fresh, I expect he’ll come in and do what he has to do and we’ll ride him for a bit.”
Last season with the Minnesota Wild, Talbot posted a 32-12-4 record with a 2.76 goals-against average and .911 save percentage. He was acquired from the Wild in the offseason in exchange for Filip Gustavsson.
The Senators have recalled defenceman Jacob Bernard-Docker from the AHL's Belleville Senators, the team announced on Friday.
The 22-year-old had played 13 games with Ottawa this season, recording one assist. The Canmore, Alta. native was drafted 26th overall by the Sens in the 2018 NHL Draft.
Smith also provided an update on the status of forward Josh Norris, who is out with a shoulder injury. No decision has been made on his recovery plan and Norris is currently seeking a second opinion on the injury.
"It's his right to do so, to look into whatever's best for him. It would be great to have him back but we gotta move on as if he's not coming," said Smith.
The lines at Sens practice as reported by TSN's Claire Hanna:
Tkachuk-Stützle-Giroux
DeBrincat-Pinto-Batherson
Motte-Brassard/Gambrell-Joseph
Kelly-Kastelic-Watson
Chabot-Brannstrom
Sanderson-Hamonic
Holden-Zaitsev
Talbot in starters end
Forsberg
The team also announced on Friday that a process has been initiated for the sale of the NHL franchise.
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs have recalled forward Wayne Simmonds from the AHL's Toronto Marlies, the team announced on Friday. Simmonds was loaned to the Marlies on Tuesday
The 34-year-old has played three games with the maple Leafs this season, recording one assist.
The club also announced that it has loaned defenceman Filip Kral to the Marlies. The 23-year-old has played two games with the Leafs this season and did not record a point.
Forwards Pontus Holmberg and Nick Robertson were seen in grey extras sweaters at Friday's practice, according to TSN's Mark Masters.
Nicolas Aube-Kubel filled in on defence at practice in place of Kral.
Bunting - Matthews - Marner
Kerfoot - Tavares - Nylander
Aston-Reese - Kampf - Malgin
Engvall - Jarnkrok - Simmonds
Robertson, Holmberg
Rielly - Liljegren
Brodie - Holl
Giordano - Sandin
Aube-Kubel, Mete
Samsonov
Kallgren
Ahead of their upcoming back-to-back, Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe announced that Ilya Samsonov will start at home on Saturday night against the Boston Bruins and Erik Kallgren will see action in Raleigh against the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday afternoon.
The 25-year-old Samsonov is coming off his fifth win of the season against the Philadelphia Flyers where he allowed two goals against on 25 shots. In seven starts, the Russian-born goaltender has a record of 5-2 with a 2.30 GAA and a .920 save percentage.
Kallgren, 26, has played in three games this season, losing one in regulation and two in overtime. He carries a 3.62 GAA and .875 save percentage.
Winnipeg Jets
The Jets have placed forward Morgan Barron on injured reserve due to wrist surgery and converted forward Jansen Harkins to a regular recall, the team announced on Friday.
Barron, 23, has played nine games this season tallying one goal and three assists. Barron is scheduled to miss four to five weeks after surgery to repair a small fractured bone.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets head coach Brad Larsen announced that forward Boone Jenner (illness) is a game-time decisions for today's game against the Colorado Avalanche in Finland.
Jenner, 29, has recorded one goal and three assists in 10 games this season. He has spent his entire career with Columbus since being selected by the club in the 7th round of the 2011 NHL Draft. his next game wil be his 600th with the franchise.
Later, the club announced that defenceman Nick Blankenburg had been activated off injured reserve after missing the past three games with an upper-body injury. The 24-year-old has scored one goal and one assist in four games this season.
In a corresponding move, the Jackets assigned defenceman Gavin Bayreuther to the AHL's Cleveland Monsters.
New York Rangers
Head coach Gerard Gallant says defenceman Ryan Lindgren is day-to-day with an upper-body injury and that the team will know more about the injury on Saturday.
Lindgren, 24, has two assists in 12 games with the Rangers this season.