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Montreal Canadiens

Injured forward Tyler Toffoli skated for the first time since sustaining a lower-body injury on March 19.

Habs head coach Dominique Ducharme told reporters that he should be back in the next few days. Ducharme said Monday night that Toffoli was getting better but would not play Tuesday night as Montreal returns to action against the Edmonton Oilers.

Meanwhile, forward Michael Frolik will make his Montreal debut Tuesday night.

Frolik skated on the Habs' fourth line Tuesday morning. He was signed as a free agent on Dec. 23 and has appeared in two games with the AHL's Laval Rocket.

Here were the Tuesday morning lines courtesy of TSN's John Lu:

Tatar - Danault - Gallagher
Drouin - Suzuki - Anderson
Byron - Kotkaniemi - Lehkonen
Frolik - Evans - Perry

Edmundson - Weber
Kulak - Petry
Romanov - Mete

Price
Allen

 

Power play:

Drouin
Danault - Anderson - Suzuki
Weber

Perry
Kotkaniemi - Gallagher - Tatar
Petry

 

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forwards Adam Brooks and Scott Sabourin and defenceman Timothy Liljegren have been reassigned to the Maple Leafs' taxi squad.

Forward Nick Robertson and defenceman Calle Rosen have been reassigned to the AHL's Toronto Marlies.

 

Vancouver Canucks

Canucks general manager Jim Benning announced that forward Justin Bailey had successful shoulder surgery on Monday.

Benning added he will miss the remainder of the season and there is no timetable for his return to play.

 

Tampa Bay Lightning

Injured defenceman Ryan McDonagh was skating with the team Tuesday morning after missing the last three games with a lower-body injury.

Head coach Jon Cooper told reporters afterwards that he was still a game or two away from returning.

Here were their lines ahead of their matchup with the Columbus Blue Jackets according to team reporter Bryan Burns:

Palat-Point-Johnson
Killorn-Cirelli-Stamkos
Goodrow-Gourde-Coleman
Maroon-Colton-Joseph

Hedman-Rutta
Sergachev-Schenn
Borgman-Foote
McDonagh rotating in

 

Edmonton Oilers

Mike Smith starts in net Tuesday as the Oilers battle the Montreal Canadiens.

Here is the projected lineup according to TSN's Ryan Rishaug.

Draisaitl-McDavid-Puljujarvi
Turris-RNH-Yamamoto
Shore-Khaira-Archibald
Ennis-Haas-Kassian

Nurse-Barrie
Laggesson-Larsson
Russell-Bear

 

Columbus Blue Jackets

Former Toronto Maple Leaf Mikko Lehtonen will make his Blue Jackets debut Tuesday night as they take on the Tampa Bay Lightning, tweets The Athletic's Aaron Portzline.

Lehtonen was acquired earlier this month in a trade for goaltender Veini Vehvilainen.

 

Boston Bruins

Injured defenceman Brandon Carlo told reporters Tuesday he was cleared to return Monday and is "super excited to return to the lineup," adding that he is 100 per cent.

Carlo last played on March 5 and was taken to the hospital after receiving a hit to the head from Washington's Tom Wilson. The Capitals forward was suspended seven games by NHL Player Safety.