Feb 1, 2022
Ice Chips: Pearson, Podkolzin return to Canucks lineup
Keep updated on all the injury news and roster updates from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.
TSN.ca Staff
Keep updated on all the injury news and roster updates from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.
Vancouver Canucks
Forwards Tanner Pearson and Vasily Podkolzin will return to the lineup on Tuesday against the Nashville Predators, according to head coach Bruce Boudreau.
Pearson, 29, entered the NHL's COVID protocol on Jan. 25 and has missed the Canucks last four games.
The Kitchener, Ont., native has seven goals and 18 points in 41 games this season.
Podkolzin, 20, was a healthy scratch for the Canucks' 3-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday,
The 6-foot-1 forward has seven goals and 10 points in 42 games this season,
Additionally, Boudreau announced goaltender Thatcher Demko will start against the Predators.
Demko, 26, has a 17-14-2 record with a .918 save percentage and 2.57 goals-against average this season.
The Canucks announced later Tuesday that defenceman Kyle Burroughs has been placed on injured reserve.
The 26-year-old last played on Jan. 23 and has one goal and two assists and is minus-5 in 31 games this season.
Winnipeg Jets
Defencemen Dylan DeMelo will not be available to on Tuesday against the Philadelphia Flyers, according to interim head coach Dave Lowry.
DeMelo, 28, has missed the Jets last four games with lower-body injury.
The London, Ont., native has a goal and four points in 36 games this season.
Defenceman Josh Morrissey has exited the NHL's COVID protocol and will return to the lineup on Tuesday,
Morrissey, 26, has five goals and 16 points in 38 games this season.
Additionally, goaltender Connor Hellebuyck will start in net on Tuesday against the Flyers.
Hellebuyck, 28, has a 14-14-6 record with a .909 save percentage and 2.93 goals-against average this season.
Carolina Hurricanes
The Hurricanes have assigned forward Josh Leivo to the AHL's Chicago Wolves on Tuesday,
Leivo, 28, has a goal and three points in five games this season,
Boston Bruins
The Bruins used these lines during Tuesday's morning skate:
Marchand - Bergeron - Smith
Hall - Nosek - Pastrnak
DeBrusk - Coyle - Steen
Blidh - Fogarty - Lazar
Frederic/Foligno
Grzelcyk - McAvoy
Reilly- Carlo
Forbort - Vaakanainen
Clifton/Lewington
Ullmark
Swayman
Grosenick
Linus Ullmark will start in net on Tuesday against the Seattle Kraken.
Ullmark, 28, has a 15-6-1 record with a .912 save percentage and 2.66 goals-against average.
New York Rangers
The Rangers have recalled forward Morgan Barron to their active roster and assigned forwards Tim Gettinger, and Lauri Pajuniemi, and defencemen Tarmo Reunanen and Jarred Tinordi to the AHL's Hartford Wolf Pack.
Barron, 23, has an assist in eight games this season,
Gettinger, 23, has eight goals and 19 points in 24 games with the Wolf Pack this season
Pajuniemi, 22, has eight goals and 17 points in 33 ganes with the Wolf Pack this season.
Reunanen, 23, has a goal and 14 points in 24 games with the Wolf Pack this season.
Tinordi, 29, has a goal in seven games with the Rangers this season.
Detroit Red Wings
Defenceman Nick Leddy did not practice on Tuesday and he is not expected to play on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Kings, according to head coach Jeff Blashill.
Leddy, 30, left Monday's 2-1 overtime victory against the Anaheim Ducks in the third period with an upper-body injury,
The Eden Prairie, Minn., native has a goal and 12 points in 44 games this season.
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Penguins have added forward Michael Chaput to their active roster on Tuesday.
Chaput, 29, has two goals and nine points in 22 games with the AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins this season.
Defenceman Chad Ruhwedel has been placed in the NHL's COVID protocol and won't be available against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday, according to head coach Mike Sullivan.
Ruhwedel, 31. has four assists in 41 games this season.
Additionally, defenceman Brian Dumoulin is a game-time decision on Tuesday, according to Sullivan.
Dumoulin, 30, has three goals and 14 points in 40 games this season.
Tristan Jarry is expected to start in net against the Capitals on Tuesday, according to Tom Gulitti of NHL.com.
Jarry, 26, has a 23-8-5 record with a .925 save percentage and 2.17 goals-against average this season.
Ottawa Senators
Anton Forsberg will start in net on Tuesday against the New York Islanders, according to head coach D.J. Smith.
Forsberg, 29, has a 7-7-1 record with a .911 save percentage and 2.95 goals-against average this season.
Dallas Stars
The Stars have recalled forward Riley Damiani and goaltender Anton Khudobin from the AHL's Texas Wild on Tuesday.
Damiani, 21, has seven goals and 18 points in 24 games with Texas this season.
Khudobin, 35, has a 3-4-1 record with a .879 save percentage and 3.63 goals-against average with Dallas this season.
Jake Oettinger will start in net on Tuesday against the Calgary Flames, according to head coach Rick Bowness.
Oettinger, 23, has an 11-4-0 record with a .913 save percentage and 2.43 goals against average this season.
San Jose Sharks
The Sharks are projected to use these lines for Tuesday's game against the Tampa Bay Lightning:
Meier - Hertl - Barabanov
Balcers - Couture - Dahlen
Cogliano - Bonino - Nieto
Gadjovic - Pederson - Gregor
Ferraro - Burns
Megna - Meloche
Middleton - Vlasic
Reimer
Sawchenko
James Reimer is expected to start in net on Tuesday against the Lightning, according to Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now.
Reimer, 33, has a 13-9-2 record with a .916 save percentage and 2.81 goals-against average this season.
Seattle Kraken
Chris Driedger will start in net on Tuesday against the Boston Bruins.
Driedger, 27, has a 3-6-0 record with a .896 save percentage and 3.18 goals-against average this season.
Defenceman Will Borgen has entered the NHL's COVID protocol and won't be available on Tuesday.
Borgen, 25, has a goal and two points in 15 games this season.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy is expected to be in net on Tuesday against the San Jose Sharks, according to Joe Smith of The Athletic.
Vasilevskiy, 27, has a 24-7-4 record with a .922 save percentage and 2.24 goals-against average this season.
Washington Capitals
Vitek Vanecek will start in net against the PIttsburgh Penguins on Tuesday, according to Tom Gulitti of NHL.com.
Vanecek, 26, has a 10-6-5 record with a .916 save percentage and 2.35 goals-against average this season.
Philadelphia Flyers
Carter Hart is expected to start in net on Tuesday against the Winnipeg Jets, according to Adam Kimelman of NHL.com.
Hart, 23, has a 8-14-5 record with a .913 save percentage and 2.87 goals against average this season.
Additionally, forward Morgan Frost is a game time decision due to a non-COVID related illness, according to Kimelman.
Frost, 22, has two goals and seven points in 25 games this season.
Arizona Coyotes
Scott Wedgewood will start in net on Tuesday against the Colorado Avalanche, according to head coach Andre Tourigny.
Wedgewood, 29, has a 4-11-3 record with a .896 save percentage and 3.30 goals against average this season.
Colorado Avalanche
Darcy Kuemper will be in net on Tuesday against the Arizona Coyotes, according to Peter Baugh of The Athletic.
Kuemper, 31, has a 21-5-1 record with a .915 save percentage and 2.58 goals-against average this season.