Ice Chips: Leafs recall Hildeby on emergency basis
Published
Keep updated on all the injury news and roster updates from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.
Goaltender Joseph Woll is dealing with lower-body tightness and will not start in Wednesday's opener against the Montreal Canadiens, head coach Craig Berube told reporters.
“Woll experienced some lower-body tightness [on Tuesday]. It’s precautionary, so we’re going to keep him out tonight," Berube said.
Anthony Stolarz will instead get the nod for Toronto in net for the opener.
"He definitely takes up a lot of the net. It's pretty noticeable coming down & shooting on him. He's pretty good at reading the play, I find. When you think you have the opening he's kind of baiting you to shoot it there. He's a really smart goalie," teammate Auston Matthews said about Stolarz.
Berube added that Woll has not been ruled out from playing Thursday in New Jersey against the Devils on the back-to-back. Woll played in one preseason game over the weekend against the Detroit Red Wings.
Meanwhile, goaltender Dennis Hildeby has joined the Leafs in Montreal on an emergency basis.
The 23-year-old has yet to appear in an NHL game. He had a 2.41 goals-against average and .913 save percentage in 41 AHL games last season with the Toronto Marlies.
Buffalo Sabres
Forward JJ Peterka practised with the Buffalo Sabres Wednesday, four days after sustaining a concussion in Prague against the New Jersey Devils.
Peterka skated on his own Tuesday and head coach Lindy Ruff described him as day-to-day.
He was injured on an open-ice hit from New Jersey defenseman Brenden Dillon last Saturday.
Winger Zach Benson was also back at practice for Buffalo after sustaining a lower-body injury against the Devils.
Minnesota Wild
Forward Matt Boldy will be available to play in the Wild's opener against the Columbus Blue Jackets, reports NHL.com's Jessi Pierce.
Boldy suffered a lower-body injury earlier in camp and was originally considered week-to-week.
Meanwhile, Pierce reports that defenceman Jacob Middleton will also be available Thursday.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Defenceman Erik Karlsson said via Seth Rorabaugh of Tribune-Review Sports that he is good to go for the team's opener Wednesday against the New York Rangers.
Karlsson has dealt with an upper-body injury throughout training camp but maintained optimism he would be good to go for opening night.
Meanwhile, forward Bryan Rust (lower-body) will not play Wednesday night.
Calgary Flames
Dan Vladar gets the start in net Wednesday night against the Vancouver Canucks.
Vladar played in 20 games last season, recording a 3.62 goals-against average and a .882 save percentage.
Here were the lines at Wednesday's skate:
Caufield-Suzuki -Slafkovsky
Newhook-Dach-Armia
Barre-Boulet-Dvorak – Anderson
Heineman -Evans- Gallagher
Matheson-Guhle
Hutson-Savard
Xhekaj-Barron
Montembeault
Here were the Senators' lines Wednesday morning:
Tkachuk-Stutzle-Giroux
Greig-Norris-Batherson
Perron-Pinto-Amadio
Gregor-Gaudette-Cousins
Extra: MacEwen
Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-Hamonic
Extra: Bernard-Docker
Ullmark
Forsberg
Nashville Predators
Predators goaltender Juuse Saros is day-to-day with a lower-body injury, reports Alex Daugherty of the Tennessean.
He is questionable for Thursday's opener against the Dallas Stars.
Meanwhile, the Preds have recalled 26-year-old goaltender Matt Murray from the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals, it was announced Wednesday.
Murray had a 14-15-2 record, 3.02 goals-against average, .896 save percentage and one shutout in 31 games for the AHL’s Texas Stars in 2023-24.
Los Angeles Kings
The Kings have recalled forward Andre Lee from the AHL's Ontario Reign, it was announced Wednesday.
Defenceman Drew Doughty was officially placed on the long-term injured reserve list. He is expected to be out month to month as he recovers from ankle surgery.
Goalie signings
Both Linus Ullmark and Joey Daccord agreed to long-term deals with their respective teams Wednesday.
The Senators and Ullmark struck a four-year, $33 million deal ($8.25 million AAV) while the Kraken and Daccord reached a five-year, $25 million agreement.