Ice Chips: Johnson to make Bruins debut vs. Leafs
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Boston Bruins
One day after signing a one-year, $775,000 contract with the Boston Bruins, forward Tyler Johnson will make his debut with the team tonight against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Johnson joined the Bruins on a professional tryout agreement in August and recorded a goal and two points in four preseason games.
The 33-year-old spent the 2023-24 season with the Chicago Blackhawks, scoring 17 goals with 31 points in 64 games.
He helped the Tampa Bay Lightning win back-to-back Stanley Cup titles in 2020 and 2021.
The Spokane, Wash. native has skated 738 career NHL games, scoring 193 goals with 431 points split between the Lightning and Blackhawks.
Vancouver Canucks
The Canucks have assigned forward Arshdeep Bains to AHL Abbotsford and recalled forward Aatu Raty.
Raty, 21, has three goals and seven points in eight games with Abbotsford this season. He has one assist in three games in Vancouver.
Raty was acquired by the Canucks along with Anthony Beauvillier and a first-round pick on Jan. 30, 2023 in the deal that sent Bo Horvat to the New York Islanders.
Bains has one goal in seven games with Vancouver this season.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Anthony Stolarz will start tonight against the Boston Bruins according to head coach Craig Berube.
Stolarz is 4-2-2 in eight appearances this season, recording a .919 save percentage and 2.38 GAA.
The 30-year-old helped the Florida Panthers win the Stanley Cup last year, their first in franchise history.
A second-round pick (45th overall) by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2012, Stolarz has appeared in 116 NHL games split between the Flyers, Edmonton Oilers, Anaheim Ducks, Panthers and Maple Leafs.
The Maple Leafs will be without captain Auston Matthews tonight as he is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
Lines at Leafs skate per TSN's Mark Masters:
Knies - Domi - Marner
Pacioretty - Tavares - Nylander
McMann - Holmberg - Robertson
Lorentz - Kampf - Reaves
Rielly - Ekman-Larsson
McCabe - Tanev
Benoit - Timmins
Myers, Benning
Stolarz
Woll
Absent: Matthews (upper body)
Leafs power play units at skate
Rielly
Marner Tavares Nylander
Knies
Ekman-Larsson
Domi Robertson Pacioretty
McMann
Montreal Canadiens
Samuel Montembeault will get the start tonight as the Canadiens host the Calgary Flames.
Montembeault has appeared in eight games this season, going 3-5-0 with an .894 save percentage and 3.43 GAA.
The 28-year-old is in his fourth season with the Canadiens.
Montreal has lost three straight games and are last in the Atlantic Division.
Ottawa Senators
Sens lines from the morning skate in Buffalo per TSN 1200:
Tkachuk-Stützle-Greig
Giroux-Norris-Batherson
Gregor-Ostapchuk-Amadio
Cousins-Gaudette-MacEwen
Sanderson-Hamonic
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-JBD/Zub
Winnipeg Jets
Connor Hellebuyck is expected to start tonight against the Utah Hockey Club.
Jets lines per TSN's John Lu:
Connor - Scheifele - Vilardi
Ehlers - Namestnikov - Perfetti
Niederreiter - Lowry - Appleton
Barron - Kupari - Iafallo
Morrissey - DeMelo
Samberg - Pionk
Stanley - Miller
Hellebuyck
Comrie
San Jose Sharks
Rookie Macklin Celebrini will return to the lineup tonight against the Columbus Blue Jackets after missing the last 12 games with a hip injury.
Celebrini has appeared in only one game this season, the Sharks' season opener on Oct. 10. The 18-year-old had a goal and an assist in the game before reaggravating a hip injury he originally suffered during the preseason.
"When I went into the boards I hurt my hip a little bit in the preseason game," Celebrini said. "I rehabbed it. I didn't play any preseason games after that and then rehabbed. It was feeling really good, and then [I] reaggravated it during the first game, first shift. I didn't want to not play in that game, so I kind of stuck through it, but at the end of the game something didn't feel right.
"It was just a lot of gym work [and] strengthening all the muscles around [the hip]. [I was] doing a lot of exercises where I'm moving the right way and not putting it in jeopardy."
He returned to practice on Oct. 31 and was skating on a line with Tyler Toffoli and Mikael Granlund.
The Sharks are currently last in the Western Conference with a 3-8-2 record.
New York Islanders
The Islanders have recalled defenceman Isaiah George from the AHL's Bridgeport Sound Tigers.
George is in his first professional season and has skated in four games so far, notching a goal and an assist.
The 20-year-old was drafted in the fourth round (98th overall) by the Islanders in 2022.
Last season, he helped the OHL's London Knights win the OHL Championship.
Seattle Kraken
The Kraken have recalled forward Ryan Winterton from the AHL's Coachella Valley Firebirds.
Winterton, 21, has three goals and five points in seven games with the Firebirds this season.
A third-round pick (67th overall) by the Kraken in 2021, Winterton had 22 goals and 35 points in 58 games last season in his first AHL campaign. He also appeared in nine games with Seattle but did not record a point.