Ice Chips: Leafs' Tanev a game-time decision against Panthers
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Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Chris Tanev is a game-time decision when his team takes on the Florida Panthers on Thursday, according to head coach Craig Berube.
Tanev, 35, missed the team's last six games with an upper-body injury.
The 6-foot-3 right shot defenceman has two goals and 17 points in 57 games with a plus-26 while averaging 19:48 of ice time.
Ottawa Senators
The Senators are projected to use these lines when they take on the Boston Bruins on Thursday.
Edmonton Oilers
The Oilers are projected to use these lines when they take on the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.
Nugent-Hopkins - McDavid - Hyman
J. Skinner - Draisaitl - Arvidsson
Podkolzin - Henrique - Brown
Jones - Kapanen - Perry
Walman - Bouchard
Nurse - Stecher
Kulak - Emberson
S. Skinner
Pickard
New Jersey Devils
Jacob Markstrom is expected to be in net when the Devils take on the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday, according to team reporters Amanda Stein.
Markstrom, 35, has a 22-12-5 record with a 2.36 goals-against average and .906 save percentage in his first season with the Devils.
The Devils are projected to use these lines against the Oilers on Thursday.
Philadelphia Flyers
Samuel Ersson is expected to start in net for the Flyers when they take on the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.
Ersson, 25, has an 18-12-4 record with a .889 save percentage and 2.97 goals-against average this season.
Additionally, defenceman Rasmus Ristolainen won't be available for the Flyers tonight and Egor Zamula will come into the lineup in his place.
Ristolainen has four goals and 19 points in 63 games this season while averaging 20:31 of ice time.
Buffalo Sabres
The Sabres assigned forwards Josh Dunne and Isak Rosen to the AHL's Rochester Americans on Thursday.
Dunne, 26, made his NHL debut during the team's 4-0 loss to the Florida Panthers on Saturday, recording five penalty minutes on 7:15 of ice time.
The 6-foot-4 centre has eight goals and 24 points in 54 games with the Americans this season.
Rosen, 21, has appeared in three games with the Sabres this year with a minus-2 rating.
The 6-foot winger has 26 goals and 50 points in 51 games in the AHL this season.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Tristan Jarry will be in net when the Penguins take on the St. Louis Blues on Thursday, according to head coach Mike Sullivan.
Jarry, 37, is coming off a 37-save overtime win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday.
The 6-foot-2 netminder has a 10-8-4 record with a .893 save percentage and 3.15 save percentage this season.
Florida Panthers
Sergei Bobrovsky will be in net against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, according to head coach Paul Maurice.
Bobrovsky, 36, has won four of his last five games and has a 27-14-2 record with a .907 save percentage and 2.51 goals-against average this season.
The Panthers are projected to use these lines when they take on the Toronto Maple Leafs, according to team reporter Jameson Olive.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Forward Nikita Kucherov will be a game-time decision due to an illness when his team takes on the Philadelphia Flyers, according to head coach Jon Cooper,
Kucherov, 31, exited the Lightning's 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday in the third period with an upper-body injury.
The 6-foot winger has 28 goals and 92 points in 61 games this season.
Jonas Johansson is expected to be in net on Thursday when the Lightning take on the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday, according to team reporter Gabby Shirley.
Johansson, 29, has a 7-5-1 record this season with a 3.15 goals-against average and .896 save percentage while backing up goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Forward Christian Fischer is will make his Blue Jackets debut on Thursday when his team takes on the Vegas Golden Knights, confirmed head coach Dean Evason.
Fischer, 27, was claimed off waivers by the Blue Jackets from the Detroit Red Wings on March 6.
The 6-foot-2 winger has a goal and seven points in 45 games with the Red Wings this season.
Additionally, Elvis Merzlikins will be in net against the Golden Knights.
Merzlikins, 30, has a 22-17-4 record this season with a 3.04 goals-against average and .896 save percentage.
San Jose Sharks
Noah Gregor is expected to make his debut for his second stint as a Shark when his team takes on Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday, according Sheng Peng of NBC Sports.
Gregor, 26, was acquired by the Sharks, along with forward Zack Ostapchuk, from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for forwards Fabian Zetterlund and Tristen Robins on March 7.
He previously had 26 goals and 51 points in 178 games with the Sharks between 2019 to 2023.
The 6-foot winger has four goals and six points in 40 games with the Senators this season.
Additionally, Alexandar Georgiev will be in net against the Blackhawks on Thursday.
The 6-foot-1 netminder has a 4-15-1 record this season with a .875 save percentage and 3.84 goals-against average.