The 37-year-old was a full participant in yesterday’s practice as well as playing his usual role Jordan MartinookAnd Rod Brind’Amour said before the game that he was “hopeful” Staal could participate in today’s tilt.
overall, Brandon Bussey Will will be making back-to-back starts for the first time in his young career, looking to continue his impressive performance in Friday’s 5-1 win over Winnipeg. That win made the 27-year-old the first goaltender in franchise history to win six of his first seven career starts with the club, leading him to 6-1-0 on the year with an .899 SV% and 2.43 GAA.
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Tonight’s projected lineup…
Ahead
Svechnikov – Aho – Jarvis
Ehlers – Stankoven – Blake
Martinook – Stall – Carrier
Hall-Jankowski-Robinson
protect
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Gostisbehere – Chatfield
Nikishin – Nystrom
starting goaltender
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Sports injuries
Pyotr Kochetkov (lower body injury | no timetable for return)
Jesperi Kotkaniemi (ankle injury | no timetable for return)
Charles Alexis Legault (hand injury | out 3-4 months as of November 11)
Jakob Slavin (lower body injury | “out for a while” on October 14)
scratch
Mike Reilly
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PP1: Aho, Ehlers, Jarvis and Svechnikov with Gostisbehere
PP2: Blake, Hall and Stankoven with Miller/Nikishin and Walker
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