Motte has not played since suffering an upper-body injury on January 14th but will return to the lineup on Monday against the Los Angeles Kings. The 29-year-old Motte will replace an injured J.T. Compher (upper body). Motte has four points (2G / 2A) and 35 hits in 27 games this season.
With Patrick Kane (upper body) sidelined, Tarasenko has seen an increase in deployment, including being on the top powerplay unit, but could be sidelined as well on Monday due to an illness. Tarasenko is averaging only 14:44 time-on-ice, his lowest total since his rookie season in 2012-13. He has 20 points (6G / 14A) in 48 games this season.
Compher will not play on Monday against the Los Angeles Kings due to an upper-body injury. The 29-year-old Compher recorded an assist in Saturday's 2-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, snapping a six-game pointless skid. He has 21 points (6G / 15A) in 48 games this season but has only recorded two (1G / 1A) in his last 12.
Reinbacher underwent knee surgery after suffering a knee injury in a preseason game in September and has been sidelined since. He was originally given an early-March timeline and appears to be on-track to return then. The 20-year-old blueliner appeared in 11 AHL games a season ago, scoring two goals with three assists.
Pulock suffered a lower-body injury in his opening shift in Saturday's 3-2 win over the New York Islanders and have been placed on Injured Reserve. Already without Noah Dobson (lower body), the Islanders are now without two of their top-four defenders.
Hogberg suffered an injury in Saturday's 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes and has been placed on Injured Reserve. The Islanders have recalled Jakub Skarek in a corresponding move.
Doughty has missed the first 46 games of the season but has been ramping up his on-ice activity over the last week. Per Darren Dreger, Doughty's health is great, but the Kings are allowing him time to get back up to speed before he makes his season debut. Don't expect to see Doughty in Detroit on Monday but he could be in by the end of the week.
