

Frost missed Monday's practice and remains under the weather, so he'll be a game-time decision vs. the Jets. If Frost can't play, Connor Bunnaman will move up to the third line and Jackson Cates will draw into the lineup.


Farabee suffered an upper-body injury on Thursday and is expected to miss at least one month. James van Riemsdyk or Oskar Lindblom are expected to replace him on the top line and Wade Allison was called up from Lehigh Valley (AHL) to take his spot on the roster.

Ritchie was one of three players added to the COVID-19 protocol list and will not be available on Saturday. Pierre Engvall (COVID-19 protocol) is expected to be back in the lineup to replace Ritchie.


Hanley was on paternity leave recently and has often been a healthy scratch this season but will play Friday in Florida. Hanley will replace Andrej Sekera (COVID-19 protocol) in the lineup and skate on the third pair with Jani Hakanpaa.


Hunt will miss at least one week after being moved to IR on Friday. With Hunt and Julien Gauthier (COVID-19 protocol) out, the Rangers have recalled Jonny Brodzinski and Tim Gettinger from the taxi squad.

Hunt missed Friday's practice due to an upper-body injury and is questionable to play Saturday in Anaheim. If Hunt is not available vs. the Ducks, the Rangers will likely need to call someone up from their taxi squad to replace him.

Bean was a late scratch from the lineup on Tuesday due to a non-COVID illness but will draw back into the lineup on Thursday. Bean will likely be leaned on heavily with Zack Werenski still out.


Sharangovich and Pavel Zacha entered COVID-19 protocol and will not play in Boston. With Sharangovich, Zacha and Nico Hischier all out, Thomas Tatar, Alexander Holtz and Nolan Foote are expected to play.

Wolf, who is 14-0-2 with a 1.84 GAA and .940 SV% in 16 AHL games this season, will backup Jacob Markstrom on Thursday.

Huberdeau tested out of COVID-19 protocol and will be available for Wednesday's game vs. the Rangers. With Huberdeau in, the Panthers are nearly at 100 percent. He has 33 points (10G / 23A) in 29 games this season.

The Panthers placed four new players in COVID-19 protocol on Sunday, the same day that they activated eight players from the list. With Weegar likely out until the middle of next week, Gustav Forsling skated on a pairing with Aaron Ekblad in Monday's practice.

The Panthers placed four new players in COVID-19 protocol on Sunday, the same day that they activated eight players from the list. With Huberdeau likely out until the middle of next week, Frank Vatrano moved up into the top-6 in Monday's practice.

Kadri was placed in COVID-19 protocol on December 18th but the team did not announce it until Sunday. The Avalanche provided expected return dates for all of the players still in protocol and put Kadri on track to be back ahead of Wednesday's game vs. Dallas.


Farabee has missed the last seven games with an upper-body injury but will draw back into the lineup on Saturday. Farabee, who has seven goals and three assists in 21 games, will be on the top line with Sean Couturier and Travis Konecny.
