Jaros was recently activated from COVID-19 protocol and will play for the first time since December 11th. Jaros will replace Dougie Hamilton, who is out with a head/face injury after taking a puck to the face on Sunday.
Merzlikins missed Monday's practice with "lower-body discomfort" and is not expected to dress on Tuesday. The Blue Jackets recalled J-F Berube from Cleveland (AHL) to serve as Joonas Korpisalo's backup.
Werenski was not on the ice for Monday's practice and was placed on the COVID-19 protocol list on Tuesday. With Werenski out, Adam Boqvist moved up to the top pairing and is expected to be on the top power-play unit as well.
Sunday was a mostly good day for the Bruins, activating Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, Taylor Hall, Craig Smith, Jeremy Swayman, Trent Frederic, Curtis Lazar and Anton Blidh from protocol but added Coyle--who joins Brandon Carlo and Oskar Steen, who remain on the list. Coyle will likely be out until at least the middle of next week.
The Blue Jackets are in Buffalo on Monday and they'll be without Jenner, Jack Roslovic and Gabriel Carlsson, who entered protocol on Sunday.
Chinakhov was not in the lineup for the last five games but will replace Gregory Hofmann in the lineup on Thursday. Hofmann had been skating on the top line, so Chinakhov, who has four points (1G / 3A) in 18 games, could play in the top-6.
The Predators have had a COVID-19 outbreak, so Olivier is part of the reinforcements coming up from Milwaukee. Olivier has two goals and two assists in 14 AHL games this season.
The COVID-19 outbreak in Calgary continues as seven more players were added to the protocol list, including Gudbranson. That brings the total to 16 players.
Nico Hischier and Ryan Graves were moved to the COVID-19 protocol list over the weekend and Jaros joined them on Monday.
Both Elvis Merzlikins and Joonas Korpisalo are dealing with non-COVID illnesses, so Daniil Tarasov has been recalled and is expected to start Thursday.
