Compher suffered an upper-body injury early in Saturday's game vs. the Sharks. He is expected to miss at least one month, with leaves the Avalanche without Nathan MacKinnon and Compher down the middle. With both of them out, Mikko Rantanen moved to centre in Monday's practice with Logan O'Connor moving up to RW1.
With Mitchell Stephens landing on IR with a lower-body injury, Veleno has been recalled for the Red Wings' four-game road trip. Veleno has one goal and one assist in four games with the Red Wings this season and three goals in seven AHL games.
Simek has missed the last six games while on the COVID-19 reserve list but should be back in the lineup on Saturday. With Simek back, Nicolas Meloche was reassigned to the AHL.
Raymond missed Wednesday's practice and his status for Thursday's game vs. the Capitals is uncertain. Monitor his availability when the Red Wings hit the ice for warmups at 7:00 PM ET.
Campbell stopped 42 of the 44 shots that he faced in the Maple Leafs' win over the Bruins on Saturday. Campbell is riding a four-game winning streak, having stopped 119 of the 124 shots (.960 SV%) that he has faced. Tonight he will face his former team with the Los Angeles Kings in town riding a four-game winning streak of their own.
With Antti Raanta dealing with an upper-body injury, Lyon has been summoned from the AHL to serve as the Hurricanes No.2 netminder. The 28-year-old netminder has gone 2-1-0 with a 2.35 GAA and .891 SV% in three AHL games this season.
