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Lagesson was forced to leave Monday's game vs. the Jets with an upper-body injury after playing just 6:47 TOI. Either Kris Russell or Caleb Jones will draw back into the lineup to replace Lagesson on Wednesday.


Leonard will replace Kurtis Gabriel after sitting as a healthy scratch on Saturday night. Leonard, who has two assists in eight games will play in the bottom-6 and could see some power-play time on PP2.



Leonard has been a healthy scratch for the last six games but will replace Rudolfs Balcers in the lineup on Thursday. Leonard had two assists, nine shots and a minus-5 rating in his first seven career NHL games.



