Bunting appeared in five games with the Coyotes a season ago but has spent the entire 2021 season in the AHL. The former fourth-round pick leads Tucson (AHL) with 19 points (7G / 12A) in 16 games. He'll replace Drake Caggiula on the fourth line.

Forsberg has missed the last three games with an upper-body injury and will likely miss at least a couple more weeks. This is obviously a huge loss for the Predators, who are also without Ryan Ellis, Matt Duchene and Brad Richardson.

Saros was not available for the Predators game in Chicago on Sunday but will at least be available to backup on Tuesday. Saros has been red-hot as of late but Pekka Rinne is coming off of a 27-save performance in a win on Sunday, so it's unclear who Nashville will turn to.

Saros has missed the last seven games with an upper-body injury but will at least serve as the Predators backup on Thursday. While Saros was out, Pekka Rinne went 2-4-1 with a .879 SV%.

Saros was forced to leave Tuesday's game vs. the Hurricanes and missed Wednesday's practice. Head coach John Hynes called him day-to-day with an upper-body injury, so look for Pekka Rinne to start Thursday.