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Philadelphia Flyers News
Deslauriers will draw back into the Sabres’ lineup on Thursday.
Deslauriers sat for the last two games, but will draw into the lineup for Cal O’Reilly versus the Rangers. Deslauriers has no points in 23 games this season.
Konecny will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.
Konecny will come out of the lineup tonight and Dale Weise will be back in. Konecny has just one assist in his last seven games and will join Shayne Gostisbehere in the press box tonight.
The Ducks recalled Nate Thompson (Achilles) from his conditioning stint with San Diego (AHL).
Thompson has not appeared in a game this season, but went to San Diego on a conditioning stint after being cleared to return from an Achilles injury. Thompson registered one assist in three AHL games and could make his season debut on Tuesday.
Konecny will be a healthy scratch on Friday.
Konecny had two assists in St. Louis on Wednesday, but will sit tonight in San Jose. Konecny has had a solid rookie season, but will come out of the lineup tonight and Michael Raffl will be back in the lineup.
Couturier (knee) will return to the Flyers’ lineup on Wednesday.
Couturier will be back in the Flyers’ lineup tonight and will skate on the third line with Nick Cousins and Dale Weise. Couturier is an excellent two-way centre and enters Wednesday with eight points (5G / 3A) in 20 games this season.
Couturier (knee) is expected to return to the Flyers’ lineup on Wednesday.
Couturier has missed the last 16 games because of an MCL sprain, but it looks like he will be back in the lineup on Wednesday. The Flyers’ two-way centre is expected to slide back into his spot on the second line and comes into play with eight points (5G / 3A) in 20 games this season. Monitor Couturier’s status during the morning skate.
Couturier (knee) is targeting December 28th for a return to the lineup.
Couturier has been sidelined with a sprained MCL but has been working out on the ice recently and expects to be back after the Christmas break and before the New Year kicks in. Couturier’s two-way game will help a Flyers team that is already playing very well. He scored five goals with three assists (eight points) in 20 games before getting hurt.
Couturier will miss 4-6 weeks with an MCL sprain.
Couturier was moved to IR this morning and the Flyers’ announced that he will miss at least one month an MCL sprain. The Flyers have recalled Scott Laughton from Lehigh Valley (AHL) to replace Couturier in the lineup.
The Flyers have placed Couturier (sprained knee) on injured reserve.
Couturier suffered a sprained MCL during the Flyers’ win in Florida last night and will miss some time. With Couturier out, the Flyers have recalled Scott Laughton from Lehigh Valley, but the Flyers will dearly miss Couturier’s valuable two-way game.
Call up / Send down
The Coyotes have recalled Christian Dvorak from Tucson (AHL).
Dvorak has bounced around from the NHL and AHL so far this season, but has yet to appear in a game with Tucson (AHL). In 12 games with the Coyotes, he has one goal and four assists (five points) and will draw back onto the second line tonight with Brad Richardson (leg) out indefinitely.
Call up / Send down
The Flames have recalled Garnet Hathaway from Stockton (AHL).
Hathaway, 24, is a big-boy (6’2” / 210 lbs.) who plays a physical brand of hockey. Hathaway has six points (3G / 3A) in eight games with Stockton this season and three assists in 14 career NHL games.
Call up / Send down
The Coyotes have recalled Christian Dvorak from Tucson (AHL).
Dvorak was sent down to Tucson, but never appeared in a game. He has been recalled and will be in the lineup on Thursday because Martin Hanzal is nursing a lower-body injury. He has three assists in seven games.
Call up / Send down
The Coyotes have reassigned Christian Dvorak to Tucson (AHL).
Dvorak, 20, appeared in seven of the first eight games of the season, collecting three assists while averaging 13:45 TOI. With Dvorak heading back to the AHL, Dylan Strome is expected to play a much bigger role for the Coyotes.
Deslauriers (lower-body) will not play on Sunday.
Deslauriers did not make the trip to Winnipeg after sustaining a lower-body injury on a hit to the knee late in Saturday’s win over the Panthers. With Deslauriers out, Nick Baptiste has been recalled from Rochester (AHL).
Couturier (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision on Tuesday.
Couturier must have been banged up during last night’s game in Montreal and will be a game-time decision on Tuesday. The Flyers recalled Taylor Leier in case Couturier is unavailable.
Dvorak will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
Dvorak had one assist in 16:17 TOI in his NHL debut on Saturday, but will come out of the lineup tonight in favour of fellow rookie Dylan Strome. Don’t expect Dvorak to sit for long.
The Sabres have signed Rasmus Ristolainen to a six-year deal worth $32.4 million ($5.4M AAV).
Ristolainen, 21, is coming off of a great sophomore season in which he tallied nine goals and 32 assists (41 points) in 82 games. Ristolainen led all Sabres players in ice-time last year as well, eating up a monstrous 25:16 per night, which ranked 10th in the NHL. Ristolianen’s possession numbers leave the Sabres wanting more, but as a 21-year-old defenseman, he is just scratching the surface of what he can become.
Konecny has made the Flyers’ opening night roster.
Konecny, 19, was the 24th overall selection in 2015 and made the Flyers’ opening night roster following a great training camp. Konecny had 101 points (30G / 71A) in 60 games between the Ottawa 67’s and Sarnia Sting (OHL) last year and will star this year in the Flyers’ top-6 on a line with Sean Couturier and Jakub Voracek.
Couturier (upper-body) will miss the next two weeks.
Couturier was crunched into the board by Alex Ovechkin in Game 1 and skated to the bench with his arm hanging. It immediately looked like a shoulder injury that would force him to miss some time and that length of time has been determined to be two weeks. Scott Laughton will replace Couturier in Game 2.
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