Kostin was selected in the first round (No.31 overall) in 2017 and is one of the Blues' top prospects. The 20-year-old forward has scored three goals with five assists (eight points) in 14 AHL games this season and he is poised to make his NHL debut in Columbus on Friday.
Ferraro will miss his second straight game on Tuesday but head coach Pete DeBoer said he is "close to returning." With Ferraro out, Tim Heed will remain in the lineup.
Georgiev surrendered six goals on 30 shots in the Rangers loss to the Senators on October 4th. Henrik Lundqvist started the last three games but Georgiev will make his seventh appearance on Tuesday night. The 23-year-old is 1-2-1 with a 3.60 GAA and .887 SV% at Madison Square Garden this season and catches a break with Sidney Crosby, Patric Hornqvist and Kris Letang out of the Penguins lineup.
Nutivaara has missed the last two games and has been moved to IR to open up a roster spot so the Blue Jackets could recall Eric Robinson from Cleveland (AHL). Nutivaara is eligible to return whenever he is healthy but this move suggests he'll miss at least one more game.
Ferraro is dealing with some kind of injury but was on the ice for the Sharks morning skate and could play Saturday. Ferraro has picked up two assists in 17 games this season.
White has been out since October 21st but will return from his conditioning stint with Belleville and play vs. the Hurricanes. White, who missed seven games, returns with just one goal and one assist in eight games this season.
Grundstrom has in the lineup for the last three games but will be replaced by Austin Wagner on Thursday. Grundstrom has two assists while playing 14:22 ATOI in four games this season.
White will miss his seventh straight game on Thursday but he was sent to Belleville to practice with the team this week. White is 2.5 weeks into a 3-to-5 week timetable, so it looks like he could return on the front-end of that timetable.
Nutivaara played just 5:20 TOI before leaving Tuesday's game vs. the Golden Knights with an upper-body injury. Nutivaara did not travel with the team which means he'll miss at least three games, putting Columbus down two regular defensemen. Scott Harrington is expected to draw-in and replaces Nutivaara on Thursday and Adam Clendening was recalled from AHL to serve as the No.7 defenseman.
Suess appeared in one game during his call-up but with Patrik Laine back from injury and Adam Lowry back from suspension, he has been pushed back to the Moose, where he has one goal in eight games.
Georgiev stopped 32 of 33 shots in the Rangers 2-1 win in Nashville on Saturday. Georgiev has been great lately, winning back-to-back starts while posting a .968 SV% and that has earned him a third-straight start on Monday. He is 1-1-1 with a 2.57 GAA and. 921 SV% at Madison Square Garden and will face an Ottawa team that is 3-8-1 while averaging 2.58 goals per game (25th in the NHL).
Toffoli served as a healthy scratch against the Canucks on Wednesday but will play against Chicago on Saturday. Toffoli will skate on a line with Blake Lizotte and Ilya Kovalchuk and re-enters the lineup with five points (3G / 2A) in 12 games.
Suess could be making his NHL debut on Friday nought, altering scoring one goal in eight games with the Moose. The former fifth-round pick will replace Luca Sbisa in the lineup as the Jets go back to the traditional 12 forwards, six defensemen look.
Georgiev allowed one goal on 30 shots in the Rangers win over the Lightning on Tuesday. It was a terrific outing for the young netminder, who had a pretty solid month of October, going 2-2-1 with a 2.56 GAA and .924 SV%. As well as he has played, he'll be in tough on Saturday. Nashville is 6-1-2 on home ice and leads the NHL in goal-scoring (4.08 GF/gm).
Toffoli has not registered a point in four straight games and was an ugly minus-4 during the Kings' loss in Chicago on Sunday. Toffoli rotated on the Kings' fourth line in Tuesday's practice, suggesting that he will come out of the lineup vs. the Canucks.
Nutivaara missed the last two games with a lower-body injury but will play Wednesday vs. the Oilers. He has two goals while playing 16:13 ATOI in his first eight games this season but should see a bump in ice-time as he replaces Ryan Murray on the second-pair.
Georgiev allowed two goals on 11 shots after replacing Henrik Lundqvist in the Rangers blowout loss to the Bruins on Sunday. After opening the season with a win, Georgiev has since given up nine goals on 83 shots (.892 SV%). The Rangers are currently giving up the most shots against per game, so he'll be in tough against a high-powered Lightning team.
Nutivaara will come out of the lineup against the Hurricanes with Scott Harrington drawing back in to take his place. Nutivaara, who has two goals on 14 shots in eight games this season, is day-to-day.
This is a huge blow to an already thin Senators lineup. White ranked fifth among Senators' forwards in ice-time (17:51) but has had a slow start, scoring one goal with one assist in eight games. The Senators have a busy schedule coming up so missing 3-to-5 weeks will mean missing 10-to-17 games for White. Logan Brown was recalled from Belleville (AHL) to take his spot on the roster.
