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Smith will be a healthy scratch on Monday.
Smith played just 3:25 TOI in Vancouver on Saturday and will be replaced by Valeri Nichushkin on Monday.
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Tampa Bay Lightning News
McDonagh (upper-body) will be in the Lightning lineup on Saturday.
The Devils have activated Steven Santini (broken jaw) from IR.
The Sabres have placed Conor Sheary (upper-body) on IR.
Sheary has will miss his third straight game on Friday and will be forced to miss next Monday’s game in Nashville as well after being moved to IR. His movement to IR opened up a roster spot for the Sabres to activate Patrik Berglund.
McDonagh is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
McDonagh was forced to leave Thursday’s game vs. the Sabres and is questionable for Saturday due to an upper-body ailment. If McDonagh doesn’t play on Saturday, look for Slater Koekkoek to get back into the lineup.
McDonagh left Thursday’s game with an undisclosed injury and did not return.
McDonagh left the game under his own power after being hit by Jack Eichel. The Lightning did not provide an update on McDonagh’s status, so consider him questionable for Saturday’s game in Florida.
Sheary (upper-body) will miss his second straight game.
Sheary will not play on Thursday but has not been ruled out for Friday’s game in Florida. With Sheary out, Remi Elie will remain in the Sabres lineup against the Lightning.
Elliott is week-to-week with a lower-body injury.
Elliott was placed on IR retroactive to November 15th and is expected to miss a few more weeks with a lower-body injury. With Elliott and Michal Neuvirth both out, the Flyers are left with Anthony Stolarz and Calvin Pickard in net.
Sheary is day-to-day with an upper-body injury; will not play on Tuesday.
Sheary was on the ice for Monday’s practice, but did not come out for today’s morning skate and will be scratched vs. the Sharks. Sheary is expected to be replaced by Tage Thompson on the Sabres second line.
Girgensons will be a healthy scratch on Saturday.
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Smith will be a healthy scratch on Friday.
Archibald has been suspended two games for his illegal check to the head of Ryan Hartman.
Vasilevskiy will miss 4-6 weeks with a left foot fracture.
Vasilevskiy was placed on IR on Thursday and sent to Tampa Bay to be re-evaluated. The original report of a fractured foot was confirmed and the Lightning’s No.1 netminder will miss at least one month. Louis Domingue is expected to take on a heavy workload until at least mid-December.
Elliott will miss at least two weeks with a lower-body injury.
Elliott was forced to leave Thursday’s game vs. the Devils and will miss at least two weeks with a lower-body injury. With Michal Neuvirth already on IR, the Flyers will roll with Calvin Pickard and Alex Lyon as their goaltending duo for the time being.
Elliott left Thursday’s game with an apparent groin injury.
Elliott stopped 23 of 25 shots before leaving Thursday’s game vs. the Devils with what looked like a groin injury. Alex Lyon was recalled on Friday morning, suggesting that Elliott will miss some time.
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Elliott leads the Flyers onto the ice for warmups.
Elliott allowed two goals on 30 shots in the Flyers loss to the Panthers on Tuesday. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for Elliott, who is now 3-4-0 with a 2.76 GAA, .911 SV% and one shutout on home-ice this season. In his first start vs. New Jersey, Elliott stopped 19 of 21 shots in a 5-2 win in mid-October.
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Elliott is expected to start Thursday vs. the Devils.
Elliott allowed two goals on 30 shots in the Flyers loss to the Panthers on Tuesday. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for Elliott, who is now 3-4-0 with a 2.76 GAA, .911 SV% and one shutout on home-ice this season. In his first start vs. New Jersey, Elliott stopped 19 of 21 shots in a 5-2 win in mid-October.
The Lightning have placed Andrei Vasilevskiy on injured reserve.
Vasilevskiy is out indefinitely with an injury that he suffered in Wednesday’s practice. Vasilevskiy has returned to Tampa Bay to be re-evaluated and the Lightning should provide a detailed timetable after that. Louis Domingue is expected to start on Thursday and could see a heavy workload while Vasilevskiy is out.
Vasilevskiy is being evaluated for a left injury.
Vasilevskiy may have fractured his left foot according to TSN’s Darren Dreger. Although unconfirmed by the Lightning, a fractured left foot would keep Vasilevskiy sidelined for a lengthy period of time and Louis Domingue would have to step-up as the team’s No.1 netminder. The Lightning should provide an update later on Thursday.
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Cernak will make his NHL debut on Tuesday.
Cernak was a second round pick (No.43 overall in 2015) and nearly made the Lightning out of training camp. Cernak has picked up seven points (2G / 5A) in nine games with Syracuse (AHL) before being called up on Tuesday morning.
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