Amidst the news that Eric Comrie will be injured for "a little bit", Luukkonen has been called up from Rochester of the AHL. The 23-year-old netminder was fantastic with the Sabres in 2021-22, posting a .917 SV% and 2.74 GAA across a short nine-game showing. He has struggled this season with Rochester (AHL) posting a .898 SV% and 3.07 GAA with a 6-3-0 record.
Carrick will make his season debut Tuesday as the Ducks take on the Detroit Red Wings. In four games with San Diego (AHL) on a conditioning stint prior to his activation, he had zero points and four PIMs. He will slot in with Kevin Shattenkirk heading to the injured reserve Tuesday.
This will be Gilbert's second spell with the Flames after getting a short two-game showing earlier in the year where he picked up zero points and five PIMs. Through eight games with the Wranglers (AHL) he had yet to pick up a point but was a -2 plus/minus prior to his promotion.
Georgiev stopped 32 of 35 shots (.914 SV%), winning his third straight game as he beat Nashville 5-3 last Thursday. The 26-year-old has been having a phenomenal start to his Avalanche tenure, posting a 7-1-1 record along with a 2.66 GAA and .924 SV%. He faces off against the St. Louis Blues, who find themselves on a two-game winning streak just days after snapping an eight-game losing streak.
Quinn has been enjoying a solid rookie season prior to his injury, scoring a goal and five points along with 15 SOG through 12 games played. The 21-year-old is considered week-to-week with an undisclosed injury after it was announced Monday he was being evaluated.
Georgiev stopped 32 of 35 shots (.914 SV%) winning his third straight game as he beat Nashville 5-3 last Thursday. The 26-year-old has been having a phenomenal start to his Avalanche tenure, posting a 7-1-1 record along with a 2.66 GAA and .924 SV%. He faces off against the St. Louis Blues who find themselves on a two-game winning streak just days after snapping an eight-game losing streak.
Quinn will head to the press box Thursday as Buffalo takes on the Vegas Golden Knights. The 21-year-old has a goal and four assists through 11 games this season while playing 12:31 ATOI.
Georgiev was great in his previous outing, stopping 31 of 32 shots (.969 SV%) as he won both back-to-back games in Finland vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets. Since being acquired from the Rangers in the offseason, he has posted a 6-1-1 record with a 2.61 GAA and .925 SV%. He takes on the Nashville Predators who have struggled offensively this season, ranking 29th in the NHL in GF/GP with 2.62 and 25th in SOG/Gp with only 29.9 per game.
Dahlin missed the Sabres' previous game due to an upper-body injury as Buffalo fell to Tampa Bay 5-3 in his absence. The 22-year-old has been enjoying a breakout season, ranking second in the NHL among defensemen in goals (7) and points (15) while alost being tied for fourth with a +10 plus/minus rating.
Dahlin missed Buffalo's previous game due to an upper-body injury and has a chance to draw back into the Sabres' lineup Tuesday. The fewer games he misses the better as Dahlin is having an incredible breakout season, ranking second among NHL defensemen in both goals (7) and points (15).
Malenstyn will miss 6-8 weeks after blocking a shot against Vegas in the Capitals' previous game. He will undergo surgery to stabilize a finger fracture. In five games with Washington this season, he has two points (1G/1A) and four shots, while averaging only 8:34 TOI.
Krebs draws back into the Sabres lineup after being a healthy scratch for Buffalo's last two games. the 21-year-old prospect is yet to score his first goal of the season but has one assist and four PIM across four games so far in 2022-23.
Samuelsson went down awkwardly in a collision with Curtis Lazar on Saturday and is expected to miss a few weeks. This is probably the best-case scenario because it looked like the injury may have been serious when it first happened. Owen Power and Ilya Lyubushkin have been skating with Rasmus Dahlin since Samuelsson got hurt.
