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Marchand missed Friday’s practice with an upper-body injury and is not expected to play tomorrow. With Marchand out, Danton Heinen skated on the Bruins first line in practice.

Markstrom allowed one goal on 24 shots in the Canucks loss to the Jets last Saturday. It was another great performance from Markstrom but snapped a six-game winning streak for him. Over his last seven games, Markstrom has posted a 1.58 GAA and .944 SV%. In his first start against the Oilers, Markstrom turned aside 20 of 22 shots in a 4-2 win (Dec.16).

Markstrom stopped 29 of 30 shots in the Canucks win over the Blues on Thursday. Markstrom has been red-hot as of late—since December 5th, Markstrom leads the NHL in wins (6-0-0), third in GAA (1.67) and SV% (.942). Markstrom has been impressive but allowed five goals, albeit on 48 shots, in a 6-3 loss in their first meeting of the season.

Markstrom stopped 29 of 30 shots in the Canucks win over the Blues on Thursday. Markstrom has been red-hot as of late—since December 5th, Markstrom leads the NHL in wins (6-0-0), third in GAA (1.67) and SV% (.942). Markstrom has been impressive but allowed five goals, albeit on 48 shots, in a 6-3 loss in their first meeting of the season.

Markstrom gave up two goals on 22 shots in the Canucks win over the Oilers on Sunday. Markstrom is riding a five-game winning streak while only giving up nine goals on 142 shots (.937 SV%). One of those wins came against the Blues, who he will face again tonight—he stopped 22 of 23 shots in a 6-1 win in St. Louis on December 9th.

Bennett missed Sunday’s game in St. Louis with an undisclosed issue but is expected to draw back in on Tuesday. Bennett is expected to replace James Neal (upper-body) on the Flames third line.

Forsling has missed the last six games with a shoulder injury but is expected to play on Tuesday. Forsling will replace Henri Jokiharju on the blueline after Jokiharju was loaned to Finland for the World Juniors. Forsling has one goal and four assists (five points) in 11 games this season.

Markstrom allowed two goals on 36 shots in the Canucks win in Columbus on Tuesday. Markstrom has won three straight while allowing just six goals on 88 shots (.932 SV%). He will look to stay hot tonight against a Flyers team that has lost 10 of their last 13 and come in on the tail-end of back-to-back.

Markstrom allowed two goals on 36 shots in the Canucks win in Columbus on Tuesday. Markstrom has won three straight while allowing just six goals on 88 shots (.932 SV%). He will look to stay hot tonight against a Flyers team that has lost 10 of their last 13 and come in on the tail-end of back-to-back.

Markstrom allowed one goal on 23 shots in the Canucks win in St. Louis on Sunday. Markstrom has won back-to-back games, while stopping 48 of the 52 shots (.923 SV%) that he has faced. Tonight he makes his first start against the Blue Jackets—Markstrom is 4-5-2 with a 3.23 GAA and .894 SV% on the road.

Forsling was scratched from the lineup with a shoulder injury on Thursday and as placed on IR on Saturday. Forsling will miss at least one week and was moved to IR to open up a roster spot for Connor Murphy to be activated.

Kulikov has been out since November 9th but will return Friday vs. the Blues. Kulikov doesn’t provide a lot of offence to the Jets blueline, collecting just 12 points (3G / 9A) in 68 career games with Winnipeg.

Markstrom allowed four goals on 31 shots in the Canucks loss to the Golden Knights last Thursday. Markstrom will make his first start in a week and comes in at 1-6-2 with a 3.35 GAA and .897 SV% in his last nine starts. He draws a tough matchup even though the Predators are banged up—he is 5-4-1 with a 3.18 GAA and .903 SV% on home-ice.

Petrovic was in the lineup for the last two games but will be replaced by Bogdan Kiselevich on Tuesday. Petrovic has just one assist in 20 games this season.