Morning Skate Report - 10/03: Rossi moves to Pettersson's wing, Goncalves up to Tampa Bay's top line, Toropchenko injured
Published 3 October 2026, 2:44 pm ET
What changed at the morning skates for Saturday's 13 games, as of 2:38 pm ET.
Starting goalies
- Seattle at Edmonton, 7:00 pm ET: Seattle not confirmed vs Edmonton not confirmed
- Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:00 pm ET: Charlie Lindgren (confirmed) vs Andrei Vasilevskiy (likely, @EddieInTheYard)
- Montreal at Pittsburgh, 7:00 pm ET: Jakub Dobes (confirmed, @CanadiensMTL) vs Arturs Silovs (confirmed, @PensInsideScoop)
- Ottawa at Toronto, 7:00 pm ET: Linus Ullmark (likely) vs Sergei Bobrovsky (likely, @davidalter)
- Utah at Columbus, 7:00 pm ET: Utah not confirmed vs Columbus not confirmed
- Chicago at Buffalo, 7:00 pm ET: Spencer Knight (likely, @BenPopeCST) vs Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (likely, @BillHoppeNHL)
- Carolina at Philadelphia, 7:00 pm ET: Carolina not confirmed vs Joseph Woll (confirmed, @JHallNBCS)
- New Jersey at the Islanders, 7:30 pm ET: Nico Daws (confirmed, @amandacstein) vs Ilya Sorokin (confirmed, @stefen_rosner)
- Boston at Minnesota, 8:00 pm ET: Boston not confirmed vs Jesper Wallstedt (confirmed)
- Dallas at Nashville, 8:00 pm ET: Casey DeSmith (confirmed, @MikeHeika) vs Juuse Saros (likely, @KieserNick)
- St. Louis at Colorado, 9:00 pm ET: Jordan Binnington (confirmed) vs Mackenzie Blackwood (likely, @runwriteAarif)
- Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:00 pm ET: Anton Forsberg (likely) vs Yaroslav Askarov (confirmed)
- Calgary at Vancouver, 10:00 pm ET: Calgary not confirmed vs Leevi Meriläinen (likely, @ThomasDrance)
Lineup changes
Each team's morning-skate lineup against the lineup it dressed for its last game; changed units are in bold. A power-play move is reported only when last game's units, our projection coming in and the season's power-play time all agree it is one.
Seattle at Edmonton, 7:00 pm ET
- Douglas is scratched.
- Melanson is scratched.
- Meyers draws in.
- Samoskevich draws in.
| Unit | Tonight | Last game |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | McCann - Beniers - Kakko | McCann - Beniers - Kakko |
| L2 | McMann - Stephenson - Eberle | Catton - Winterton - Wright |
| L3 | Wright - Catton - Winterton | Eberle - Stephenson - McMann |
| L4 | Meyers - Gaudreau - Samoskevich | Gaudreau - Melanson - Douglas |
| D1 | Dunn - Larsson | Montour - Evans |
| D2 | Evans - Montour | Larsson - Dunn |
| D3 | Lindgren - Mahura | Lindgren - Mahura |
| PP1 | Beniers, Dunn, Stephenson, Eberle, McCann | McCann, Catton, Montour, Eberle, Dunn |
| PP2 | Catton, McMann, Wright, Montour, Kakko | Stephenson, Beniers, Kakko, McMann, Wright |
Tampa Bay vs Washington, 7:00 pm ET
- Goncalves moves to the top line (from the third line).
- D'Astous is scratched.
- Lilleberg draws in.
| Unit | Tonight | Last game |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Goncalves - Point - Kucherov | Kucherov - Point - Mikheyev |
| L2 | Hagel - Cirelli - Guentzel | Guentzel - Cirelli - Hagel |
| L3 | Mikheyev - Girgensons - Holmberg | Geekie - Holmberg - Goncalves |
| L4 | Viel - Harkins - Geekie | Girgensons - Harkins - Viel |
| D1 | Moser - Carlson | Moser - Carlson |
| D2 | McDonagh - Cernak | Hedman - D'Astous |
| D3 | Hedman - Lilleberg | McDonagh - Cernak |
| PP1 | Guentzel, Point, Hagel, Carlson, Kucherov | Kucherov, Hagel, Guentzel, Point, Carlson |
| PP2 | Goncalves, Geekie, Cirelli, Hedman, Holmberg, Moser | Cirelli, Hedman, Goncalves, D'Astous, Geekie |
Pittsburgh vs Montreal, 7:00 pm ET
Lines from @king_jemison.
- Kindel joins the top power play.
- Carlile moves to the top pair (from the third pair).
- Karlsson moves to the top pair (from the third pair).
- Lizotte is out (day-to-day).
- Soderblom is scratched.
- Kuzmenko draws in.
| Unit | Tonight | Last game |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Robertson - Crosby - Rakell | Rakell - Crosby - Robertson |
| L2 | Chinakhov - Novak - Malkin | Chinakhov - Malkin - Novak |
| L3 | Hallander - Lapierre - Koivunen | Dewar - Soderblom - Lizotte |
| L4 | Dewar - Kindel - Kuzmenko | Koivunen - Lapierre - Hallander |
| D1 | Carlile - Karlsson | Girard - Korczak |
| D2 | van Riemsdyk - Letang | Letang - van Riemsdyk |
| D3 | Girard - Korczak | Karlsson - Carlile |
| PP1 | Crosby, Karlsson, Kindel, Novak, Rakell | Karlsson, Chinakhov, Rakell, Crosby, Novak |
| PP2 | Chinakhov, Koivunen, Lapierre, Kuzmenko, Letang, Malkin | Koivunen, Lapierre, Malkin, Letang, Girard |
Ottawa at Toronto, 7:00 pm ET
Lines from @sungarrioch.
- Foegele moves to the top line (did not play last game).
- Sanderson moves to the top pair (did not play last game).
- Burakovsky is out (injured).
- Crotty is scratched.
- Greig is out (suspended).
- Hodgson draws in.
| Unit | Tonight | Last game |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Foegele - Stützle - Batherson | Burakovsky - Stützle - Batherson |
| L2 | Eklund - Cozens - Zetterlund | Eklund - Cozens - Zetterlund |
| L3 | Amadio - Pinto - Giroux | Cousins - Pinto - Amadio |
| L4 | Cousins - Halliday - Hodgson | Greig - Halliday - Giroux |
| D1 | Sanderson - Matinpalo | Matinpalo - Crotty |
| D2 | Chabot - Spence | Chabot - Spence |
| D3 | Kleven - Yakemchuk | Yakemchuk - Kleven |
| PP1 (projected) | Stützle, Batherson, Eklund, Cozens, Sanderson | Stützle, Batherson, Eklund, Cozens |
| PP2 (projected) | Pinto, Giroux, Zetterlund, Chabot, Yakemchuk | Giroux, Greig, Zetterlund, Burakovsky, Yakemchuk |
Toronto vs Ottawa, 7:00 pm ET
Lines from @markhmasters.
- Same lineup as the last game.
| Unit | Tonight | Last game |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Marchenko - Matthews - Roslovic | Matthews - Marchenko - Roslovic |
| L2 | McKenna - Tavares - Nylander | Nylander - Tavares - McKenna |
| L3 | Cowan - Paul - Sissons | Paul - Cowan - Sissons |
| L4 | Duhaime - Blueger - Groulx | Duhaime - Groulx - Blueger |
| D1 | McCabe - Tanev | Tanev - McCabe |
| D2 | Rielly - Raddysh | Rielly - Raddysh |
| D3 | Ekman-Larsson - Stecher | Ekman-Larsson - Stecher |
| PP1 | Marchenko, Nylander, Matthews, Tavares, Raddysh | Matthews, Raddysh, Marchenko, Nylander, Tavares |
| PP2 | Rielly, Paul, Roslovic, Cowan, McKenna | Roslovic, Paul, McKenna, Rielly, Cowan |
Chicago at Buffalo, 7:00 pm ET
Lines from @benpopecst.
- Levshunov replaces Byram on the top power play (Byram is not in the lineup).
- Kantserov moves to the top line (from the second line).
- Nazar moves to the top line (from the second line).
- Cole moves to the top pair (from the third pair).
- Byram is scratched.
- Rinzel is scratched.
- Del Mastro draws in.
- Korchinski draws in.
| Unit | Tonight | Last game |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Kantserov - Nazar - Kane | Kane - Bertuzzi - Frondell |
| L2 | Bertuzzi - Frondell - Teravainen | Nazar - Kantserov - Teravainen |
| L3 | Donato - Moore - Lardis | Greene - Greenway - Smith |
| L4 | Smith - Greene - Greenway | Donato - Moore - Lardis |
| D1 | Vlasic - Cole | Byram - Vlasic |
| D2 | Kaiser - Levshunov | Kaiser - Levshunov |
| D3 | Korchinski - Del Mastro | Cole - Rinzel |
| PP1 | Levshunov, Bertuzzi, Kane, Kantserov, Frondell | Byram, Kantserov, Bertuzzi, Kane, Frondell |
| PP2 | Teravainen, Moore, Korchinski, Nazar, Greene | Nazar, Moore, Lardis, Rinzel, Donato |
Philadelphia vs Carolina, 7:00 pm ET
Lines from @jhallnbcs.
- Michkov moves to the top line (from the third line).
- Sanheim moves to the top pair (from the second pair).
- Ristolainen moves to the top pair (from the second pair).
- Benoit is scratched.
- Jiricek draws in.
| Unit | Tonight | Last game |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Konecny - Dvorak - Michkov | Dvorak - Konecny - Martone |
| L2 | Grundstrom - Zegras - Tippett | Zegras - Bump - Tippett |
| L3 | Foerster - Cates - Martone | Foerster - Michkov - Cates |
| L4 | Bump - Acciari - Couturier | Couturier - Acciari - Grundstrom |
| D1 | Sanheim - Ristolainen | York - Drysdale |
| D2 | York - Drysdale | Ristolainen - Sanheim |
| D3 | Seeler - Jiricek | Seeler - Benoit |
| PP1 | Foerster, Drysdale, Zegras, Michkov, Martone | Tippett, Zegras, Michkov, Martone, Dvorak |
| PP2 | Tippett, Konecny, Cates, Dvorak, York | Bump, York, Drysdale, Foerster, Konecny |
The Islanders vs New Jersey, 7:30 pm ET
Lines from @agrossnewsday.
- Heineman moves to the top line (from the third line).
| Unit | Tonight | Last game |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Heineman - Horvat - Palmieri | Holmstrom - Horvat - Palmieri |
| L2 | Schenn - Ritchie - Eklund | Maccelli - Ritchie - Schenn |
| L3 | Holmstrom - Pageau - Duclair | Eklund - Pageau - Heineman |
| L4 | Palat - Cizikas - Maccelli | Palat - Cizikas - Duclair |
| D1 | Pelech - Schaefer | Pelech - Schaefer |
| D2 | Romanov - Pulock | Romanov - Pulock |
| D3 | Stanley - DeAngelo | Stanley - DeAngelo |
| PP1 | Schaefer, Schenn, Maccelli, Horvat, Palmieri | - |
| PP2 | Ritchie, Duclair, Holmstrom, DeAngelo, Eklund | - |
Nashville vs Dallas, 8:00 pm ET
Lines from @kiesernick.
- Kerfoot moves to the top line (from the third line).
- Hague moves to the top pair (from the third pair).
- Ufko was sent to the AHL.
- Trudeau draws in.
| Unit | Tonight | Last game |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Stamkos - O'Reilly - Kerfoot | O'Reilly - Stamkos - Forsberg |
| L2 | Forsberg - Wood - Hoglander | Bourque - Marchessault - Colton |
| L3 | Colton - Bourque - Marchessault | Wood - Hoglander - Kerfoot |
| L4 | Schaefer - Drury - Edstrom | Drury - Schaefer - Edstrom |
| D1 | Hague - Josi | Josi - Ufko |
| D2 | Skjei - Perbix | Skjei - Perbix |
| D3 | Trudeau - Wilsby | Hague - Wilsby |
| PP1 | Stamkos, Forsberg, Wood, Josi, O'Reilly | Forsberg, Stamkos, Josi, Wood, O'Reilly |
| PP2 | Skjei, Colton, Marchessault, Bourque, Hague | Marchessault, Bourque, Ufko, Kerfoot, Colton |
San Jose vs Los Angeles, 10:00 pm ET
Lines from @sheng_peng.
- Trouba is a game time decision.
- Dickinson draws in.
| Unit | Tonight | Last game |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Marchment - Celebrini - Smith | Marchment - Celebrini - Smith |
| L2 | Stenberg - Wennberg - Graf | Stenberg - Wennberg - Graf |
| L3 | Chernyshov - Misa - Toffoli | Chernyshov - Misa - Toffoli |
| L4 | Goodrow - Ostapchuk - Sherwood | Goodrow - Ostapchuk - Sherwood |
| D1 | Nurse - Kesselring | Nurse - Kesselring |
| D2 | Orlov - Cagnoni | Allan - Trouba |
| D3 | Dickinson - Allan | Orlov - Cagnoni |
| PP1 | Cagnoni, Smith, Celebrini, Toffoli, Wennberg | Celebrini, Smith, Toffoli, Wennberg, Cagnoni |
| PP2 | Stenberg, Chernyshov, Marchment, Sherwood, Orlov | Marchment, Stenberg, Chernyshov, Sherwood, Orlov |
Vancouver vs Calgary, 10:00 pm ET
Lines from @tyson_cole.
- Rossi moves to the top line (from the third line).
- Pettersson (F) moves to the top line (from the second line).
- Karlsson moves to the top line (from the second line).
- O'Connor is scratched.
- Räty draws in.
| Unit | Tonight | Last game |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Rossi - Pettersson - Karlsson | Boeser - Ohgren - Cotter |
| L2 | Ohgren - Cotter - Boeser | Pettersson - DeBrusk - Karlsson |
| L3 | DeBrusk - Räty - Gallagher | Rossi - Lekkerimäki - Bains |
| L4 | Bains - Sasson - Lekkerimäki | Sasson - O'Connor - Gallagher |
| D1 | Buium - Hronek | Hronek - Buium |
| D2 | Oleksiak - Willander | Oleksiak - Willander |
| D3 | Pettersson - Schenn | Schenn - Pettersson |
| PP1 | DeBrusk, Pettersson, Boeser, Hronek, Rossi | Hronek, Pettersson, Boeser, Rossi, DeBrusk |
| PP2 | Buium, Karlsson, Ohgren, Lekkerimäki, Willander | Willander, Ohgren, Lekkerimäki, Karlsson, Buium |
No morning-skate lineup yet for Edmonton, Washington, Montreal, Utah, Columbus, Buffalo, Carolina, New Jersey, Boston, Minnesota, Dallas, St. Louis, Colorado, Los Angeles, Calgary.
Roster moves
- Sean Farrell (-): sent to the AHL.
- Jett Woo (-): sent to the AHL.
- Laurent Brossoit (-): sent to the AHL.
- Marcus Nordmark (ANA): sent to the AHL.
- James Hamblin (-): sent to the AHL.
- Corey Schueneman (-): sent to the AHL.
Injury updates
- Alexey Toropchenko (STL) is injured (espn).
- Raphael Lavoie (VGK) is injured (undisclosed).
- A.J. Greer (ANA) is off the injury report.
- Alex Barré-Boulet (SJS) is off the injury report.
- Taylor Makar (COL) is off the injury report.
- Gabriel D'Aigle (PIT) is off the injury report.