Morning Skate Report - 10/04: Lavoie day-to-day, Skinner starts, Gibson starts
Published 4 October 2026, 2:19 pm ET
What changed at the morning skates for Sunday's 5 games, as of 2:18 pm ET.
Starting goalies
- Winnipeg at Detroit, 1:00 pm ET: Stuart Skinner (confirmed, @MitchellClinton) vs John Gibson (confirmed, @AnsarKhanMLive)
- Utah at the Rangers, 6:00 pm ET: Karel Vejmelka (likely, @BagleyKSLsports) vs Igor Shesterkin (likely, @MollieeWalkerr)
- Calgary at Seattle, 8:00 pm ET: Calgary not confirmed vs Seattle not confirmed
- Florida at Anaheim, 8:00 pm ET: Florida not confirmed vs Anaheim not confirmed
- Vegas at Vancouver, 9:00 pm ET: Vegas not confirmed vs Vancouver not confirmed
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.
Winnipeg at Detroit, 1:00 pm ET
Lines from @mitchellclinton.
- Same lineup as the last game.
| Unit | Tonight | Last game |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Connor - Scheifele - Perfetti | Connor - Scheifele - Perfetti |
| L2 | Rosen - Bjorck - Vilardi | Rosen - Björck - Vilardi |
| L3 | Barron - Lowry - Lambert | Barron - Lowry - Lambert |
| L4 | Niederreiter - Namestnikov - Iafallo | Niederreiter - Namestnikov - Iafallo |
| D1 | Morrissey - DeMelo | Morrissey - DeMelo |
| D2 | Samberg - Pionk | Samberg - Pionk |
| D3 | Ferraro - Bauer | Ferraro - Bauer |
| PP1 | Morrissey, Vilardi, Scheifele, Connor, Perfetti | Scheifele, Connor, Vilardi, Morrissey, Perfetti |
| PP2 | Björck, Pionk, Namestnikov, Niederreiter, Iafallo | Iafallo, Björck, Niederreiter, Pionk, Namestnikov |
The Rangers vs Utah, 6:00 pm ET
Lines from @mollieewalkerr.
- Same lineup as the last game.
| Unit | Tonight | Last game |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Perreault - Zibanejad - Lafrenière | Lafrenière - Zibanejad - Perreault |
| L2 | Kartye - Miller - Dorofeyev | Dorofeyev - Miller - Bjorkstrand |
| L3 | Cuylle - Laba - Tolvanen | Cuylle - Laba - Tolvanen |
| L4 | Bjorkstrand - Veleno - Chmelar | Kartye - Veleno - Chmelar |
| D1 | Gavrikov - Fox | Gavrikov - Fox |
| D2 | Pettersson - Durzi | Pettersson - Durzi |
| D3 | Smits - Schneider | Schneider - Smits |
| PP1 | Zibanejad, Miller, Fox, Dorofeyev, Lafrenière | Dorofeyev, Lafrenière, Fox, Zibanejad, Miller |
| PP2 | Bjorkstrand, Tolvanen, Durzi, Cuylle, Perreault | Bjorkstrand, Cuylle, Durzi, Perreault, Tolvanen |
No morning-skate lineup yet for Detroit, Utah, Calgary, Seattle, Florida, Anaheim, Vegas, Vancouver.
Injury updates
- Raphael Lavoie (VGK) is day-to-day (undisclosed).
- Andrew Mangiapane (CHI) is day-to-day (lower body).
- Bowen Byram (CHI) is day-to-day (personal).
- Connor Brown (NJD) is day-to-day (lower body).
- Justus Annunen (NSH) is day-to-day (undisclosed).
- Andre Burakovsky (OTT) is day-to-day (upper body).
- Jake Sanderson (OTT) is day-to-day (lower body).
- Nikita Grebenkin (PHI) is day-to-day (upper body).
- Rasmus Ristolainen (PHI) is day-to-day (undisclosed).
- Matt Roy (WSH) is day-to-day (lower body).
- Andrei Kuzmenko (PIT) is off the injury report.
- Benjamin Kindel (PIT) is off the injury report.
- Blake Lizotte (PIT) is off the injury report.
- Mackie Samoskevich (SEA) is off the injury report.
- Olen Zellweger (BUF) is off the injury report.
- Andreas Englund (DET) is off the injury report.
From the morning skates
- The Rangers: "Rempe, Robertson and Morrow are on the ice for early work at morning skate." (@Peter_Baugh)