Morning Skate Report - 10/06: Doan up to Buffalo's top line, Arvidsson up to Detroit's top line, Compher injured

What changed at the morning skates for Tuesday's 9 games, as of 2:17 pm ET.

Starting goalies

• Minnesota at Buffalo, 7:00 pm ET: Jesper Wallstedt (confirmed, @RussoHockey) vs Colten Ellis (likely, @BillHoppeNHL)
• Ottawa at Detroit, 7:00 pm ET: Ottawa not confirmed vs John Gibson (confirmed, @HeleneStJames)
• Utah at New Jersey, 7:00 pm ET: Karel Vejmelka (likely, @BagleyKSLsports) vs Jake Allen (confirmed, @amandacstein)
• Nashville at Toronto, 7:00 pm ET: Juuse Saros (confirmed) vs Anthony Stolarz (confirmed)
• Carolina at Montreal, 7:00 pm ET: Brandon Bussi (likely) vs Jakub Dobes (confirmed)
• The Islanders at the Rangers, 7:30 pm ET: Semyon Varlamov (confirmed) vs Igor Shesterkin (confirmed)
• St. Louis at Chicago, 8:00 pm ET: Joel Hofer (confirmed) vs Spencer Knight (likely, @BenPopeCST)
• Vegas at Seattle, 9:40 pm ET: Vegas not confirmed vs Joey Daccord (likely)
• Florida at Los Angeles, 10:00 pm ET: Florida not confirmed vs Darcy Kuemper (confirmed, @DooleyLAK)

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.

Buffalo vs Minnesota, 7:00 pm ET

Lines from @matthewfairburn.

• Norris moves to the top line (from the second line).
• Thompson moves to the top line (from the second line).
• Doan moves to the top line (from the second line).

Detroit vs Ottawa, 7:00 pm ET

Lines from @helenestjames.

• Arvidsson moves to the top line (from the second line).
• Larkin moves to the top line (did not play last game).
• Compher is out (injured).
• Appleton is out (injured).
• Englund draws in.
• Mazur draws in.

Toronto vs Nashville, 7:00 pm ET

Lines from @markhmasters.

• Same lineup as the last game.

Carolina at Montreal, 7:00 pm ET

Lines from @ryanhenkel_.

• Svechnikov moves to the top line (from the second line).
• Aho moves to the top line (from the second line).
• Carrier moves to the top line (from the second line).
• Slavin moves to the top pair (from the second pair).
• Chatfield moves to the top pair (from the second pair).

The Islanders at the Rangers, 7:30 pm ET

Lines from @stefen_rosner.

• Same lineup as the last game.

St. Louis at Chicago, 8:00 pm ET

Lines from @lkorac10.

• Parayko moves to the top pair (from the second pair).

Chicago vs St. Louis, 8:00 pm ET

Lines from @byscottpowers.

• Byram moves to the top pair (did not play last game).
• Levshunov moves to the top pair (from the second pair).
• Del Mastro is scratched.
• Korchinski is scratched.
• Rinzel draws in.

No morning-skate lineup yet for Minnesota, Ottawa, Utah, New Jersey, Nashville, Montreal, the Rangers, Vegas, Seattle, Florida, Los Angeles.

Roster moves

• Stian Solberg (ANA): sent to the AHL.
• Roger McQueen (ANA): sent to the AHL.

Injury updates

• J.T. Compher (DET) is injured (undisclosed).
• Marco Kasper (DET) is on injured reserve (upper body; expected to be out until at least Oct 20).
• Mason Appleton (DET) is injured (undisclosed).
• Ivan Demidov (MTL) is injured (espn).

- "Habs just announced that Ivan Demidov will be out 2 to 4 weeks with a lower body injury." (@renlavoietva) - "Canadiens announce Ivan Demidov will be out for 2-4 weeks with a lower-body injury. #Habs The Habs host the Hurricanes tonight for the home opener. @TSNHockey" (@KenzieTSN)

• Oliver Kapanen (MTL) is injured (espn).
• Justus Annunen (NSH) is on injured reserve (undisclosed; expected to be out until at least Oct 13).
• Linus Ullmark (OTT) is day-to-day (undisclosed).
• Rasmus Ristolainen (PHI) is day-to-day (undisclosed).
• Macklin Celebrini (SJS) is day-to-day (lower body).

From the beat reporters:

• Detroit: "Dylan Larkin taking part in Red Wings' morning skate, ahead of game tonight against Sens. Should know soon if Larkin will play; missed first 2 games with upper-body injury." (@HeleneStJames)
• Los Angeles: "Darcy Kuemper will get the start tonight in the home opener. Same lineup otherwise for the @LAKings, with 11 forwards and seven defensemen. Mats Zuccarello took the morning skate today, good to go, as expected, after a maintenance day yesterday." (@dooleylak)
• Denver Barkey (PHI) is off the injury report.
• Jacob Trouba (SJS) is off the injury report.
• Oliver Kapanen (MTL) is off the injury report.
• Patrick Giles (SJS) is off the injury report.

From the morning skates

• Buffalo: "Not on the ice for the #Sabres morning skate: Josh Norris Peyton Krebs Mattias Samuelsson Tage Thompson" (@rachelmlenzi)
• Montreal: "Ivan Demidov is not on the ice for the morning skate. At least not yet…" (@EricEngels)
• Montreal: "Blessé au bas du corps, Ivan Demidov s’absentera pour une durée de 2 à 4 semaines. Les @CanadiensMTL viennent d’en faire l’annonce. @TVASports" (@renlavoietva)
• Buffalo: "Jason Zucker on the ice this chilly Tuesday morning." (@BillHoppeNHL)
• Detroit: "Dylan Larkin taking part in power play, too, so all signs indicate he'll play tonight for Red Wings, first game since requesting a trade. Will get confirmation after morning skate. Loudly booed when introduced opening night at LCA." (@HeleneStJames)
• Buffalo: "Alex Lyon is also on the ice." (@BillHoppeNHL)
• Toronto: "Jim Hiller confirms Anthony Stolarz will start tonight. @Ozoon_CA" (@davidalter)
• Nashville: "Annunen is on the road trip and on the ice for Predators morning skate in Toronto, which is a good sign. Matt Murray is also here and will back up Juuse Saros tonight @1025TheGame" (@maxherztalks)
• Los Angeles: "Darcy Kuemper is not on the ice for the optional morning skate. Fair to presume he’s the starter tonight #GoKingsGo" (@leggetnhl)