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Luukkonen aggravated his lower-body injury during Wednesday's game versus the Penguins and won't return to the contest.

Luukkonen's injury woes seem likely to linger into the regular season at this point, as this was his first game of the preseason. He had previously been aiming for an Opening Night return, and it appears that accelerating that timeline didn't go well. If Luukkonen misses additional action, expect Alexandar Georgiev and Alex Lyon to share the goaltending duties for the Sabres.

Daccord is expected to start at home in Wednesday's preseason game versus the Oilers, per Sound of Hockey.

Daccord will get his third appearance of the preseason as the Kraken play their final exhibition game. The 29-year-old netminder should also be expected between the pipes for Opening Night on Oct. 9 versus the Ducks.

Shepard was promoted from AHL Belleville on Wednesday.

Shepard will likely serve as the backup for one or both of the Sens' final two preseason games before he goes back to the minors. With both Leevi Merilainen and Mads Sogaard available to back up Linus Ullmark, it would take a significant rash of injuries for Shepard to log a game for Ottawa this year.

Stauber was placed on waivers by the Mammoth on Wednesday.

Stauber was going to be hard-pressed to secure a spot on Utah's Opening Night roster, so his designation for waivers shouldn't come as a surprise. Assuming he clears, the 26-year-old backstop should split time in the minors but shouldn't be expected to join the NHL club any time soon.

Askarov is expected to guard the home goal against San Jose on Wednesday, per Max Miller of NHL.com.

Askarov had a 2.45 GAA and a .923 save percentage in 22 regular-season appearances with AHL San Jose in 2024-25. He also posted a 3.10 GAA and an .896 in 13 outings with the Sharks. Askarov is set to open this season as the Sharks' No. 1 goaltender.

Copley was placed on waivers by the Kings on Wednesday.

Copley had a 2.49 GAA and a .904 save percentage in 42 regular-season appearances with AHL Ontario in 2024-25. Copley is expected to rejoin the Reign if he clears waivers, but he might be the first goaltender summoned in the event that Darcy Kuemper or Anton Forsberg suffer an injury.

Portillo was reassigned to AHL Ontario on Wednesday.

Los Angeles also sent Kenny Connors, Francesco Pinelli, Jared Wright, Jakub Dvorak, Jack Millar, Tim Rego, Otto Salin, Kirill Kirsanov and Isaiah Saville to Ontario. The 25-year-old Portillo had a 2.82 GAA and an .889 save percentage across 24 regular-season outings with Ontario in 2024-25. Portillo is believed to be behind Darcy Kuemper, Anton Forsberg and Pheonix Copley in the depth charts, so Portillo isn't likely to start for the Kings unless at least two goaltenders are injured.

Dostal (lower body) isn't expected to play on the road in Wednesday's preseason game against San Jose, per Max Miller of NHL.com.

Dostal had a 23-23-7 record, 3.10 GAA and .903 save percentage in 54 outings with the Ducks in 2024-25. He isn't expected to be out for long and participated in Wednesday's morning skate, according to Zach Cavanagh of The Sporting Tribune.

Clang was promoted from AHL San Diego on Wednesday.

Even with Lukas Dostal (lower body) dealing with an injury, Clang shouldn't be expected to make the Opening Night roster. Instead, the 23-year-old backstop figures to split the workload in the minors with either Petr Mrazek or Ville Husso, depending on which netminder loses the battle for the No. 2 job in Anaheim.

Prosvetov is slated to get the home start for Wednesday's preseason game against Vancouver, per Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan.

Prosvetov is likely to play in just half the game before Devin Cooley takes over for the remainder. The 26-year-old Prosvetov had a 4-3-1 record, 3.16 GAA and .895 save percentage in 11 regular-season outings with Colorado in 2023-24, but he spent the full 2024-25 campaign with the KHL's CSKA Moscow, posting a 2.32 GAA and a .920 save percentage across 38 regular-season outings. Prosvetov and Cooley are competing to start the upcoming campaign as Dustin Wolf's understudy.