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Husso stopped 25 of 30 shots in Monday's 7-4 loss to the Oilers. The other two goals were empty-netters in the third period.

Husso was beaten once in the first period and four more times in the second. He left the net with the Ducks chasing an equalizer late in the final frame, but the Oilers took advantage of that to score two empty-netters via Connor McDavid and Mattias Ekholm, who finished with a hat trick. Husso has been relegated to a firm No. 2 role behind Lukas Dostal but has dropped four of his last five starts, going 1-3-1 with a 3.78 GAA and an .871 save percentage over that stretch. Husso will remain as Dostal's backup as long as Petr Mrazek (lower body) remains on injured reserve.

Toews (upper body) is day-to-day but will not suit up for Wednesday's contest in Ottawa, according to Evan Rawal of the Denver Gazette.

Rawal noted that Toews has yet to take contact in practice, so it seems unlikely the left-shot blueliner will be available for the second half of Colorado's back-to-back in Montreal on Thursday, though that has yet to be made official. The Avalanche currently have only five healthy defensemen on their roster, so a player will be brought up from the minors prior to Wednesday's game.

Granlund scored three goals on the power play in Monday's 7-4 loss to the Oilers.

Granlund scored three of the Ducks' four goals, and each of them came when Anaheim had the man advantage. Surprisingly, these were the first goals Granlund scored on the power play since netting one against the Bruins in a 7-5 win all the way back to Oct. 23. He's been turning things around after a mini slump earlier this month and now has six points (three goals, three assists) in his last three games.

Raddysh scored a power-play goal in Monday's 2-0 win over Utah.

Raddysh broke the deadlock with a slap shot at the 17:38 mark of the second period. He's having an outstanding season in 2025-26 and is already up to 14 goals, with eight of those coming with the man advantage. Raddysh has established a new career-best mark in points with 44 (14 goals, 30 helpers) across 45 contests this season, so he should be rostered across all formats going forward.

Head coach Rick Bowness said Tuesday that Wood (leg) will return to the lineup against the Flyers on Wednesday, per Aaron Portzline of The Athletic.

Wood was placed on injured reserve Jan. 1 due to the leg injury he sustained against New Jersey on Dec. 31. The New York native was sidelined for 12 consecutive games. Wood skated on the fourth line with Dmitri Voronkov and Isac Lundestrom at Tuesday's practice, which means Danton Heinen is slated to be a healthy scratch against Philadelphia.

Cirelli scored a power-play goal in Monday's 2-0 win over Utah.

Cirelli closed out the scoring for the Lightning at the 19:14 mark of the third period with a wrister. It was his 15th goal of the campaign, and the 28-year-old center is now riding a four-game point streak with six points (three goals, three helpers) in that span. Cirelli has been very productive over the last few weeks and is averaging over a point per game in January with 13 (five goals, eight assists) and a plus-10 rating in 12 contests.

Vasilevskiy stopped all 28 shots he faced in a 2-0 win over Utah.

Vasilevskiy has won his last four starts, and there's a strong argument to say he's been among the best -- if not the best -- goaltender in the NHL since the beginning of January. He's allowed 13 goals on 213 shots faced across nine starts, going 8-0-1 with a 1.41 GAA and an impressive .939 save percentage in that stretch.

Vejmelka stopped 27 of 29 shots in Monday's 2-0 loss to the Lightning.

Vejmelka saw the end of his eighth-game winning streak Monday, but he wasn't bad by any means -- he just didn't have enough support from the offense in a 2-0 loss. Despite the loss, Vejmelka has been playing well over the last few weeks and has posted a save percentage of at least .900 in eight of his last 11 contests, a stretch in which he's gone 9-2-0 with a 2.18 GAA and a .918 save percentage on 292 shots faced.

Halliday is day-to-day because of an upper-body injury and is not expected to be an option for Wednesday's game against the Avalanche, TSN 1200 Ottawa reports.

Halliday left Sunday's win over Vegas in the final frame after taking a hit into the boards. The 23-year-old has shown promise with three goals, eight points, 13 hits and a plus-4 rating over his last 10 games. Xavier Bourgault and Kurtis MacDermid are candidates to draw into the lineup Wednesday due to Halliday's injury.

Wallstedt will start in Tuesday's home clash against the Blackhawks, Jessi Pierce of NHL.com reports.

Wallstedt enters Tuesday's contest with three consecutive losses, which is the longest losing streak of his rookie campaign. In that span, he has a 5.66 GAA and an .817 save percentage. Overall, the 23-year-old netminder has a 12-5-4 record, a 2.71 GAA, a .912 save percentage and four shutouts across 21 outings this season. With Filip Gustavsson beginning to see more frequent starts, Wallstedt will likely start seeing a true backup's workload for the time being if he can't turn things around quickly. Luckily for him, he will face a Blackhawks offense that ranks 27th with 2.65 goals per game this season, making Tuesday's game a strong bounce-back opportunity for the young goaltender.