BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres will seemingly be leaning on their fourth-, fifth- and even sixth-string goalies for doubtlessly the remainder of the season with Linus Ullmark listed as week to week with a lower-body hurt.
Interim coach Don Granato provided the substitute on Ullmark on Friday, saying the timetable for his return is “delicate” on account of the Sabres solely have three weeks left of their season. The Sabres sit ultimate throughout the NHL standings and are all nevertheless mathematically out of competitors.
Ullmark has missed one sport after being shaken up throughout the opening minutes of a Three-2 shootout loss at Boston on Tuesday. The third-year starter has a 9-6-Three file, and went 4-2-1 in seven video video games upon returning after missing 15 video video games with a lower-body hurt.
Backup goalie Carter Hutton‘s standing stays cloudy, having missed 13 video video games with a lower-body hurt. Though Hutton has resumed skating on an individual basis, Granato talked about there’s no timetable however for his return.
The accidents depart the Sabres on the brink of title up prime minor-league prospect Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to make his NHL debut. The timetable for that is not sure with Luukkonen recovering from an hurt he sustained earlier this week.
Granato talked about the group will know further after Luukkonen practices with the AHL Rochester Individuals.
The Sabres are at current left with two healthful goalies – Dustin Tokarski and minor league journeyman Michael Houser — in on the brink of host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday and Sunday.
Tokarski stopped 27 photos in a 5-2 win at Washington on Thursday to boost to 1-4-2 this season. It was his first win since stopping 25 photos for Montreal in a Three-1 victory over Ottawa on Dec. 12, 2015.
Howser has certainly not appeared in an NHL sport, and was signed ultimate month after Buffalo agreed to commerce goalie Jonas Johansson to Colorado.
Veteran forward Kyle Okposo‘s standing may also be not sure. Granato talked about the group is awaiting examine outcomes after Okposo was struck throughout the face by a puck in opposition to Washington.
The latest accidents come the equivalent week by which the Sabres launched captain Jack Eichel will miss the remainder of the season with a herniated disk. Eichel has been out since March 7.