Game Time: 7:30 PM Pacific
TV: Fox Sports West
Radio: iHeart Radio
The Opposition: Canes Country
Willie Desjardins clarified Ilya Kovalchuk’s “ankle thing” that kept him out of the lineup on Friday as an infection rather than any sort of sprain or other injury. More information is supposed to come from the team later today regarding his status, but he’s expected to miss today’s game. An ankle infection is perhaps the least glamorous, worst possible way to solve the Kovalchuk conundrum, but it has at least taken Desjardins off of the “why don’t you play him more” hot seat.