Joel Armia is finally back after spending the last three weeks on the COVID list, slotting in next to Nick Suzuki and Tyler Toffoli on the third line Wednesday night. Meanwhile, Paul Byron got another chance to play first-line minutes with Phillip Danault and Tomas Tatar, while Eric Staal formed an, on paper, solid fourth line together with Artturi Lehkonen and Corey Perry.
Xavier Ouellet got another audition on the back end while the team is waiting for Jon Merrill and Erik Gustafsson to be done quarantining, while Jake Allen was awarded with his fifth start in a week’s time.