Though he insisted that Brett Howden was “looking very good,’’ and that his absence from the lineup most likely will last just one game, coach David Quinn nevertheless said Howden’s injury seemed the right time to call up Lias Andersson from AHL Hartford.
“We’ve been talking about this for a little while,’’ Quinn said of bringing up Andersson. “He’s played really well down in Hartford, done all the things we’ve asked him to do. Obviously, with Howden’s situation, we thought it’d be a good time to get him to come up. We’re short of centers, so it just was a perfect time.