NHL Buzz: Drouin to return for Avalanche on Tuesday

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Colorado Avalanche

Jonathan Drouin will return for the Avalanche against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET; ALT, TSN3).

The forward has missed 16 games with an upper-body injury.

"He's feeling good too," Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. "I feel like the last little bit he's really been ramping up, looks good in practice. So, it's going to be nice to get him back. We've been without some of those top-six forwards for the whole season, I guess, and now we finally get him back. Should be a rested player, eager player, and we obviously know what he can provide to our team."

Drouin missed 16 games with a similar injury earlier this season; he played four games before his most recent injury.

"It's been a long year. Kind of play a couple games and get reinjured," he said. "The same kind of thing happened, and kind of redo the whole process of all the rehab and treatment. … It's very similar, very close to the same one I had to start the year in the first game."

Drouin has two goals and two assists in five games this season after having a career-high 56 points (19 goals, 37 points) in 79 games last season. He'll play on the second line with Mikko Rantanen and Ross Colton.

Forward Juuso Parssinen will make his Avalanche debut Tuesday after being acquired in a trade with the Nashville Predators on Saturday. Forward Ivan Ivan (upper-body injury) won't play and is being evaluated. -- Ryan Boulding

Carolina Hurricanes

Shayne Gostisbehere will be out "more than day to day" for the Hurricanes because of an upper-body injury.

The defenseman was a late scratch prior to a 5-2 win against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.

"I'm not sure the extent of the length of it, but it will be more than day to day," Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said Monday.

Gostisbehere has 27 points (six goals, 21 assists) in 35 games this season.

Defenseman Riley Stillman was recalled from Chicago of the American Hockey League on Monday.

Carolina visits the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, FDSNSO).

Tampa Bay Lightning

Jake Guentzel is day to day with an upper-body injury.

The forward did not play in a 5-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday. He left in the third period of the Lightning's 6-2 win against the New York Rangers on Saturday. After the game, coach
Jon Cooper said Guentzel left for precautionary reasons.

Guentzel is fourth on the Lightning with 37 points (20 goals, 17 assists) in 33 games.

The Lightning next play the San Jose Sharks on Thursday (10:30 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, NBCSCA).

Dallas Stars

Mason Marchment will be out long-term after taking a deflected puck to the face on Dec. 27.

The forward was injured in the first period of a 3-2 overtime loss to the Wild, when Evgenii Dadonov's shot from the point deflected off of Logan Stankoven's stick. The puck hit Marchment in the face, causing him to bleed onto the ice before being helped off by the training staff. He was taken to a hospital after the injury to be evaluated.

"It's not good. We're waiting for the swelling to go down and then we'll see," Stars coach Pete DeBoer said Saturday. "Looks like it's more week to week than day to day."

The Stars recalled forward Justin Hryckowian from Texas of the American Hockey League on Saturday, and he replaced Marchment in a 5-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.

Marchment has 27 points (12 goals, 15 assists) in 33 games this season and is second on the team in scoring behind linemate Matt Duchene (30 points). His other linemate, Tyler Seguin, underwent hip surgery Dec. 5 and will be out 4-5 months.

Dallas hosts the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET; Victory+, MSG-B). -- Taylor Baird