Huberdeau tested out of COVID-19 protocol and will be available for Wednesday's game vs. the Rangers. With Huberdeau in, the Panthers are nearly at 100 percent. He has 33 points (10G / 23A) in 29 games this season.
The Panthers placed four new players in COVID-19 protocol on Sunday, the same day that they activated eight players from the list. With Huberdeau likely out until the middle of next week, Frank Vatrano moved up into the top-6 in Monday's practice.
Farabee has missed the last seven games with an upper-body injury but will draw back into the lineup on Saturday. Farabee, who has seven goals and three assists in 21 games, will be on the top line with Sean Couturier and Travis Konecny.
Backlund is the latest Flames' player to be added to the COVID-19 protocol list, leaving them with just four active players.
Frost was pulled from Tuesday's game and entered COVID-19 protocol. As of now, he's the only Flyers player who has tested positive.
Farabee is week-to-week with an upper-body injury that he suffered in Need York on December 1st. He was moved to IR on Thursday to open up a roster spot to call Jackson Cates up from the AHL.
Farabee left in the first period Thursday's game in New York due to an upper-body injury and did not return. The Flyers announced Friday that Farabee is expected to miss at least a couple of weeks. Max Willman will likely remain with the Flyers while Farabee is out.
Jones was a seventh-round draft pick in 2017 and set to make his NHL debut after 86 AHL games and eight ECHL games. He has four goals and two assists (six points) in 12 AHL games this season.
Middleton has missed the last six games while on the COVID-19 reserve list but should be back in the lineup on Saturday. With Middleton back, Artemi Kniazev was reassigned to the AHL.
With Strome out for Saturday's game in Montreal, Filip Chytil will likely move up to the second line with Artemi Panarin. Kaapo Kakko was elevated to PP1 as well.
Whitecloud has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury and will miss at least two more games after staying back in Vegas. With Whitecloud out, expect Nick Holden and Dylan Coghlan to remain in the lineup.
Farabee missed Thursday's game but is expected to play Saturday afternoon. Farabee, who will likely be reunited with Sean Couturier and James van Riemsdyk, has 10 goals and nine assists (19 points) in 19 games this season.