Overview
- Pageau and head coach Patrick Roy confirmed his return after eight games out with an upper-body injury before Tuesday’s matchup at UBS Arena.
- Morning skate placed Pageau at right wing on the second line with Mathew Barzal and Anders Lee.
- Roy kept Cal Ritchie’s unit together, pointing to past effectiveness of the Barzal–Lee–Pageau trio.
- Pageau is slated for second power-play and penalty-kill minutes, with Maxim Tsyplakov expected to sit.
- He has 6 goals and 6 assists in 22 games this season and is in the final year of a $5 million deal, with AFP Analytics projecting about three years at a $4.2 million cap hit.