Overview
- Joseph Woll left the Dec. 4 win at Carolina with a lower-body injury and did not return, with the team offering no update on severity.
- Head coach Craig Berube said postgame the club would reassess the next day and provided no timeline as testing continued.
- Anthony Stolarz has been out since Nov. 11 with an upper-body injury and, per TSN reporting cited across outlets, has not resumed skating.
- Dennis Hildeby stopped all nine shots in relief versus the Hurricanes and is expected to start against Montreal, taking primary crease duties for now.
- Insiders have floated possible causes—Elliotte Friedman highlighted heavy usage risk and Darren Dreger pointed to a potential left-hip issue—while stressing the outlook could still be short term.