Devils Injury Report: Jake Allen Update; Forward Misses Morning Skate

NEWARK—Ahead of their tilt with the Los Angeles Kings, the New Jersey Devils took the ice for morning skate. The Devils were off on Wednesday, so there was no update on injured goaltender Jake Allen. However, head coach Sheldon Keefe provided one on Thursday after he and a Devils forward were missing from morning skate.

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The expectation is that Poulter will remain on the bench until Jake Allen returns from injury, and Markstrom will get all the starts until his goalie partner returns.

The good news is that could be sooner than later.

“[Allen] skated this morning, which is positive,” Keefe explained Thursday morning. “He won’t backup tonight, and we’ll see where he’s at going into practice tomorrow to make a determination from there.”

Allen missed the last game with an upper-body injury, seemingly suffered in Sunday’s tilt against the Colorado Avalanche.

In the forward group, Erik Haula was not in attendance at morning skate. Tomas Tatar skated in his place on the third line, however, Haula is expected to dress and play against the Kings Thursday night.

“We expect [Haula] to be available tonight,” Keefe stated.

Devils Thursday Morning Workflow

Forwards

Ondrej Palat—Jack Hughes— Jesper Bratt

Timo Meier—Nico Hischier—Dawson Mercer

Paul Cotter—Tomas Tatar—Stefan Noesen

Kurtis MacDermid—Justin Dowling—Nathan Bastian

Defensemen

Brenden Dillon—Dougie Hamilton

Jonas Siegenthaler—Johnathan Kovacevic

Luke Hughes—Brett Pesce

Colton White

Goaltenders

Jacob Markstrom

Isaac Poulter

The Devils and Kings drop the puck at Prudential Center at 7:08 P.M. Thursday evening.

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