Bonino (foot) out, Green up from Syracuse.
The Ducks announced that rookie center Nick Bonino will miss tonight's game in Buffalo with a "minor foot injury," and Josh Green was recalled from AHL affiliate Syracuse.
Green gets the nod over Dan Sexton (who is coming off a hot weekend) and Matt Beleskey (who has six goals and 12 points in 14 AHL games), probably because he can play the pivot. So can Todd Marchant, who has been mostly used as a left wing lately, but Green also displayed pretty good chemistry with Marchant and George Parros during a November stint on the fourth line. The 33-year-old has no points in 11 games with the Ducks this season. He had five goals and 13 points in 19 games for Syracuse.
The Ducks play the Sabres at 4 p.m., then get a five-day layoff before Sunday's game in Los Angeles, which ideally would give Bonino enough time to heal before playing the Kings.
Green gets the nod over Dan Sexton (who is coming off a hot weekend) and Matt Beleskey (who has six goals and 12 points in 14 AHL games), probably because he can play the pivot. So can Todd Marchant, who has been mostly used as a left wing lately, but Green also displayed pretty good chemistry with Marchant and George Parros during a November stint on the fourth line. The 33-year-old has no points in 11 games with the Ducks this season. He had five goals and 13 points in 19 games for Syracuse.
The Ducks play the Sabres at 4 p.m., then get a five-day layoff before Sunday's game in Los Angeles, which ideally would give Bonino enough time to heal before playing the Kings.
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