Zach Parise, who missed Thursday's game at St. Louis, and Erik Haula are game-time decisions tonight against Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning, according to coach Mike Yeo.
As insurance and with a game tomorrow at Florida, Jordan Schroeder was recalled from AHL Iowa. He's not expected to play tonight.
If both Parise and Haula play, a forward will have to come out of tonight's lineup.
Haula said he's good to play tonight, and Parise, too, said he "felt really good this morning."
Parise wants to play, but by the time we talked to Yeo and Parise this morning, Parise said he hadn't yet talked to Yeo.
Parise said the coaches and trainers chime in, "but I think at this point, it's up to me knowing whether it's safe or not. But I felt really good this morning."
Yeo said, "You've got to trust the player, you've got to trust the trainer and the doctors. If there was a concern of greater damage or something, then we wouldn't put him out there. But he's a pretty darn good player, and if he's available, we'd like to have him in the lineup."
So, in summation, Yeo said, "If he plays, then you can be sure" the team feels he can't further damage his knee. Although, Yeo correctly said, "You're never 100 percent sure."