After Alex Lyon left last night’s game against Ottawa after one period due to an upper-body injury, it appears his availability for Friday’s contest versus Chicago is in some question. The team announced (Twitter links) that goaltender Ville Husso has been recalled from AHL Grand Rapids. To make room on the roster, defenseman Jeff Petry has been placed on injured reserve retroactive to January 2nd.
Husso is up with Detroit for the fifth time already this season after he cleared waivers back at the start of the season. The 29-year-old has played in eight games with the Red Wings so far in 2024-25, putting up a 3.47 GAA and a .877 SV%, numbers that don’t come close to justifying his $4.75MM price tag on a contract that expires at the end of the season.
However, he has fared quite better in his limited action with the Griffins. In eight appearances with them, Husso has a 1.86 GAA with a .935 SV% in his first taste of longer-term AHL time since the 2018-19 season. He is very close to reaching 30 days on the NHL roster and when that threshold is reached (or if he plays in two more games in Detroit), he’ll need to pass through waivers again before he can be returned to Grand Rapids.
As for Petry, he has missed the last two games with an undisclosed injury. The 37-year-old has had a quiet season offensively, notching just one goal and five assists in his first 37 outings although he’s still averaging over 19 minutes a night of playing time. The retroactive placement means he’ll have missed seven days before Friday’s matchup, meaning that he’ll be eligible to be activated as early as that game if he’s cleared to return.