Jakub Lauko (upper body) will be in action against the Blue Jackets on Thursday, Fluto Shinzawa of The Athletic reports.

Claude Giroux (illness) is back at practice Thursday, Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun reports.

Jack Johnson recorded an assist, three shots on goal, three hits and three blocked shots in Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Wild.

Samuel Girard provided an assist, three hits and two shots on goal in Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Wild.

Devon Toews posted an assist in Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Wild.

J.T. Compher notched an assist in Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Wild.

Lars Eller scored a goal on four shots and added two PIM in Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Wild.

Bowen Byram scored a goal on four shots, added three hits and logged two PIM in Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Wild.

Alexandar Georgiev gave up three goals on 28 shots in Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Wild. The fourth goal was an empty-netter.

Matt Dumba produced an assist, four shots on goal, two hits and two blocked shots in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Avalanche.

Jonas Brodin picked up a shorthanded assist, blocked seven shots, added two hits and went plus-2 in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Avalanche.

Ryan Hartman logged an assist, four shots on goal and two hits in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Avalanche.

John Klingberg logged an assist and three shots on goal in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Avalanche.

Joel Eriksson Ek recorded an assist, four shots on goal, two hits, two PIM and a plus-3 rating in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Avalanche.

Sam Steel scored a goal in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Avalanche.

Marcus Johansson scored a goal on two shots in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Avalanche.

Frederick Gaudreau scored a pair of shorthanded goal and added two hits in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Avalanche.

Filip Gustavsson stopped 42 of 44 shots in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Avalanche.

Auston Matthews scored his 37th goal on five shots in Wednesday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Panthers.

Ilya Samsonov allowed three goals on 29 shots in Wednesday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Panthers.