The franchise netminder backed up Cam Talbot on Thursday night in Ottawa which kept him out the past seven weeks .
Ottawa is the next step on his road to recovery from a sprained blood vessel in the back of his neck .
The franchise netminder backed up Cam Talbot on Thursday night in Ottawa , the next step on his road to recovery from a sprained blood vessel in the back of his neck , which kept him out the past seven weeks .