MONTREAL — A small note to pass along as Ducks backup goalie Curtis McElhinney and his wife, Ashleigh, welcomed a baby girl to their family this weekend.

Jaxen Leigh McElhinney weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces at birth. It is the second child for the couple.

McElhinney left the team Friday night to be with his wife and the Ducks recalled goalie Timo Pielmeier from Syracuse (AHL) to serve as the backup to Jonas Hiller for the club’s game Saturday night against the Canadiens.

It is unclear when McElhinney will re-join the team, which finishes its four-game road trip Tuesday in Columbus. McElhinney is 3-4-1 with a 3.18 goals-against avergae and a .907 save percentage in 13 games this season.

“We defend our players. Because if you look at the number of times he does control the puck and he makes the right play, they far outweigh the mistakes that he makes. So that’s a process of a young player.”

Carlyle said that Fowler has tried to do too much times but quickly added that he brings attributes that are an “A-plus quality from a coaching standpoint.”

“You play defense in this league, there’s going to be sretches that things aren’t going to way you want them to go,” said Carlyle, an NHL defenseman for 17 seasons. ”I guarantee it. That’s part and parcel of why we cut the kid some slack. We’ve put him in situations that are very, very pressure packed for a 19-year-old hockey player playing his first year in the NHL.

“He plays the point on the first unit of the power play. He plays 22 to 23 minutes a night. Those are all things that are huge hurdles that he’s so far handled very well. Because he has a stretch of games where he’s not making the right decision as often as he has, he still making some very, very good plays out there. He’s very noticeable.

“He makes more good plays than he makes bad plays, that’s for sure.”

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