NHL Hockey Player News

Sabourin did not appear in any games during his current call up and will return to Syracuse (AHL) on Friday. The 33-year-old has appeared in nine games this year, picking up a goal, 3 points and 63 PIMs.

McTavish has returned to Anaheim after missing the Ducks' previous game with an upper-body injury and is unsure if he will be able to return on Anaheim's current road trip. The 22-year-old had been starting to heat up with three goals in his previous five games to add to his 13 goals and 30 points in 49 games on the season.

Bryson left Buffalo's game vs. Montreal on Thursday with an upper-body injury and has been placed on IR with expectations that he will miss an extended period of time. The 28-year-old appeared in 33 games this season prior to his injury, picking up two goals, five points and 11 SOG while averaging just 10:11 TOI.

With Jacob Bryson being placed on IR on Friday, Zac Jones has earned a call up to Buffalo from Rochester (AHL). The 25-year-old has yet to appear in a game this season for the Sabres but has an impressive six goals and 37 points in 32 games with Rochester.

Dostal will take over Anaheim's crease for the sixth time in their last seven games and look to extend the teams five-game win streak and his personal four game win streak in Seattle on Friday. The 25-year-old has been one of the hottest goalies in hockey over his last six starts, posting a 4-2-0 record and an impressive .919 SV%. He'll head to Seattle to take on the Kraken on Friday, who broke a four game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Islanders their last time out.

Martin will get just his third start of the season on Friday when he takes on the Sharks in San Jose. The 30-year-old has struggled when called upon this season in Igor Shesterkin's absence, with his 1-1-0 record, 4.13 GAA and .848 SV%. He'll take on the Sharks in San Jose on Friday, who have won five of their last 8 games.

New York will switch things up on Friday as Anton Blidh takes Jonny Brodzinski's spot in the Rangers' lineup vs. San Jose. Brodzinski has appeared in 36 games this season and has four goals, nine points and 37 SOG despite only averaging 11:09 TOI in a bottom-six role this season.

Blidh has been a healthy scratch for New York's previous six games but will draw back into the lineup for Jonny Brodzinski on Friday in San Jose for his third appearance of the season. The 30-year-old Blidh has not picked up a point since his days with Boston in 2021-22, despite appearing in 16 games between Colorado and New York combined over the years.

Markstrom will look to help New Jersey to thier fifth win in the last six games on Friday as he takes the crease in Vancouver vs. the Canucks. The 35-year-old has struggled nightly this season for the Devils, posting a 3.27 GAA, .882 SV% and 13-11-1 record across 26 appearances. He'll face the spiralling Vancouver Canucks on the road on Friday, who snapped an eight-game losing streak with a win over Washington their last time out on Wednesday.

With Dan Vladar (lower-body) still injured for at least one more game, Samuel Ersson draws the tough task of taking on the Colorado Avalanche in Colorado on Friday. Ersson's nightmare season will hopefully take a break on Friday as he looks to post a save percentage above .900 for just the second time in his last 8 starts. His .858 SV% ranks among the lowest in the NHL through 21 appearances this season. He will take on the surprisingly cold Colorado Avalanche on Friday, who, despite having the NHL's best record, have lost three of their last four games.

Nedeljkovic has been all the rage of the NHL after his fight on Monday vs. Sergei Bobrovsky made headlines and has earned himself another start on Friday vs. the Rangers. The 30-year-old has a decent 9-8-2 record despite his uglier .896 SV% and 2.96 GAA this season. He will host the struggling New York Rangers on Friday who have lost seven of their last eight games being outscored 42 to 24 during that span.

Vladar had a chance to return on Friday vs. Colorado but will instead push his expected return to Monday when Philadelphia takes on the Islanders. The 28-year-old has missed Philadelphia's last four games and will make a welcome return to their crease with his 16-7-4 record, 2.46 GAA and .905 SV%.

Nedeljkovic has been all the rage of the NHL after his fight on Monday vs. Sergei Bobrovsky made headlines and has earned himself another start on Friday vs. the Rangers. The 30-year-old has a decent 9-8-2 record despite his uglier .896 SV% and 2.96 GAA this season. He will host the struggling New York Rangers on Friday who have lost seven of their last eight games being outscored 42 to 24 during that span.

Joseph has missed St. Louis' previous seven games due to an elbow infection but has been activated off IR and will return to the Blues' lineup vs. Dallas on Friday. The 28-year-old has two goals, 10 points and 28 SOG in 35 GP this season.

Despite picking up 34 hits in his previous eight games played, Nathan Walker will be the odd man out of the lineup with Mathieu Joseph returning from an elbow injury on Friday. The 31-year-old will hope to return to the lineup soon as he continues to chase his career high in points from last season (16) with his 11 points in 32 games this year.

Binnington will get his 2nd start in the last five games when St. Louis heads to Dallas on Friday. The 32-year-old is slowly losing St. Louis' crease to Joel Hofer but will have another chance for redemption vs. a tough Stars team that ranks 12th in the NHL in goals this season (3.25). In 28 appearances in 2025-26, he ranks 4th worst among starters with more than 4 appearances in SV% (.869) and has an ugly 8-13-6 record to show for it.

Chytil will return to Vancouver's lineup for the first time since October 19th due to a concussion and is expected to lineup on the Canucks 2nd line with Brock Boeser and Drew O'Connor. The 26-year-old started the season out hot with three goals and 15 SOG in six games prior to his injury. He will look to stay healthy after only playing 21 games with Vancouver across the last season and a half since being acquired from New York last season.

With Frank Nazar returning from injury on Friday, Colton Dach finds himself the odd man out of Chicago's lineup vs. Tampa Bay. The 23-year-old has hit everything that moves this season, ranking seventh in the NHL with 172 hits and also has picked up career highs in goals (3), points (9) and PIMs (45) across 49 games played.

For the first time in four games, Hunter Brzustewicz finds himself a healthy scratch vs. Washington as Brayden Pachal rejoins Calgary's lineup. Brzustewicz is in his rookie season and has only one assist, 16 SOG and a -2 plus/minus through 16 games played this season.