NHL Hockey Player News

Ullmark allowed three goals on 32 shots in the Sabres win in San Jose on Saturday. The Sabres broke their goalie rotation on Thursday but that leaves Ullmark to start the tail-end of a back-to-back in Detroit. The 26-year-old is 2-1-1 with a 3.18 GAA and .913 SV% in his first four starts of the year and has had a lot of success vs. Detroit in his career—3-0-2 with a 2.50 GAA and .924 SV%.

Andersen allowed four goals on 38 shots in the Maple Leafs overtime loss to the Blue Jackets on Monday. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Andersen, who will start the front-end of a back-to-back on Friday. The 30-year-old is 3-2-1 with a 3.77 GAA and .888 SV% on home-ice this season and catches the Sharks on the back-end of a back-to-back.

Tarasenko will not travel on the Blues two-game weekend road-trip because of an upper-body injury that he suffered in the first period of Thursday’s win. Oskar Sundqvist and Robert Thomas moved up in Tarasenko’s spot, so look for one of them to play an expanded role on Saturday.

Fleury allowed one goal on 32 shots in the Golden Knights win in Chicago on Tuesday. Fleury has won three in a row while allowing just three goals on 100 shots (.970 SV%). The 34-year-old has gone 3-2-0 with a 2.77 GAA and .918 SV% on home-ice this season and today Vegas hosts a Colorado team without Mikko Rantanen. Fleury stopped 31 of 32 shots in a 2-1 win in his only start against the Avalanche last season.

Hamaliuk was a second-round pick (No.55 overall) in this summer’s NHL Entry Draft. The 6-foot-4, 193 lbs. winger had 26 points (11G / 15A) in 31 WHL games last year but has opened this season with 10 points (5G / 5A) in 12 games with the Kelowna Rockets.

Quine was recalled sent down but Austin Czarnik landing on LTIR opened the door for Quine to be recalled yet again. He has five points (1G / 4A) in four AHL games this season and 27 points (9G / 18A) in 98 career NHL games with the Islanders and Flames.

Czarnik suffered a lower-body injury on Thursday night and lands on LTIR which means he will miss at least 24 days or 10 games. Alan Quine has been recalled from Stockton (AHL) to take Czarnik’s spot on the roster.

Scandella tried his leg prior to the third period but didn’t feel right so did not play the rest of the night. If Scandella can’t play in Detroit, John Gilmour is expected to replace him.

Vesey played just 6:08 last year before leaving the contest. Vesey is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury, which suggests that he won’t play in Detroit on Friday. Expect Evan Rodrigues to replace him in the lineup.

Howard gave up four goals on 40 shots in the Red Wings loss to the Canucks on Tuesday. Howard was great in the first two periods but allowed four consecutive in the third, leading to his fourth straight loss. During his losing skid, Howard has allowed a combined 16 goals on 145 shots (.890 SV%). He was 1-2-1 with a 3.87 GAA and .884 SV% vs. the Sabres last year.

Nordstrom has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury but will draw back onto the fourth line on Saturday. Nordstrom has just one goal in four games this season.

The Bruins have a back-to-back this weekend so if Krejci is doubtful for Saturday’s game vs. the Blues he’s probably equally as unlikely to play Sunday in New York. Par Lindholm is expected to centre the Bruins second line on Saturday.

Ernie will miss his third straight game with an undisclosed injury but head coach Jeff Blashill believes he could be back in on Sunday. Evgeny Svechnikov will continue to skate in Erne’s spot on Friday.

Abdelkader was banged up while blocking a shot in the third period of Wednesday’s loss in Ottawa. With Abdelakder out, Givani Smith was recalled from Grand Rapids (AHL) and will make his NHL debut on Friday.

DeKeyser missed Wednesday’s game in Ottawa and the Red Wings are expected to be without him for at least two more weeks. Madison Bowey and Alex Biega will likely split time as the Red Wings’ sixth defenseman while DeKeyser is out.