NHL Hockey Player News

Smith allowed three goals on 35 shots in the Coyotes’ loss in Anaheim last Friday. The All Star was given Saturday night off, but will be back in goal tonight vs. the Jets. Smith is on an eight-game losing streak and is just 4-7-2 with a 2.94 GAA and .916 SV% on home-ice this season. Pick where you start him very carefully.

DeMelo suffered a broken wrist on Tuesday and is expected to miss two months. With DeMelo out, Mirco Mueller is expected to stick with the team for the foreseeable future.

Smith allowed three goals on 35 shots in the Coyotes’ loss in Anaheim last Friday. The All Star was given Saturday night off, but will be back in goal tonight vs. the Jets. Smith is on an eight-game losing streak and is just 4-7-2 with a 2.94 GAA and .916 SV% on home-ice this season. Pick where you start him very carefully.

Oleksiak missed Thursday’s game with a hand injury that he suffered on Tuesday and will miss at least three weeks and could be out until late-February/mid-March.

Rask left Thursday’s game after a puck hit him in the throat and did not return. He said after the game that he was OK, but his availability for Friday’s practice suggests that he could start on Saturday.

Ferland left Wednesday’s game vs. the Sharks and did not return. The injury will keep him out of the lineup tonight, but luckily for the Flames, Troy Brouwer (finger) will get back into the lineup tonight.

Mueller was a healthy scratch for the last two games, but has been reassigned to San Jose, likely to be in the lineup on Friday and could return to the Sharks because Dylan DeMelo is out for eight weeks.

Wilson has missed the last three games with a lower-body injury and has been moved to IR, likely to create a roster spot to activated James Neal before Saturday’s game.

Josi was hurt on a hit from Bruins’ forward Anton Blidh last night and did not return. His immediate movement to IR is not good news and means that he will miss at least seven days with an upper-body injury. He joins PK Subban on IR as the Predators will be without both halves of their top pair.

Bobrovsky allowed one goal on 26 shots in the Blue Jackets’ win over the Flyers on Sunday. Bobrovsky was held out of the lineup on Tuesday, but is expected to be back in the crease tonight in Tampa Bay. Bobrovsky has faced the Lightning twice already—he went 2-0-0 with a 2.00 GAA and .927 SV% in the first two meetings.

Crawford allowed three goals on 36 shots in the Blackhawks’ win over the Red Wings on Tuesday. Crawford has won three in a row and four of his last five while posting a 2.61 GAA and .916 SV%. Crawford has had a really strong year, but he will be in tough tonight in Washington. Braden Holtby is red-hot and he gave up three goals on 27 shots in a loss in his vs. start vs. Washington.

Johnson allowed two goals on 27 shots in the Flames’ win over the Sharks’ on Wednesday. Johnson will start his fourth consecutive game after winning two of his last three starts while posting a 1.69 GAA and .940 SV%. Tonight he will face the Devils for the first time this season—he has gone 8-5-0 with a 2.59 GAA and .909 SV% on home-ice.

Andersen allowed five goals on 31 shots in the Maple Leafs’ loss to Montreal last Saturday. Since January 1st, Andersen has allowed a combined 17 goals on 176 shots (.892 SV%) in four starts. Andersen has struggled since the calendar flipped to 2017, but the Leafs will stick with him tonight in New York

Beauvillier has been a healthy scratch for the last four games, but will be back in tonight in Florida. He will replace Shane Prince in the lineup and comes into play with nine points (4G / 5A) in 26 games this season.

Greiss allowed two goals on 24 shots in the Islanders loss to the Panthers on Wednesday. Greiss has started the last four games and posted a strong 1.69 GAA and .944 SV%, but that has translated into just one win. He’ll be looking for a different result tonight as he faces the Panthers again.

McKegg will miss his third straight game tonight and will miss tomorrow’s game as well. Monitor McKegg’s status heading into next week.