NHL Hockey Player News

Markstrom stopped all 32 shots that he faced in the Flames’ shutout win over the Canucks on Saturday. It was Markstrom’s first win with the Flames and an impressive showing vs. his former team. He will get another chance tonight but the Canucks should be a little more dangerous with J.T. Miller returning from the COVID-19 reserve list.

Koskinen gave up five goals on 36 shots in the Oilers’ loss to Montreal on Saturday. With no other NHL-calibre netminder on the roster, the Oilers will ride Koskinen heavily for the foreseeable future. He sandwiched one great outing between two ugly starts but will make his fourth consecutive start Monday. Montreal has scored nine goals in their first two games, so there are better options on Monday’s busy slate.

With Nick Robertson out for a few weeks at least, the Maple Leafs will dress seven defensemen Monday vs. the Jets. Lehtonen played last year and the start of this year in KHL, where he had 25 goals and 41 assists (66 points) in 77 games. Although it was not confirmed, Lehtonen figures to see some reps on the second power-play unit.

Studnicka played 11:40 TOI in the season opener but was a healthy scratch on Saturday. With Ondrej Kase getting hurt on Saturday, Studnicka will draw into the Bruins lineup on Monday and is expected to skate on the second line with David Krejci and Nick Ritchie.

Kase was hurt in Saturday afternoon's game against the Devils and did not return to the game. With Kase out, Jack Studnicka will draw back into the lineup after sitting in the second game of the season.

Binnington was yanked after allowing four goals on 24 shots in the Blues' 8-0 loss in Colorado last Friday. It was an ugly outing for the entire team but the Blues will go right back to their No.1 netminder tonight vs. the Sharks. In his only start vs. the Sharks in 2020, Binnington stopped 27 of 29 shots in a winning effort.

Juuse Saros started the first two games of the season but it looks like Juuse Saros will make his season debut tonight vs. the Hurricanes. The 38-year-old netminder was 10-8-3 with a 3.30 GAA and .888 SV% on home-ice last year and faces a Hurricanes team coming off of an ugly loss in Detroit on Saturday.

Erne was added to the COVID protocol list prior to Monday's game, so he will be replaced by Frans Nielsen on the fourth line. There is no indication how long Erne will be sidelined for.

Nielsen will re-enter the lineup for Adam Erne after sitting as a healthy scratch Saturday vs. the Hurricanes. Erne was placed on the COVID-19 protocol list, so Nielsen could be in the lineup for a couple of games at least.

Fabbri was added to the COVID protocol list prior to Monday's game, so he will be replaced by Michael Rasmussen on the second line. There is no indication of how long Fabbri will be sidelined.

With Robby Fabbri out because of COVID-19 protocol, Rasmussen will make his season debut on Monday afternoon. Rasmussen will centre Detroit's second line and comes in after picking up 18 points (5G / 13A) in 18 games with Graz EC during his COVID loan in the Austria's top league.

Greiss stopped 40 of 42 shots in the Red Wings' loss to the Hurricanes on opening night. It was a terrific debut for Greiss, who kept the Red Wings in it while they were being dominated. Jonathan Bernier started Game 2 but they will come back to Greiss on their Monday matinee. In his second start, he'll face a Blue Jackets team that is 0-2-0 to start the season, scoring just three goals in their two games in Nashville.

Korpisalo allowed two goals on 34 shots in the Blue Jackets 3-1 loss in Nashville on opening night. Elvis Merzlikins allowed five goals in his season debut on Saturday, so they'll come back to Korpisalo as the Blue Jackets search for their first win of the season today in Detroit. Korpisalo was 2-0-0 with a 3.55 HAA and .851 SV% in two games vs. the Red Wings last season.

Andersen allowed five goals on 24 shots in the Maple Leafs' 5-3 loss in Ottawa last Friday. It was a terrible outing for Andersen, who has now given up nine goals on 56 shots (.839 SV)% to open the season. After not even dressing for rest purposes on Saturday, the Maple Leafs will try to get Andersen going tonight vs. a Patrik Laine-less Jets team.

Rask allowed two goals on 22 shots in the Bruins shootout win in New Jersey on opening night. Rask wasn't tested often but he made a number of huge saves, especially in overtime and earned his first win of the season. Jaroslav Halak started Saturday but they'll come back to Rask tonight vs. the Islanders. Rask was 2-0-1 with a 1.29 GAA and .952 SV% in three games against the Islanders last season.