NHL Hockey Player News

Greiss allowed three goals on 23 shots in the Islanders loss in Anaheim on Monday. The Islanders goaltender rotation continues with Greiss getting the Blue Jackets on Saturday night. He has been stellar on home ice, going 6-0-0 with a 1.67 GAA and .943 SV% and stopped 34 of 36 shots in a 3-2 overtime win in his only other start vs. the Blue Jackets this season.

Saros allowed four goals on 30 shots in the Predators loss to Vegas on Wednesday. With Pekka Rinne starting last night, Saros will start for the fourth time in five games. After a forgettable month of October, Saros has gone 2-2-2 with a 2.67 GAA and .903 SV% in six starts and three relief appearances in November.

Merzlikins gave up four goals on 31 shots in the Blue Jackets loss in Winnipeg last Saturday. Merzlikins is still winless in five NHL appearances but is coming off of a win in the AHL earlier in the week. Tonight he faces an Islanders team that has won nine of their last 10 while scoring 3.80 goals per game on home-ice this season.

Coburn suffered a lower-body injury early in Friday's game in Washington and will miss an extended period of time. Luckily for the Lightning, Erik Cernak has served his two-game suspension and is eligible to return to the lineup on Saturday.

McElhinney stopped 32 of 34 shots in the Lightning's win in Chicago on November 21st. Andrei Vasilevskiy started the last four games, including last night, so McElhinney will face his former team on Saturday. He has won three in a row but lost in his only other start vs. Carolina, allowing four goals on 44 shots in a 4-3 OT defeat.

Reimer stopped all 19 shots that he faced in the Hurricanes shutout win in Detroit last Sunday. Reimer has won two in a row while stopping 51 of the 54 (.944 SV%) shots the he's faced. Tonight he gets a Lightning team that is 4-2-0 while averaging a ridiculous 5.17 goals per game in their last six home games.

Bernier allowed three goals on 40 shots after replacing Jimmy Howard in the Red Wings loss to the Maple Leafs on Wednesday. In his last four appearances, Bernier has posted a 3.69 GAA and .898 SV% and things won't get any easier with the Capitals in town on Saturday. They are 5-1-0 while scoring 3.50 goals per game in their last six road games.

Beaudin sat as a healthy scratch on Friday but will replace Logan Brown in the second game of a back-to-back. Beaudin has just one assist in 13 games this season.

The Senators are on the tail-end of a back-to-back so they will give their rookie centre the night off. J.C. Beaudin will replace Brown in the lineup on Saturday.

Even with Spezza on a three-game point streak and posting two goals and four assists in his last six games, Spezza will sit in the second-game of a back-to-back. Getting Alexander Kerfoot back from suspension likely made Sheldon Keefe's decision a little easier.

Kerfoot was suspended forces hit on Erik Johnson last Saturday but will replace Jason Spezza on the third line on Saturday. Kerfoot has be relatively quiet offensively for Toronto, scoring five goals with three assists (eight points) in 22 games this season.

With Craig Anderson on IR and Anders Nilsson starting last night, Hogberg is expected to make his season debut on Saturday. Hogberg was 6-6-0 with a 3.21 GAA and .892 SV% in 14 AHL games at the time of his call-up. Hogberg has gone 0-2-1 with a 4.09 GAA and .884 SV% in his first four career NHL appearances.

MacDermid played in the last two games but will be replaced by Paul LaDue in the lineup on Saturday.

LaDue was called up from the AHL on Wednesday with Alec Martinez going on IR and will make his season debut on Saturday. LaDue has six points (1G / 5A) in 18 AHL games this season.

Luff played in the last two games and even picked up an assist last night, but Nikolai Prokhorkin will replace him on Saturday.

Prokhorkin was a healthy scratch for the last two games but will replace Matt Luff in the lineup on Saturday. Prokhorkin has two goals and one assist in nine games with the Kings this season.

Dahlstrom has not played since October 29th but will be in the lineup on Saturday because Nathan Beaulieu is out and Dmitry Kulikov was hurt last night. Dahlstrom has no points in 10 games this season.

Kulikov was forced to leave Friday's game early with an upper-body injury and will not play in Los Angeles. With Kulikov out, Carl Dahlstrom will draw back into the Jets' lineup.

McCoshen was acquired from Florida in late-October and is expected to replace Duncan Keith in the lineup on Saturday. McCoshen, who has appeared in 60 career NHL games, has four assists in 13 games with Rockford this season.