NHL Hockey Player News

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Mason allowed three goals on 26 shots in the Flyers loss to the Ducks on Thursday. Mason has yet to record a win in two starts and one relief appearance this season, while posting a 3.47 GAA and .875 SV% in the process. He draws a fairly tough matchup tonight against a Carolina team who is surprisingly averaging 3.25 goals per game to kick off this season.

Darling allowed three goals on 36 shots in the Blackhawks win over the Predators last Saturday. Another Saturday, another start for Darling, who will face a high scoring Maple Leafs team that has had a difficult time closing games out. Darling is a reasonable spot-start, but there are better options out there.

Markstrom stopped 26 of 27 shots in the Canucks win over the Sabres on Thursday. Markstrom has won each of his first three starts while posting a 1.65 GAA and .932 SV%. He has had a great start to the year and draws a great matchup against a struggling Kings team.

Raymond cleared waivers which allows him to be sent back to the AHL after sitting as a healthy scratch on Thursday.

Larsson averaged 16:26 TOI in his firs four games, failing to pick up a point, but was a healthy scratch on Thursday and has now swapped positions with Shea Theodore.

Sorensen had one assist in five games with the Ducks, but played a season-low 6:58 on Thursday and has been reassigned to San Diego (AHL) to work on his game.

Cramarossa, 23, was a third round pick (65th overall) in 2011 and has yet to make his NHL debut. Last year he had 17 points (11G / 6A) in 61 AHL games and has none in two games with San Diego this season, so he likely won’t have a significant NHL impact.

Sgarbossa, 24, has just one assist in 10 career NHL games, but has put up solid numbers at the AHL level. Expect him to come in an play on the Ducks fourth line.

Theodore, 21, had eight points (3G / 5A) in 19 games with the Ducks last year, but didn’t make the team out of training camp. However, he picked up two assists in his first two games with San Diego and is already up with the big-club. Expect him to see bottom pairing minutes and power-play time in the early going.

Jeff Zatkoff was injured in practice this afternoon, so it looks like Budaj will get a second straight start in the Kings’ crease. Budaj stopped 17 of 20 shots in the Kings’ win on Thursday and he has a solid matchup tonight vs. the Canucks. Vancouver may be unbeaten, but they’ve only scored nine goals in four games.

Wood, 21, had no points in two games with the Devils to start the season and with Sergey Kalinin returning to the lineup on Saturday, Wood has been sent to Albany. He had 35 points (10G / 25A) in 37 games with Boston College last year and should have no trouble picking up points in the AHL.

Kalinin has missed the first four games of the season with an undisclosed injury, but will make his season debut tonight vs. the Wild. With Kalinin healthy, the Devils have reassigned Miles Wood to Albany (AHL).

Pulock will miss 4-6 weeks after breaking his foot blocking a shot in Saturday’s win over the Coyotes. Nick Leddy (upper-body) is expected to take Pulock’s spot in the lineup after missing Friday’s game.

Leddy missed Friday’s game with an upper-body injury, but he got through Saturday’s practice without a hitch and appears good-to-go for Sunday’s game. He would re-claim his spot from Ryan Pulock, who is now out for at least one month with a broken foot.

The Kings are already without Jonathan Quick and then Zatkoff had to be helped off of the ice with a lower-body injury this afternoon. Look for Peter Budaj to start for the Kings and for Jack Campbell to be recalled to serve as his back if Zatkoff can’t dress.

Price stopped 27 of 29 shots in the Canadiens’ win over the Coyotes on Thursday. It was a very Price-like debut for the Habs’ netminder, who starts again tonight in Boston. Price is an outstanding 22-8-3 with a 2.37 GAA and .923 SV% vs. the Bruins in his career. He is a must-start regardless of matchup, but he seems to have the Bruins' number.