NHL Hockey Player News

Reimer stopped the only two shots that he faced after replacing Michael Hutchinson in last night’s loss in New York. Reimer has struggled this season, posting a 3.91 GAA and .870 SV% in his first five appearances. Tonight he will try and record his first win of the season against an Islanders team that is 22nd in the NHL in scoring (2.86 GF/PG).

Beauvillier missed one game with an illness, but is expected to replace Tom Kuhnhackl in the lineup on Wednesday. Beauvillier is expected to start on a line with Valtteri Filppula and Leo Komarov, but head coach Barry Trot expected him to play with “a little bit of everybody.”

Radulov will miss his third straight game with a lower-body injury. Tyler Pitlick played very well in the Stars’ top line on Tuesday, so expect him to stay there against the Ducks.

Pettersson continues to skate and appears close to returning to the Canucks lineup, but will not be available on Wednesday. With Pettersson still sidelined, Adam Gaudette will continue to centre the second line.

Boeser missed Tuesday’s practice, but was on the ice for this morning’s gameday skate. Boeser was officially listed as “questionable” for tonight’s game, so monitor his stats as the Canucks hit the ice for warmups at 9:30pm ET.

Markstrom made 30 saves on 31 shots in the Canucks win over the Bruins on Saturday. Anders Nilsson started Monday, but they’ll come back to Markstrom tonight in Vegas. He is coming off of his best performance of the year, but has a tough matchup in Vegas—the Golden Knights are 31-11-2 in their first 44 games on home-ice.

Engelland has missed the last two games with an undisclosed injury, but has been moved to IR to open up a roster spot to activate Alex Tuch (lower-body). Despite moving to IR, Engelland is reportedly close to a return to the lineup and is eligible to be activated whenever he is 100 percent.

Tuch has missed the first eight games of the season with a lower-body injury, but is expected to play vs. the Canucks on Wednesday. Tuch will skate on the second line with Erik Haula and Max Pacioretty. The 22-year-old will look to build off of a 37-point (15G / 22A) rookie campaign, where he also added 10 points (6G / 4A) in 20 playoff games.

Crawford allowed one goal on 25 shots in the Blackhawks win over the Ducks on Tuesday. Since returning to Chicago’s crease on October 18th, Crawford has made 88 saves on the 93 shots (.946 SV%) that he has faced in three starts—going 2-1-0. The Rangers are in town tonight, averaging the 25th most goals per game (2.56) in the league through nine games.

Anderson surrendered four goals on 32 shots in the Senators loss to the Bruins on Tuesday. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Anderson, who is now 4-2-1 with a 3.14 GAA and .915 SV% in his first seven starts. He draws a tough matchup tonight in Colorado—the Avalanche are 30-12-3 on home-ice dating back to the start of last season.

Fleury stopped 17 of 18 shots in the Golden Knights win over the Ducks on Saturday. After a slow start to the season, Fleury has since won three straight while posting a 0.67 GAA, .972 SV% and one shutout. Tonight he will face a Canucks team that could be without Brock Boeser (groin) and Elias Pettersson (concussion).

Vasilevskiy surrendered five goals on 34 shots in the Lightning’s loss in Minnesota on Saturday. Vasilevskiy has won three of his first five starts in 2018, posting a 2.15 GAA and .933 SV%. He’ll be in tough against an Avalanche team that has won three straight and are tied for fifth in the NHL in scoring (3.67 GF/PG).

Sundqvist has missed the first eight games of the season, but head coach Mike Yeo said he is healthy and will be an option for tomorrow. Sundqvist had just five points (1G / 4A) in 42 games with the Blues last season.

Varlamov stopped 37 of 38 shots in Colorado’s win in Philadelphia on Monday. Varlamov snapped a brief two-game losing skid and is now 4-0-2 with a 1.64 GAA and .953 SV% in his six starts this season. As good as he has been, Varlamov draws a tough matchup with the Lightning in town—they’re second in the NHL in goal-scoring (3.86 GF/PG) through seven games.

Niemi allowed three goals on 28 shots in the Canadiens win over the Red Wings on October 15th. Niemi has not started a game for 10 days, but will make his third start of the season tonight in Buffalo. Niemi has won each of his first two outings, while allowing a combined six goals on 56 shots (.893 SV%). The Sabres are 2-2-0 on home-ice this season.

Morrow played just 6:17 TOI vs. the Jets on Monday and will come out of the lineup on Wednesday. Morrow will be replaced by Dmitry Kulikov on the third pairing.

Kulikov has been a healthy scratch for the last three games, but will replace Joe Morrow in the lineup tonight. Kulikov has one assist while averaging 14:04 TOI/GM in two games this season.

Vaakanainen was forced to leave Tuesday’s game in Ottawa after getting elbowed in the face by Mark Borowiecki. Borowiecki will face supplemental discipline from the NHL for the hit.