NHL Hockey Player News

Rinne allowed five goals on 35 shots in the Predators loss in Minnesota on Thursday. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for Rinne, who will make his fifth consecutive start tonight vs. the Avalanche. Rinne won his only start vs. Colorado this season and is 5-0-1 with a 2.61 GAA and .908 SV% on home ice this year.

Stalock stopped all nine shots he faced in relief in Boston on October 6th and tonight he gets just his fourth stat of the season. Devan Dubnyk has been on a roll but the Wild want to get him some rest, so Stalock faces a struggling Washington team on the road. He is 1-1-1 with a 2.40 GAA and .925 SV% in four appearances this year.

Andersen stopped all 42 shots that he faced in the Maple Leafs shutout win over the Devils on Thursday. Andersen has now won four consecutive starts while allowing just seven goals on 142 shots (.951 SV%). In his first start in Montreal this season, Andersen allowed three goals on 34 shots in a 4-3 OT win.

Allen stopped 29 of 30 shots in the Blues win in Edmonton on Thursday. It was a nice bounce-back performance for Allen, who had lost his previous two starts, allowing a combined 10 goals in those contests. Allen will be making his ninth road start of the season and comes in at 4-3-1 with a 2.95 GAA and .904 SV% in the first eight.

Nilsson allowed two goals on 32 shots in the Canucks win in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Despite the win, Jacob Markstrom started Thursday’s loss to Vegas, so the Canucks will come back to Nilsson tonight vs. St. Louis. He has looked good in just five games, winning four with a 1.92 GAA and .942 SV% but will undoubtedly be in tough tonight vs. the Blues.

Varlamov turned aside 28 of 30 shots in Colorado’s win over the Capitals on Thursday. Varlamov has won three of his last four starts despite allowing at least three goals in three of those games. He doesn’t have the best numbers but he’s been able to record seven wins in 11 starts this season, but will be in tough against a great home team in Nashville.

Dell stopped all 41 shots that he faced in a shutout win over the Canucks last Saturday. Martin Jones started the last two games, but Dell will close out the week tonight vs. the Bruins. He has played well in his six appearances this season, posting a 1.94 GAA and .934 SV%.

Murray allowed one goal on 22 shots in the Penguins win in Ottawa on Thursday. Murray has won three of hi last four and 11 of his first 17 despite posting below average numbers (2.85 GAA / .906 SV%). The first time the Penguins and Blackhawks played this season, Murray came in in relief and allowed six goals on 31 shots in a 10-1 loss.

Toninato was a fifth round pick in 2012 and has registered three goals and three assists in 13 games in his first pro year with the Rampage. The 23-year-old will centre a line with Nail Yakupov and Sven Andrighetto on his wings.

Talbot allowed four goals on 39 shots in the Oilers loss to the Blues on Thursday. The 30-year-old has gone 4-4-0 with a 2.73 GAA and .917 SV% in eight starts in November and draws a rough afternoon matchup in Dallas. In his first start of the season vs. the Stars, Talbot stopped 28 of 32 shots in a 5-4 win in Edmonton.

Smith allowed two goals on nine shots before leaving Monday’s game vs. the Blues with an upper-body injury. The injury forced him to miss Wednesday’s game in Detroit, in which Eddie Lack was lit up, but joined the team in Philadelphia and is expected to start this afternoon. The 35-year-old has gone 4-1-0 with a 1.77 GA and .953 SV% in five road starts this season.