NHL Hockey Player News

Lehtonen allowed three goals on 30 shots in the Stars loss in Arizona last Thursday. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Lehtonen, who is 6-2-1 with a 2.50 GAA and .905 SV% in March. Tonight he will face a Predators team, who played yesterday and come in having won five of their last seven games.

Rask allowed one goal on 26 shots in the Bruins win in Toronto on Saturday. The victory snapped a four-game losing streak for Rask, who is now 5-3-2 with a 2.31 GAA and .921 SV% in March. Rask has not faced the Devils this season—the eight-year veteran has gone 16-7-3 with a 2.17 GAA and .931 SV% on the road this season.

Johnson allowed two goals on 28 shots in the Sabres 3-2 loss to the Red Wings last night. Johnson has won five of seven starts while posting a 2.09 GAA and .925 SV% in the month of March. Starting on back-to-back nights with a terrible matchup, Johnson should be avoided tonight.

Pekka Rinne was pulled in the first period of Monday's loss in Colorado. Because he was pulled so early, the Predators may elect to go back to him or they could turn to Carter Hutton, who stopped 16 of 17 shots in relief.

Anisimov was a late scratch from Sunday’s game in Vancouver and he will be held out of the lineup for a second straight game on Tuesday. He is listed as day-to-day and the Blackhawks are hopeful that he will return to the lineup on Friday.

Markstrom allowed four goals on 37 shots in the Canucks loss in St. Louis last Friday. Markstrom has lost his last four starts while posting a 3.03 GAA and .914 SV%. Tonight he will face the Sharks on home ice. San Jose has lost three of their last four and Markstrom is 5-7-1 with a 2.96 GAA and .898 SV% at Rogers Arena this season.

Darling turned aside 26 of 28 shots in the Blackhawks win in Vancouver on Sunday. Darling has won his last two starts while stopping 57 of 60 shots (.950 SV%). With Corey Crawford still sidelined, Darling will make his seventh consecutive start tonight in Minnesota. Darling is 0-1-1 with a 3.36 GAA and .890 SV% in two starts and one relief appearance vs. the Wild.

Schneider has been sidelined by a knee injury since March 4th, but it looks like he could return to the crease on Thursday. Scott Wedgewood’s emergence has eased Schneider’s absence.

Mrazek was pulled after allowing four goals on 27 shots in the Red Wings loss to the Penguins on Saturday. Mrazek’s numbers in March are not pretty—3-5-0 with a 3.55 GAA and .889 SV%—but he has gone 2-1-0 with a 2.68 GAA and .915 SV% against the Canadiens. Montreal comes in having lost six of their last eight.

Russell has missed the last three games and will miss at least the next two contests with a foot injury. The Stars will let Russell heal for a bit longer, since they are locked into the playoff picture.

Anderson allowed four goals on 39 shots in the Senators loss to the Ducks last Saturday. Anderson has lost three starts in a row while posting a 3.32 GAA and .894 SV%. With Andrew Hammond starting last night Anderson will go tonight in Minnesota. He will be in tough against a Wild team that has won six in a row while averaging 3.67 goals per game.

Hammond allowed three goals on 23 shots in the Senators loss in Brooklyn last Wednesday. Hammond has gone 2-3-2 with a 2.00 GAA and .936 SV% in March and tonight he makes his 10th road start of the season. He is 3-4-2 with a 2.75 GAA and .916 SV% in the previous nine and he’ll face a Jets team that has lost five of their last seven.

Nash missed Sunday’s game with an undisclosed injury that he suffered on Saturday. He missed the Hurricanes’ morning skate on Tuesday and is not expected to play. He is listed as day-to-day.

Gallagher has been sidelined by a groin injury since March 5th, but he will travel with the team to Florida and could return to the lineup on Thursday. The Canadiens have gone 4-6-0 in 10 games since Gallagher got hurt. Monitor his status during Thursday’s morning skate.

Dubnyk stopped all 29 shots that he faced in the Wild’s shutout win in Colorado on Saturday. Dubnyk enters play on a five-game winning streak while posting a 1.36 GAA, .958 SV% and one shutout. Tonight he will face the Blackhawks for the fifth time this season—he has surprisingly gone 4-0-0 with a 1.96 GAA and .935 SV% against one of the top teams in the West.