NHL Hockey Player News

Buchnevich has missed the last four games with a back injury, but he remains day-to-day and is not expected to play vs. the Bruins on Wednesday.

Kreider missed Tuesday’s practice and is not expected to be in the lineup on Wednesday. If Kreider doesn’t play, expect J.T. Miller to remain in the Rangers’ top-6. Monitor Kreider’s status during the morning skate, just to be sure he is not available.

Lundqvist allowed two goals on 29 shots in the Rangers win over the Coyotes on Sunday. King Henrik has now won two in a row and has won three of his first five starts while posting a 2.42 GAA and .901 SV%. Lundqvist makes for a great option tonight—he takes on a Bruins team without their two regular goalies coming in on the tail-end of a back-to-back.

Schneider turned aside 28 of 29 shots in the Devils overtime win over the Wild on Saturday. Schneider has won two of his first five games while posting a 1.80 GAA and .943 SV%. This is exactly what we’ve come to expect out of Schneider over the years—elite splits, but a limited number of wins thanks to an anemic Devils’ offence. They’ve tallied just eight goals in front of him this season.

Gudas’ six-game suspension is up and he will play tonight vs. the Sabres. Gudas is often among the league’s hits leaders, but doesn’t provide a whole lot in the way of offence—Gudas had 14 points (5G / 9A) in 76 games a season ago.

Leier, 22, has one assist in three games with Lehigh Valley this season. The former fourth overall pick (117th overall in 2012) has no points in six career games. There’s no word whether or not Leier will play on Tuesday.

Megna, 26, has one goal and two assists (three points) in four games with Utica this season. Megna has registered 12 points (6G / 6A) in 54 career NHL games with the Penguins and Rangers.

Stecher, 22, was an undrafted college free agent, who has one assist in four games with Utica this season. Last year he had 29 points (8G / 21A) in 43 games at the University of North Dakota and tonight he will make his NHL debut on the top pair with Alex Edler as well as on the top power-play.

Tanev was tangled up with Anze Kopitar on Saturday and absorbed a big hit from Nick Ritchie on Sunday, so he was too banged up to participate in the morning skate and won’t play on Tuesday. With Tanev out, Troy Stretcher was recalled from Utica (AHL) and he is expected to make his NHL debut.

Dorsett will miss a minimum of seven days with a shoulder injury that he suffered on a hit by Kings’ defenseman Brayden McNabb in Saturday’s game.

Burrows suffered a neck injury in Saturday’s game vs. the Kings when he was hit by Nick Shore. He reportedly couldn’t move his neck on Monday and has been moved to IR which means he will miss a minimum of seven days.

Andersen allowed four goals on 35 shots in the Maple Leafs’ shootout loss in Chicago on Saturday. Andersen has struggled early on, winning just one of his first four starts while posting a 3.64 GAA and .879 SV%. Andersen will make for a risky start tonight—the Lightning sit at 4-1-0 while averaging 3.20 goals per game.

Jones allowed three goals on 32 shots in the Sharks’ loss in Detroit on Saturday. Jones won his first two starts of the season, but has now lost three in a row while allowing a combined 11 goals on 79 shots (.861 SV%). Jones draws a strong matchup tonight vs. Anaheim—the Ducks are 2-3-1 and have averaged just 2.33 goals per game to start the year.

Budaj allowed three goals on 25 shots in the Kings win over the Canucks on Saturday. He has won his first two starts of the year despite allowing six goals on 45 shots (.867 SV%). The Kings have been doing a great job limiting the shots on Budaj, but tonight they face a Blue Jackets team that has won two in a row vs. the Blackhawks and Stars.

Hutchinson allowed four goals on 40 shots in the Jets’ overtime win over the Maple Leafs last Wednesday. Hutchinson and Connor Hellebuyck will continue to rotate games, which means Hutchinson goes tonight in Dallas. The Stars are extremely banged up, but they’re still averaging a respectable 2.80 goals per game through their first five contests.

Spezza left Monday’s practice with an injury and did not take part in the Stars’ morning skate on Tuesday, so all signs are pointing towards Spezza not play vs. the Jets. Head coach Lindy Ruff said that Spezza’s status for tonight’s game is “still a decision that we have to make,” so consider him a game-time decision.

Eaves missed Saturday’s game vs. the Blue Jackets, but is expected to play against the Jets tonight. Eaves has picked up there assists in four games this season.

McGinn missed the first five games of the season, but he will make his debut tonight in New Jersey. McGinn, who had 22 goals and 17 assists (39 points) in 84 games last year, will skate on a line with Jordan Martinook and Anthony Duclair.

Grossmann appeared in the Flames’ season opener, but has served as a healthy scratch for the last six games. Tonight he will replace Jyrki Jokipakka in St. Louis.

Tkachuk was a healthy scratch in each of the last two games, but will replace Freddie Hamilton in the lineup tonight. Tkachuk has averaged 11:55 TOI per game and has one goal on nine shots in his first five NHL games.