Glendening was hurt blocking a shot against the Flyers on Wednesday and will be out until at least late-January. With Glendening sidelined, the Red Wings recalled Tyler Bertuzzi, who will likely get a long look.
Bishop stopped all 24 shots that he faced in the Stars’ shutout win over the Blackhawks on Thursday. The win snapped a four-game losing streak for Bishop who struggled throughout the majority of December. Tonight he will face the Predators for the third time this season—he is 0-2-0 with a 4.37 GAA and .867 SV% in the first two meetings.
Mason allowed two goals on 30 shots in the Jets loss in St. Louis last Saturday. It was a nice return to the crease for Mason, who has played much better lately after a terrible start to his Jets career. In his last six appearances Mason has gone 2-2-1 with a 1.71 GAA and .948 SV%.
Smith allowed one goal on 22 shots in the Flames win over the Blues on Wednesday. The win ended a three-game losing streak for Smith, who sits at 2-3-2 with a 2.58 GAA and .901 SV% in December. Tonight the Flames will host a Canadiens team that has lost four of their last six games (2-3-1).
Holtby allowed three goals on 36 shots in the Capitals win in Dallas on Tuesday. Holtby is on a four-game winning streak and has been steady in December, going 7-1-0 with a 2.70 GAA and .917 SV% in eight starts. He has the tough task of starting in Vegas tonight—the Golden Knights are 14-2-1 while averaging 3.76 GF/PG and 2.47 GA/PG on home ice this season.
Grubauer stopped all 17 shots that he faced in relief of Braden Holtby in the Capitals loss to the Islanders on December 11th. The Capitals have a back-to-back on Friday/Saturday so it looks like Grubauer will go tonight in Arizona. He had a terrible start to the season, but has stopped 66 of the last 68 shots (.971 SV%) that he has faced.
DiDomenico went form the Senators organization to the Lightning and back to the Senators. Overall, he has collected five goals and five assists (10 points0 in 13 AHL games. Earlier this year he had six points (3G / 3A) in 12 games with the Senators. He will likely play Saturday with both Bobby Ryan and Zack Smith hurt.
Anderson missed Friday’s practice with an illness and may not be available for tomorrow’s game. If he can’t play, Mike Condon will start and a goalie will be recalled from Belleville (AHL).
Smith came into the game as a game-time decision and suffered a shoulder injury in the contest. He will be out until early-January, so Chris DiDomenico has been recalled from Belleville (AHL).
Ryan sustained another finger injury in Thursday’s game in Tampa Bay and will miss tomorrow’s game. Ryan had been heating up, picking up four goals and three assists (seven points) in his last 10 games. Chris DiDomenico has been recalled from Belleville (AHL) to take his spot.
Archibald had no points in three games with the Penguins prior to being acquired via trade earlier this week. There’s no word on who Archibald will replace in the lineup tonight.
Wedgewood allowed three goals on 37 shots in the Coyotes loss in Chicago on December 10th. Antti Raanta started the last three games but Wedgewood will start the front-end of the Coyotes back-to-back tonight. In his first start vs. the Capitals, Wedgewood allowed three goals on 40 shots in a 3-2 OT loss.
Andersson, 21, has picked up three goals and 13 assists (16 points) in 22 games with Stockton this season. With Travis Hamonic going on IR, Andersson or Matt Bartkowski will play on Friday.
Hamonic suffered the lower-body injury on Wednesday and was already ruled out for Friday’s game. With Hamonic out, the Flames have recalled Rasmus Andersson from Stockton (AHL) and Matt Bartkowski will likely play tonight.
Fast suffered the injury in the Rangers shootout loss to the Devils last night. Fast will be out until January and his injury means that Boo Nieves will likely draw back into the lineup on Saturday.
Elliott surrendered three goals on 28 shots in the Flyers 4-3 win over the Red Wings on Wednesday. Elliott has been impressive in his nine December starts, going 7-2-0 with a 2.11 GAA a .926 SV%. One of those wins came against the Sabres, who he will face again tonight—he stopped 19 of 20 shots in a 2-1 win on December 14th.
Elliott surrendered three goals on 28 shots in the Flyers 4-3 win over the Red Wings on Wednesday. Elliott has been impressive in his nine December starts, going 7-2-0 with a 2.11 GAA a .926 SV%. One of those wins came against the Sabres, who he will face again tonight—he stopped 19 of 20 shots in a 2-1 win on December 14th.
Stalock gave up four goals on 32 shots in the Wild’s win in Ottawa on Tuesday. Since taking over for the injured Devan Dubnyk, Stalock has posted a 2.43 GAA, .924 SV% and one shutout while going 4-2-0. Tonight he faces a Panthers team that has gone 6-6-3 while averaging 3.73 goals for and 4.13 goals against per game on home ice this season.
Dubnyk will likely miss his fifth and sixth consecutive games on Friday and Saturday. Look for Alex Stalock to likely start on Friday and could see both games of the back-to-back. Monitor Dubnyk’s status as the Wild return from the break.
