NHL Hockey Player News

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.

Peters stopped 23 of 24 shots after replacing Louis Domingue in the Coyotes loss in Montreal last Thursday. With Domingue struggling and Mike Smith still sidelined, Peters will make his first start of the season. The 30-year-old has made 81 career NHL appearances and has totalled 25 wins with a 3.07 GAA and .901 SV% over six seasons. However, Peters draws a favourable matchup tonight.

Elliott was awful in his firs three starts with the Flames, but was excellent last night, stopping 31 of 33 shots and all seven shootout attempts in a win over the Blackhawks. Tonight, he makes a return to St. Louis, where he played the last five years. It is a rough matchup, especially starting on back-to-back nights, but hopefully Monday was a sign of things to come from the veteran goalie.

Ward allowed three goals on 28 shots in the Hurricanes loss in Edmonton on October 18th. Eddie Lack started the last two games, but they will go back to Ward tonight in Detroit. Ward has lost each of his first twostarts while allowing a combined eight goals on 54 shots (.852 SV%). He draws a tough matchup against a Red Wings team that has won four in a row.

Peters stopped 23 of 24 shots after replacing Louis Domingue in the Coyotes loss in Montreal last Thursday. With Domingue struggling and Mike Smith still sidelined, Peters will make his first start of the season. The 30-year-old has made 81 career NHL appearances and has totalled 25 wins with a 3.07 GAA and .901 SV% over six seasons.

Dubnyk allowed two goals on 32 shots in the Wild’s loss in New Jersey on Saturday. Darcy Kuemper started on Sunday, so they’ll come back to Dubnyk tonight in Boston. So far he has two wins in four starts while posting a 2.52 GAA and .912 SV%. He draws a strong matchup tonight with Malcolm Subban starting for a Bruins team that is missing David Backes.

Bishop surrendered four goals on 16 shots in the Lightning’s loss to the Avalanche last Thursday. Andrei Vasilevskiy started on Saturday, so they’ll go back to Bishop tonight in Toronto. The mammoth of a netminder has struggled in the early-going, allowing a combined 11 goals on 79 shots (.861 SV%). Things won’t get any easier tonight against a Maple Leafs team that ranks fourth in the NHL with 3.60 goals per game.

Niemi was pulled after he allowed five goals on 20 shots in the Stars loss in Colorado back on October 15th. Kari Lehtonen has started the last three games, but Niemi will get back into the crease tonight. He will be taking on a Winnipeg team that was shutout on Sunday and who are averaging 2.80 goals per game (tied with Dallas for 19th).

Price stopped 31 of 32 shots in the Canadiens’ win over the Flyers on Monday. Al Montoya started last night, so Price will go tonight vs. the Lightning. He has won each of his first three starts while posting an impressive 1.67 GAA and .939 SV%. Price has reasserted himself as one of the best goalies in the NHL and is a must-start whenever he gets the nod.

Montoya stopped all 36 shots that he faced in the Canadiens’ shutout win over the Penguins on October 18th. Carey Price has started the last three games, but Montoya will get the first game of their Wednesday-Thursday back-to-back. Montoya has won two of his first starts while posting an impressive 1.30 GAA, .962 SV% and one shutout.

Mrazek allowed three goals on 33 shots in the Red Wings’ win over the Predators on Friday. Jimmy Howard started and shutout the Sharks on Saturday, but it looks like Mrazek will go on Tuesday vs. the Hurricanes. Mrazke has won each of his last two starts while stopping 61 of 65 shots (.939 SV%). Carolina is 1-2-2 while averaging 3.20 goals per game in their first five games.

Abdelkader was on the ice for the Red Wings’ morning skate, but will miss tonight’s game vs. the Hurricanes. With Abdelkader out, Andreas Athanasiou will remain in the Red Wings’ lineup. Despite not playing tonight, Abdelkader could be back in the lineup on Thursday.

Fleury was yanked after allowing five goals on 23 shots in the Penguins loss in Nashville on Saturday. It was a rough night for Fleury, who is now 3-2-1 with a 3.31 GAA and .904 SV% in his first six starts. Tonight Fleury takes on the 3-1-1 Panthers, who have averaged 3.20 goals per game to kick off the 2016-17 season.

Both Tuukka Rask and Anton Khudobin are hurt, so Subban will start his second career game on Tuesday. In his first NHL start, Subban only lasted 31:15 before being pulled after allowing three goals on six shots. In addition, he’s had a rough start in Providence (AHL) this season, posting an 0-3-1 record, 4.50 GAA and .846 SV%. Look elsewhere for a starting netminder tonight.

Backes missed the Bruins’ morning skate and will be held out of Tuesday’s game with a minor injury. With Backes out, Matt Beleskey will be bumped into the top-6.

Crosby was a full-participant in the Penguins’ practices on Monday and Tuesday and will be a game-time decision on Tuesday. Crosby centred the top line and top power-play, so it looks like he will return tonight vs. the Panthers. Monitor Crosby’s status when warmups start at 6:30pm ET.

O’Gara, 23, did not record a point in his first three NHL games and with Adam McQuaid cleared to return on Tuesday they’ve sent O’Gara back to the AHL. He had one goal in five AHL games after coming over from Yale University last season.

The Bruins were already without Tuukka Rask due to a minor injury and now Khudobin will miss approximately three weeks with an upper-body injury that he suffered in practice on Monday. With Rask and Khudobin out, Malcolm Subban and Zane McIntyre will serve as the Bruins’ goaltending duo.