NHL Hockey Player News

Kreider is day-to-day with a neck strain which will keep him out of the lineup vs. the Coyotes. Thankfully for the Rangers, Oscar Lindberg is set to return and take Kreider’s spot.

Lundqvist allowed two goals on 28 shots in the Rangers win in Washington last night. Despite starting yesterday, Lundqvist will go again tonight vs. the Coyotes. He has won two of his first four starts while posting a 2.53 GAA and. 891 SV% and he draws a solid matchup this evening.

Despres, who has a $3.7 million cap-hit has been moved to LTIR to help create some cap flexibility for the Ducks, who are still trying to sign Hampus Lindholm. Despres is dealing with concussion issues and there’s not timetable for his return.

Leddy missed Friday’s game vs. the Arizona Coyotes, but tonight he will replace Ryan Pulock in the lineup. He has one goal, one assist and a minus-7 rating in four games this season.

Greiss allowed two goals on 28 shots in the Islanders’ loss in Washington last Saturday. Jaroslav Halak has started four of the Islanders’ first five games, but Greiss will go tonight vs. Minnesota. Greiss was 14-4-3 with a 2.21 GAA and .926 SV% in 23 games on home ice a season ago.

McGinn will miss his fifth consecutive game to start the season, but skated again on Sunday and is possible to return to the lineup on Tuesday. Monitor his status over the next two days.

Smith will miss his third consecutive game tonight and is expected to miss a couple of weeks with a lower-body injury that he suffered on Tuesday. With Smith out, the Coyotes will continue to roll with Louis Domingue and Justin Peters in goal.

Clendening has one assist while averaging 16:48 TOI in the firs five games of the season, but he played a season-low 11:55 last night and will come out of the lineup with Dan Girardi (groin) returning tonight.

Girardi has missed the last three games with a groin injury, but it looks like he will return tonight vs. the Coyotes. Girardi has one assist in two games and will replace Adam Clendening in the lineup.

Domingue allowed three goals on 31 shots in the Coyotes’ loss in Brooklyn on Friday. Domingue has struggled since taking over for Mike Smith on Tuesday—he is 0-2-0 with a 6.24 GAA and .836 SV%. He draws another tough matchup tonight against a Rangers team that is 3-2-0 while averaging 3.80 goals per game.

Hellebuyck allowed three goals on 24 shots in the Jets loss to the Bruins on Monday. The Jets’ goalie rotation will continue, which means that Hellebuyck will start today’s outdoor game in Winnipeg. Hellebuyck is 1-1-0 with a 3.45 GAA and .863 SV% in his first two starts of the season. Hellebuyck will face the 4-1-0 Oilers, who are averaging 4.00 goals per game.

Domingue allowed three goals on 31 shots in the Coyotes’ loss in Brooklyn on Friday. Domingue has struggled since taking over for Mike Smith on Tuesday—he is 0-2-0 with a 6.24 GAA and .836 SV%. He draws another tough matchup tonight against a Rangers team that is 3-2-0 while averaging 3.80 goals per game.

Kuemper allowed three goals on 30 shots in the Wild’s win over the Kings on Tuesday. With Devan Dubnyk starting last night, Kuemper will go again tonight against the Islanders. Kuemper was 3-3-3 with a 2.48 GAA and .915 SV% on the road last year and he makes for a decent Sunday spot-start option.

Kuemper allowed three goals on 30 shots in the Wild’s win over the Kings on Tuesday. With Devan Dubnyk starting last night, Kuemper will go again tonight against the Islanders. Kuemper was 3-3-3 with a 2.48 GAA and .915 SV% on the road last year and he makes for a decent Sunday spot-start option.

Miller stopped all 25 shots in the Canucks’ shootout win over the Flames in their season opener. Jasob Markstrom started the last four games because Miller was banged up, but the veteran netminder will go tonight in Anaheim. Miller was 1-2-0 with a 3.12 GAA and .900 SV% in three starts against the Ducks last season.

Jeff Zatkoff was injured in practice this afternoon, so it looks like Budaj will get a second straight start in the Kings’ crease. Budaj stopped 17 of 20 shots in the Kings’ win on Thursday and he has a solid matchup tonight vs. the Canucks. Vancouver may be unbeaten, but they’ve only scored nine goals in four games.

Lehtonen allowed four goals on 39 shots in the Stars’ loss to the Kings on Thursday, but it was a good enough outing for them to go back to him for a third straight game. Lehtonen is 1-2-0 with a 2.36 GAA and .925 SV% so far this season and draws a favourable home matchup against a Blue Jackets team that played last night.

Fleury allowed two goals on 34 shots in the Penguins’ win over the Sharks on Thursday. It was a nice bounce-back game for Fleury, who had lost each of his last two starts. He sits at 3-1-1 with a 2.76 GAA and .920 SV% in the early-going and tonight he will make his sixth consecutive start. Fleury will face a Nashville team that is dealing with food poisoning and who played last night.