NHL Hockey Player News

The 15-year-veteran will join his seventh NHL team Tuesday when he takes the ice for Boston as they take on Ottawa Tuesday. He is only 70 games from reaching the 1000 games played club having collected 63 goals and 293 points in his 930 GP throughout his 15-year career.

The 28-year-old defenseman will head back to the AHL after putting up zero points and a -3 plus/minus in his only game with Boston while playing 11:34 TOI.

Ilya Mikheyev will return to the Canucks lineup Tuesday to make his Vancouver debut after missing their opening two games with a lower-body injury. Mikheyev signed a 4 year, $19,000,000 contract with the Canucks in the offseason after scoring 21 goals and 32 points in 53 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The 32-year-old defenseman was activated off the IR Tuesday after missing time with a lower-body injury. The massive 14-year-veteran will start his fourth season with Vancouver having scored 13 goals and 60 points with 166 PIM through 205 games as a member of the Canucks.

Saros will get his fourth start of the season as Nashville hosts LA Tuesday. The 27-year-old is coming off consecutive 4-1 losses to the Dallas Stars where he faced less than 30 SOG in each of the starts. He will look to improve on his ugly .889 SV% with a strong showing in front of his home crowd.

Stolarz will likely get his first start of the 2022-23 season after coming in twice in relief of John Gibson in each of the last two Duck games. He has struggled in relief allowing three goals on 20 shots. He will hope to return closer to the .919 SV% that he has averaged across his four years in Anaheim.

The 28-year-old Centre will see his first action of 2022-23 as he takes the spot of Jack Quinn in the Sabres' lineup Tuesday. In his first season in Buffalo in 2021-22, Hinostroza scored 13 goals to go along with 25 points and 92 shots across 62 games.

Head coach Don Granato claimed "He won't be out long" in reference to 21-year-old Jack Quinn being left out of the lineup Tuesday. The 2020 No.8 overall pick has struggled to find ice time early on this season averaging 10:29 TOI through his first two games while putting up zero points.

Forsberg will man the crease for his third straight start as the winless Ottawa Senators host division leaders and rivals, Boston Bruins at home Tuesday. Forsberg will hope for a little more offensive support as the Senators have three goals through their first two games. He'll look to keep his strong .924 SV% start going as he hopes to collect his first win of the 2022-23 season.

McCabe was medically cleared early Tuesday by the Chicago Blackhawks indicating the 29-year-old will make his season debut Friday against the Detroit Red Wings. The 10-year veteran sits just one point shy of the 100-point plateau (99 Pts) in his career, with 428 games played under his belt.

Comrie gets his second start in as many games after losing a tight 4-3 battle to Florida his last time out on the back of a 33-save effort. He will look to get the 1-1-0 Sabres back in the win column after they won their opening night showdown against Ottawa last week.

Bjork had been yet to see any NHL action with the Sabres in 2022-23 and has been sent down to the Rochester Americans (AHL). The 26-year-old has 53 points (24G/29A) through 211 career games played between Buffalo and Boston.

Comrie gets his second start in as many games after losing a tight 4-3 battle to Florida his last time out on the back of a 33-save effort. He will look to get the 1-1-0 Sabres back in the win column after they won their opening night showdown against Ottawa last week.

Barabanov will be a game-time decision after being activated off the IR (lower-body) Tuesday. The 28-year-old enjoyed a decent 2021-22 collecting 10 goals and 39 points in 70 games in his first full NHL season while playing 17:11 TOI per night.

Iafallo suffered a lower-body injury in Monday's overtime win in Detroit. Moving him to IR means that he will miss at least seven days (three games). The Kings have not provided a timetable on how long he's expected to be sidelined. Look for Arthur Kaliyev to replace him in the lineup on Tuesday.

The 24-year-old Defenseman gets the call-up to the Los Angeles Kings as Alex Iafallo was placed on IR early Tuesday. Moverare is expected to be an extra defenseman in Nashville on Tuesday. So far in 2021-22, he has zero points through his first two games with Ontario in the AHL prior to the call-up, collecting a -3 plus/minus rating. Through 19 career NHL games, he has two assists and 15 SOG.

The 24-year-old defenseman will get his first taste of NHL action this season after collecting one assist in the first 20 games of his career in 2021-22 with the Oilers. He will be brought in as a seventh defenceman for the Oilers' battle against Buffalo.

Kuznetsov will miss Thursday's game in Ottawa but will be eligible to play Saturday vs. the Kings. Expect Connor McMichael to replace Kuznetsov in the lineup vs. the Senators.