NHL Hockey Player News

Martin Necas(Center)(C)|Colorado Avalanche COL

Injury

Necas (illness) will return to the Hurricanes lineup on Tuesday.

Necas missed the last two games with an illness, that was not COVID-19 or the flu. Necas has scored three goals and three assists (six points) in 11 games this season and could play on the top line with Sebastian Aho on Tuesday.

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Sara Civian 2021-11-16T20:25:51.010Z

Antti Raanta(Goalie)(G)|Free Agent FA

Goalie Start

Raanta will return to the Hurricanes crease in Vegas.

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Sara Civian 2021-11-16T20:17:03.378Z

Antti Raanta(Goalie)(G)|Free Agent FA

Goalie Start

Raanta was the first goalie off of the ice at the Hurricanes morning skate.

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Sara Civian 2021-11-16T20:02:08.109Z

Casey Cizikas(Center)(C)|New York Islanders NYI

Injury

Cizikas (illness) will be a game-time decision on Tuesday.

Cizikas missed Monday's game with an illness that he picked up over the weekend. He'll be a game-time decision in the second half of a back-to-back in Florida.

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Brian Compton 2021-11-16T18:50:56.848Z

Robin Lehner(Goalie)(G)|Vegas Golden Knights VGK

Goalie Start

Lehner was the first goalie off of the ice at the Golden Knights morning skate.

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@SinBinVegas 2021-11-16T18:46:07.988Z

Andrei Vasilevskiy(Goalie)(G)|Tampa Bay Lightning TBL

Goalie Start

Vasilevskiy will start Thursday in Philadelphia.

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Bryan Burns 2021-11-16T18:45:25.364Z

Radim Simek(Defenseman)(D)|Detroit Red Wings DET

Line Change

Simek will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.

Simek will be replaced by Santeri Hatakka on a third pairing on Tuesday. It sounded like it came down to the wire between Simek and Marc-Edouard Vlasic, but ultimately the Sharks elected to stay with the higher-paid veteran.

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Kevin Kurz 2021-11-16T18:29:07.058Z

Santeri Hatakka(Defenseman)(D)|New Jersey Devils NJD

Line Change

Hatakka will draw back into the Sharks lineup on Tuesday.

Hatakka was a healthy scratch in Colorado but will be back in the Sharks lineup in Minnesota. Hatakka will replace Radim Simek, who will be a healthy scratch.

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Kevin Kurz 2021-11-16T18:27:31.196Z

Zack Kassian(Right Wing)(RW)|Arizona Coyotes ARI

Injury

Kassian (lower-body) will be back in the Oilers lineup on Tuesday.

Kassian missed the last three games with a lower-body injury but will play Tuesday in Winnipeg. Kassian will be back on the third line with Ryan McLeod and Warren Foegele and comes in with three goals and two assists in 10 games.

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@EdmontonOilers 2021-11-16T18:26:30.461Z

John Gibson(Goalie)(G)|Anaheim Ducks ANA

Goalie Start

Gibson will start Tuesday vs. the Capitals.

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Elliott Teaford 2021-11-16T18:24:37.199Z

Sven Baertschi(Left Wing)(LW)|Free Agent FA

Call Up

The Golden Knights have recalled Sven Baertschi from Henderson (AHL).

With both Jonathan Marchessault and William Carrier landing on the COVID-19 protocol list, the Golden Knights have recalled Baertschi and Paul Cotter. Baertschi has scored four goals with four assists (eight points) in 12 games with Henderson this season.

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Jesse Granger 2021-11-16T18:21:41.908Z

Paul Cotter(Center)(C)|New Jersey Devils NJD

Call Up

The Golden Knights have recalled Paul Cotter from Henderson (AHL).

With both Jonathan Marchessault and William Carrier landing on the COVID-19 protocol list, the Golden Knights have recalled Cotter and Sven Baertschi. Cotter had a goal in two games with the Golden Knights last week.

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Jesse Granger 2021-11-16T18:20:34.099Z

Mikko Koskinen(Goalie)(G)|Free Agent FA

Goalie Start

Koskinen will start Tuesday in Winnipeg.

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Darrin Bauming 2021-11-16T18:18:25.193Z

Nick Merkley(Right Wing)(RW)|Free Agent FA

Line Change

Merkley will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.

Merkley has played in seven straight games, registering one goal and two assists. He'll be replaced by Jonah Gadjovich on the fourth line.

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Curtis Pashelka 2021-11-16T18:10:28.485Z

Jonah Gadjovich(Left Wing)(LW)|Florida Panthers FLA

Line Change

Gadjovich will be back in the Sharks lineup on Tuesday.

Gadjovich was a healthy scratch on Saturday but will replace Nick Merkley on the fourth line on Tuesday. Gadjovich has just one assist and three shots on goal in seven games this season.

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Curtis Pashelka 2021-11-16T18:08:19.233Z

James Reimer(Goalie)(G)|Buffalo Sabres BUF

Goalie Start

Reimer will start Tuesday in Minnesota.

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Kevin Kurz 2021-11-16T18:00:17.138Z

Oskar Sundqvist(Center)(C)|St Louis Blues STL

Injury

Sundqvist (knee) will make his season debut on Tuesday.

Sundqvist will play for the first time since March 19th. He suffered a torn ACL in his left knee in a collision with Kyle Clifford in a win over the Sharks that night. Oddly enough, Clifford was waived on Monday to make room for Sundqvist to be activated for tonight's game vs. Arizona.

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St. Louis Blues 2021-11-16T17:38:58.585Z

Torey Krug(Defenseman)(D)|St Louis Blues STL

Injury

Krug (COVID-19) will return to the Blues lineup on Tuesday.

Krug has missed the last five games while in COVID-19 protocol but will play tonight vs. the Coyotes. Krug had two goals and six assists (eight points) in nine games before entering protocol.

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Jim Thomas 2021-11-16T17:14:38.967Z

Jake Oettinger(Goalie)(G)|Dallas Stars DAL

Goalie Start

Oettinger will start Tuesday vs. the Red Wings.

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Matthew DeFranks 2021-11-16T17:10:00.725Z

Dustin Tokarski(Goalie)(G)|Carolina Hurricanes CAR

Goalie Start

Tokarski will start Tuesday in Pittsburgh.

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Lance Lysowski 2021-11-16T17:07:10.487Z

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