Unsurprisingly, Saros will start the Predators' season opener vs. the Sharks in Prague, Czech Republic. Saros is coming off of a career-high 67 starts, going 38-25-3 with a 2.64 GAA and .918 SV%. Saros dominated the Sharks last season, going 3-0-0 with a 0.33 GAA, .986 SV% and two shutouts.
Unsurprisingly, Saros is expected to start the Predators' season opener vs. the Sharks. Saros is coming off of a career-high 67 starts, going 38-25-3 with a 2.64 GAA and .918 SV%. Saros dominated the Sharks last season, going 3-0-0 with a 0.33 GAA, .986 SV% and two shutouts.
The 34-year-old veteran netminder will take the crease for the Sharks' first game of the 2022-23 regular season in Prague, Czech Republic. Reimer enjoyed a solid 2021-22, posting 19 wins alongside a .911 SV% while starting a career-high 46 games. He will be looking to get things going on the right foot as he enters his 13th NHL season.
Robertson has missed the entire preseason while the Stars worked out an extension for him but get him signed one week before their season opener in Nashville. Robertson is coming off a breakout year, scoring 41 goals with 38 assists (79 points) in 74 games. He was tied for 13th in goals and tied for 35th in points. With new head coach Pete DeBoer behind the bench, we'll see if he goes back to the Robertson, Roope Hintz and Joe Pavelski line that was so successful last season.
Barzal enters the final year of his three-year, $21.0M ($7.0M AAV) deal and gets a $2.15M AAV raise to remain with the team through the 2031 season. Barzal dazzled as a rookie, posting 85 points (22G / 63A) in 82 games but has averaged just 67 points per 82 games in four years since.
Perunovich was injured on September 27th and will undergo surgery this week and will be re-evaluated in six months. The injury effectively ends Perunovich's season unless the Blues want him to make his season debut in the playoffs after a lengthy layoff.
Hall left Saturday's preseason game with an upper-body injury and did not return. Head coach Jim Montgomery told reporters that Hall is "week-to-week. It’s a little bit more significant than we expected." This is a huge loss for the Bruins, who were going to rely on Hall to replace Brad Marchand, who will be out until late November.
Nyquist suffered a lower-body injury in Saturday's preseason game is considered day-to-day. Nyquist is expected to be a member of the Blue Jackets' top-6, but if he misses any time, expect someone like Kent Johnson to potentially move up the depth chart.
Sprong was acquired from the Capitals in March and he had six goals and no assists in 16 games with the Kraken. The 2015 second-round pick has collected 70 points (46G / 24A) in 202 career NHL games with the Penguins, Ducks, Capitals and Kraken.
Talbot is expected to miss at least the first month of the season. The Senators claimed Magnus Hellberg off waivers from the Kraken to help provide depth behind Anton Forsberg while Talbot is out.
With Cam Talbot out five-to-seven weeks, the Senators have claimed Hellberg to serve as their No.2 behind Anton Forsberg to open the season. Hellberg spent the last five seasons in the KHL before joining the Red Wings last April. Overall, he's 2-0-0 with a .869 SV% in five career NHL games with the Predators, Rangers, and Red Wings.
Zohorna was an undrafted free agent that signed with the Penguins in 2021 after seven years in the Czech Extraliga. The 6-foot-6, 220 lbs. winger has spent most of his time in North America in the AHL but has 10 points (4G / 6A) in 25 career NHL games.
Arvidsson is working his way back from herniated disc surgery in mid-May. The original timetable was three-to-five months, and the Kings said he's on track for the back-end of that timetable. Gabriel Vilardi and Samuel Fagemo are two candidates to replace Arvidsson on the Kings' second line to start the season.
Harrington was with the Sharks on a PTO but earned a one-year deal and could be in their opening night roster. Harrington, who spent almost all of last season in the AHL, has been skating on the top pair with Erik Karlsson recently.
Beaulieu was with the Ducks on a PTO and gets a one-year deal to serve as a depth defenseman. Beaulieu likely won't have a full-time role. Similar to last season, when he played just 24 games and averaged 10:46 TOI/gm with the Jets.
Vaakanainen crashed heavily into the end boards in Friday's preseason game and had to be stretchered off of the ice. The Ducks said that Vaakanainen was released from the hospital on Friday night and continues to improve. They have yet to issue another update but expect Vaakanainen to miss the start of the season.
Katchouk suffered the injury in Saturday's preseason game vs. the Red Wings and is expected to be sidelined until early-to-mid November. Katchouk was expected to fill a bottom-6 spot to open the season but expect Jujhar Khaira to fill that role now.
de Haan was in training camp on a PTO but earned a one-year deal to help strengthen the left side of the Hurricanes' blueline. de Haan will likely battle with Ethan Bear for playing time but seems to be the front-runner to land the 3LD spot to open the season. de Haan had four goals and four assists (eight points) in 69 games with the Blackhawks last season.
Hischier suffered the injury on Thursday and will be re-evaluated a few days before the Devils' season starts. This would be a huge loss for the Devils to open the season, and it would thrust either Erik Haula or Dawson Mercer into an elevated role.
During his two seasons in Montreal, Allen has gone 20-23-9 with a 3.01 GAA and .906 SV% in 64 games (62 starts). With Carey Price's uncertain future, Allen gets a two-year deal to help stabilize the Canadiens' crease during their rebuild.
