NHL Hockey Player News

Deslauriers made his season debut on Saturday, playing 11:06 TOI and getting into a fight with Brendan Dillon. He will be replaced on the Ducks fourth line by Nick Ritchie.

Ritchie was a healthy scratch vs. the Sharks on Saturday but is expected to replace Nicolas Deslauriers in the lineup in Detroit. Ritchie started the year on the top-line but is expected to skate on the fourth line tonight.

Hamhuis was a minus-3 with two shots while playing 14:21 ATOI in the first two games of the season. Tonight he will be replaced by Matt Irwin on the Predators third pair.

Irwin was a healthy scratch in the first two games of the season but is expected to replace Dan Hamhuis on Tuesday. Irwin has found a home as the Predators seventh defenseman, appearing in 50 and 44 games over the last two seasons.

Wagner had three shots in 10:34 TOI in the season opener but is expected to be scratched in favour of Carl Grundstrom on Tuesday.

Grundstrom was a healthy scratch in the Kings season opener but is expected to replace Austin Wagner tonight in Calgary. Grundstrom, who had five goals and one assist in 15 games with the Kings last season, is expected to skate on the third line with Blake Lizotte and Tyler Toffoli.

Jones allowed four goals on 23 shots in the Sharks loss to the Golden Knights last Friday. Jones has had a difficult start to the season, giving up eight goals through two games, albeit in a back-to-back with a high-powered Vegas team. Tonight he will face a Predators team that he was 2-1-0 with a 3.68 GAA and .880 SV% against last season.

Gibson has had a tremendous start to 2019-20, going 2-0 while stopping 67 of the 69 shots (.971 SV%). The Ducks have given up plenty of chances but Gibson has stood tall so far. He will need to continue what he has started if the Ducks are going to have any success this season. Tonight he faces a Red Wings team that is also 2-0 to start the season and are being carried by a red-hot first-line.

Fleury stopped 34 of 35 shots in the Golden Knights 5-1 win in San Jose on Friday. Fleury has an ideal start to the season, winning both of his starts against the Sharks while stopping 55 of the 57 shots (.965 SV%) that he faced. Fleury has a tough matchup with the Bruins in town, but you can’t bench Fleury on home-ice, where he is 35-19-6 since 2018.

Fleury stopped 34 of 35 shots in the Golden Knights 5-1 win in San Jose on Friday. Fleury has an ideal start to the season, winning both of his starts against the Sharks while stopping 55 of the 57 shots (.965 SV%) that he faced. Fleury has a tough matchup with the Bruins in town, but you can’t bench Fleury on home-ice, where he is 35-19-6 since 2018.

Jonathan Quick started the season-opener in Edmonton but Campbell will make his season debut tonight in Calgary. The 27-year-old had a fantastic 2018-19 campaign, ranking third in the NHL in SV% (.928) and fifth in GAA (2.30) in 25 starts and six relief appearances. The Kings are likely going with Campbell against the Flames because he was 1-1-0 with a 0.46 GAA, .988 SV% and one shutout against them last year.

Rodrigues has been a healthy scratch for the first three games of the regular season but will draw into the lineup on Wednesday. With Conor Sheary day-to-day with an upper-body injury, Rodrigues will skate on the third line with Casey Mittelstadt and Jimmy Vesey.

Sheahan has missed the first two games of the year but will make his Oilers debut on Tuesday. He will centre the fourth line with Jujhar Khaira and Patrick Russell on his wings.

Archibald was on the ice for the pre-game skate but was moved to IR to create a spot on the roster to activate Riley Sheahan (concussion). His move to IR is retroactive so he is eligible to return Thursday in New Jersey.

Gurianov had a chance to showcase that he was ready for the NHL and struggled, failing to record a point while playing 9:19 ATOI in the first three games of the season. Joel L’Esperance will replace him in the lineup.

L’Esperance will make his season debut tonight in Washington. The 24-year-old spent most of his 2018-19 season in Texas (AHL) where he scored 30 goals and 15 assists (45 points) in 54 games. L’Esperance will skate on the third line with Radek Faksa and Andrew Cogliano.

Howard turned in a great performance in his season debut, stopping 39 of the 42 shots that he faced in a 5-3 win in Nashville. Jonathan Bernier was equally impressive vs. Dallas on Sunday but head coach Jeff Blashill will go back to Howard tonight vs. Anaheim. Howard was 1-0-1 with a 1.44 GAA and .941 SV% in two starts vs. the Ducks last year.

Hart allowed three goals on 31 shots I the Flyers win over the Blackhawks in their season opener overseas. Now he returns to Philadelphia, where Hart was 11-9-1 with a 2.98 GAA and .912 SV% last season. He will face a Devils team that is still looking for their first win of the season, having been outscored 12-to-6 so far.

Sorensen missed the Sharks morning skate and is concussion protocol, suggesting he will not play in Nashville. Luckily for the Sharks, they will be getting Evander Kane back after serving his three-game suspension.

Kane will make his season debut in Nashville and is expected to be on the second line with Tomas Hertl and Kevin Labanc. Kane had 30 goals and 26 assists (56 points) in 75 games last season.