NHL Hockey Player News

Rinne was pulled after he allowed five goals on 20 shots in the Predators loss to the Hurricanes on Sunday. Dating back to the middle of December, Rinne has gone 3-6-2 with a 3.36 GAA, .890 SV% and one shutout in his last 12 starts. The 36-year-old has been great on home-ice this season though—11-5-0, 2.01 GAA and .923 SV%.

Delia stopped 14 of 15 shots after replacing Cam Ward in the Blackhawks 8-5 loss in New Jersey on Monday. Prior to that, Delia had lost four in a row while allowing a combined 14 goals on 163 shots (.914 SV%). Delia has seen a ton of rubber in his young career, facing an average of 40 shots per game in his first seven starts of the season.

Allen allowed one goal on 29 shots in the Blues win in Washington on Monday. Jordan Binnington gave him a breather on Tuesday, so look for Allen to face the Bruins on Thursday night. The 28-year-old has not seen Boston this season but has played much better on the road—7-5-2, 2.21 GAA, .925 SV% and one shutout in 14 starts.

Price stopped 41 of 43 shots in the Canadiens win in Boston on Monday. Price has been excellent in his last two starts, stopping 69 of 71 shots (.972 SV%). Price has not faced Columbus this season but comes in at 9-4-2 with a 2.49 GAA, .922 SV% and one shutout on the road.

Andersen surrendered four goals on 36 shots in the Maple Leafs loss to the Avalanche on Monday. The Maple Leafs did not play well against Colorado and will need to be significantly better tonight if they want a chance vs. the Lightning. Andersen allowed four goals on 21 shots in a 4-1 loss in his first start in Tampa Bay.

Bishop surrenders three goals on 28 shots in the Stars loss to the Blues last Saturday. Bishop hasn’t been great in his last five outings, going 2-2-1 with a 3.03 GAA and .904 SV%. However, he draws a great matchup tonight vs. the Kings—he stopped 31 of 33 shots in a 4-2 win in his first start vs. Los Angeles (Oct.23).

Blackwood allowed five goals on 32 shots in the Devils win over the Blackhawks on Monday. Keith Kinkaid got the nod the following night, so Blackwood should be well rested as he tries to extend his winning streak to three. The 22-year-old is 1-2-0 with a 2.81 GAA and .930 SV% in four appearances on the road so far.

Stalock allowed two goals on 33 shots in the Wild’s win over the Kings on Tuesday. Following a great outing, Stalock will start again tonight vs. a Ducks team that is on an impressively bad 12-game losing streak. Stalock stopped 20 of 21 shots in a 5-1 win in his first start vs. Anaheim this season.

Grzelcyk has appeared in 45 of the Bruins first 47 games this season but will sit as a healthy scratch on Thursday. John Moore will replace him on the blueline tonight.

Moore has been a healthy scratch for the last three games but will replace Matt Grzelcyk on Thursday. Moore has had a solid year, scoring nine points (2G / 7A) while averring 1.5 shots and 1.4 blocked shots per game through 41 contests.

Acciari has been in the lineup for the last nine games but will be replaced by David Backes on Thursday. Acciari has just four points (1G / 3A) in 40 games this season.

Backes was a healthy scratch on Wednesday but will replace Noel Acciari on the Bruins fourth line tonight. Backes has one goal and five assists (six points) in his last 11 games.

Vasilevskiy stopped all 35 shots that he faced in the Lightning’s shutout win in Dallas on Tuesday. Vasilevskiy has two shutouts in his last four starts, going 3-1-0 while allowing just five goals on 120 shots (.958 SV%) over that stretch. In his first start vs. the Maple Leafs, Vasilevskiy stopped 48 of 49 shots in a 4-1 win (Dec.13).

Stolarz went 2-3-2 with a 3.90 GAA and .880 SV% in nine games with the Flyers this season. With Carter Hart playing well, Stolarz heads back to the Phantoms for now—he is 2-0-0 with a 3.34 GAA and .889 SV% in the AHL this year.

Eaves has been out since November 9th and heads to San Diego on a conditioning stint to get back up to NHL speed. It is Eaves’ first AHL stint since the 2013-14 season when he was with the Red Wings.

Sherwood has appeared in 46 of the Ducks 47 games this season but has just 10 points (5G / 5A). The 23-year-old will spend some time with the Gulls, where he has two goals in 12 career games.

Dotchin was in the lineup for the last four games but will be replaced by Andrej Sustr on the active roster. The 24-year-old heads back to San Diego where he has one assist in nine games.

Sustr has split his campaign between the AHL and NHL, failing to pick up a point in five games with the Ducks. During his time in San Diego, the 6-foot-7 defenseman has just two helpers in 16 games.

Jones could make his NHL debut on Thursday after recording 12 goals and 12 assists (24 points) in 32 games with San Diego. Jones is a former first-round pick (No.24 in 2016) who is part of the struggling Ducks’ roster re-tool.