Bishop stopped 24 of 25 shots in the Stars win in Calgary on Wednesday. Bishop has rattled off three straight wins while allowing just one goal in each game with a .969 SV%. As good as he has been lately, Bishop is 3-3-0 with a .918 SV% on the road and the Oilers are great on home-ice and have won three of their last four.
Dubnyk stopped 27 of 29 shots in the Wild's win over the Coyotes on Thursday. Dubnyk has played splendidly as of late, going 2-2-0 with a 2.49 GAA and .923 SV% in his last four starts. With Dubnyk starting to settle in, the Wild will hand him his fourth straight start on Saturday. He is 3-1-1 with a 3.53 GAA and. 886 SV% in five starts at the Xcel Energy Center this season.
Rittich allowed three goals on 28 shots in the Flames loss to the Blues last Saturday. With Cam Talbot starting vs. the Stars on Tuesday, it has been a full week since Rittich's last game. He stopped 34 of 37 shots in a come-from-behind overtime win in his first start vs. Arizona.
Moore suffered a shoulder injury against the Bruins last night and will miss at least Saturday's game against the Penguins. Dmytro Timashov will likely draw into the lineup for Moore.
Blandisi has one goal and one assist in seven games with the Penguins this season. During his time in the AHL, he has picked up four points (2G / 2A) in eight games. He will take Sidney Crosby's place on the roster.
Crosby is expected to miss at least six weeks so the move to IR was simply a formality to open up a roster spot to call-up some reinforcements--in this case, it's Joseph Blandisi.
Kakko was a late-scratch in Tampa Bay on Thursday but could play Saturday in Florida. Kakko's return to the lineup would be a welcome sight for the Rangers because the rookie has heated up, scoring five goals in his last seven games.
Reimer allowed four goals on 30 shots in the Hurricanes loss in Ottawa last Saturday. Reimer has lost four in a row (0-4-0) while posting an ugly 3.41 GAA and .873 SV%. He has struggled in a Hurricanes uniform and isn't a good option regardless of the matchup right now.
Lewington played 8:49 as a No.7 defenseman last night but goes down so Tyler Boyd can come up and dress as the 12th forward on Saturday. Lewington has four goals and two assists (six points) in four AHL games this season.
Don't panic, Samsonov isn't going anywhere. This is a cap move to allow the Capitals to bring up Travis Boyd to dress as a 12th forward on Saturday. Samsonov probably won't even leave the team and Vitek Vanecek will be sent down and Samsonov will be "recalled" when either Nic Dowd or Carl Hagelin are healthy.
This is a salary cap related move. The Capitals need a forward because Nic Dowd and Carl Hagelin are out, so Vanecek comes up and the higher-paid Ilya Samsonov heads to the AHL for the game. The move opened up enough cap space for Travis Boyd to be called up. Samsonov will likely swap spots with Vanecek next week.
Washington played with 11 forwards on Friday but Boyd comes up to dress as the 12th forward on Saturday. He has split his time between the NHL and AHL, totalling four assists in six games with the Capitals and six points (4G / 2A) in four games with the Bears. Tyler Lewington went down to Hershey to make room for Boyd.
Bobrovsky surrendered four goals on 30 shots in the Panthers loss to the Jets on Thursday. Bobrovsky's struggles continued, resulting in him going 0-2-1 with a 4.17 and .875 SV% in his last four starts. The Panthers are trying to get their No.1 netminder going, so they'll come right back to him on Saturday night. Tonight he faces a Rangers team that is 3-3-0 with 2.83 goals per game on the road.
Asplund was called up because Johan Larsson is banged up. The 2016 second-round pick will centre the fourth line and comes up from the AHL with 49 points (11G / 38A) in 88 career games with Rochester.
Larsson is day-to-day with an upper-body injury, so Rasmus Asplund was called up from Rochester and will replace him in the lineup vs. Ottawa. The Sabres have a back-to-back this weekend, so there’s a good chance that Larsson isn’t available tomorrow either.
Ullmark gave up three goals on 34 shots in the Sabres loss to the Lighting in the first game in Sweden. He hasn't played a lot this year but has had some strong outings, going 3-3-1 with a .915 SV% overall. A home start against a Senators team that played last night makes Ullmark an intriguing spot-start option.
