NHL Hockey Player News

Blackwood allowed four goals on 35 shots in the Devils win in New York on Saturday. Blackwood is now an impressive 7-1-1 while posting a 1.76 GAA, .953 SV% and two shutouts in his last nine starts. Tonight he faces the Penguins for the third time this season--he is 1-1-0 while giving up five goals on 75 shots (.933 SV%) in the first two meetings of the season.

Binnington allowed three goals on 31 shots in the Blues loss in New Jersey last Friday. The loss snapped a six-game winning streak for Binnington, who comes into Monday at 20-4-5 with a 2.21 GAA, .918 SV% and three shutouts on home-ice. Tonight he’ll see a Panthers team that has gone 4-2-0 while averaging 3.83 goals for and 3.00 goals against per game in their last six road outings.

Kuemper allowed three goals on 34 shots in the Coyotes loss in Calgary on Friday. Since coming back from a lengthy injury absence, Kuemper has gone 1-2-0 with a 2.37 GAA and .929 SV% in three starts. Tonight he faces the Jets, who he has been terrific against over the last three years--winning three in a row while stopping 102 of the 108 shots (.944 SV%) that he's faced. As for Winnipeg, they're on a five-game home winning streak while averring 3.80 goals for and just 1.20 goals against per game.

Driedger stopped 33 of 34 shots in the Panthers win over the Canadiens on Saturday. Since returning from injury, Driedger has gone 1-0-1 while stopping 59 of the 62 shots (.952 SV%) that he's faced. He has yet to lose on the road in two tries but draws a tough assignment in St. Louis, where the Blues have won five straight while scoring 3.40 goals per game.

Shesterkin was yanked after allowing five goals on 23 shots in the Rangers loss to the Devils on Saturday. It was a disastrous return to the crease for Shesterkin, who had his seven-game winning streak snapped in the process. Tonight he faces a Stars team that is on a five-game losing streak (0-3-2) while scoring just 1.40 goals per game.

Carlo will miss his second straight game with an upper-body injury, leaving the Bruins without two of their top-4 defensemen with Torey Krug also out. Carlo is day-to-day heading into the Bruins Friday/Saturday back-to-back.

Krug was in a few tussles during the Bruins loss to the Lightning on Saturday and is dealing with an upper-body injury heading into Tuesday's game. With Krug out, Connor Clifton will play for the first time since December 29th. Consider Krug as day-to-day heading into Friday's game in Buffalo.

Hellebuyck stopped all 29 shots that he faced in the Jets shutout win over the Golden Knights on Friday. Hellebuyck is red-hot in his last four starts, going 3-1-0 with a 1.01 GAA, .964 SV% and two shutouts. Tonight the Vezina Trophy front-runner faces Arizona for the second time this season--he allowed four goals on 35 shots in a 4-2 loss in the first meeting back in October.

Holtby allowed two goals on 28 shots in the Capitals win in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Holtby has won four of his last five starts (4-1-0) despite posting a very pedestrian 3.15 GAA and .903 SV%. Holtby stopped 29 of 30 shots in a 6-1 win in his first start vs. the Sabres and is 13-8-1 with a 3.13 GAA and .900 SV% on the road this year.

Ullmark has missed the last 18 games with a lower-body injury but will make his first start since January 28th tonight vs. the Capitals. Before getting hurt, Ullmark was 5-3-0 with a 2.17 GAA and .929 SV% in eight January starts and is 10-5-1 with a 2.59 GAA and .917 SV% in 16 home games this season. In his first start against the Capitals, Ullmark surrendered six goals on 34 shots in a 6-1 loss.

Lowry has been out since January 19th but head coach Paul Maurice says he could play Monday vs. the Coyotes. Lowry has done very little offensively this season, posting 10 points (4G / 6A) in 47 games.