NHL Hockey Player News

Ritchie will come out of the lineup in Detroit because of an upper-body issue. Replacing Ritchie will be Steven Kampfer, who is from nearby Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ritchie is day-to-day.

Kampfer was a healthy scratch for the last two games but will dress as a seventh defenseman on Friday night. Kampfer is an Ann Arbor, Michigan native, so the Bruins obviously wanted to get him into the lineup near his hometown. Brett Ritchie will come out of the lineup.

Rooney played in eight straight games but will sit as a healthy scratch on Friday night. Rooney will be replaced by Jesper Bratt, who sat out of the last two games with an upper-body injury.

Bratt has missed the last two games with an upper-body issue but will play Friday in Edmonton. Bratt will replace Kevin Rooney in the lineup and will skate on a line with Adam Boqvist and Jack Hughes. He has three goals and two assists in 11 games this season.

Schneider surrendered seven goals on 23 shots in the Devils loss to the Lightning on October 30th. Mackenzie Blackwood has started the last four games but Schneider will get a chance to get back in the crease on the tail-end of a back-to-back in Western Canada. The 33-year-old is still looking for his first win of the season, going 0-3-1 with an ugly 4.71 GAA and .847 SV% in his first five starts.

Hellebuyck stopped 31 of 32 shots in the Jets loss to the Devils on Tuesday. Hellebuyck has been one of the best goalies in the NHL so far this season and the reason that the Jets are hovering above the .500 mark (8-7-1). Tonight he faces a Canucks team that is on the second half of a back-to-back and comes in at 5-4-1 with 2.70 goals per game on the road.

Gaudette has played in the last four games since being called up and has picked up three points (1G / 2A) during that time. However, Sven Baertschi will replace Gaudette in the lineup in Winnipeg.

Baertschi has been sitting as a healthy scratch but will replace Adam Gaudette in the lineup on Friday. Baertschi had a nice start to the season in the AHL, posting 10 points (2G / 8A) in seven games. He is expected to skate on the Bo Horvat line.

Demko allowed two goals on 26 shots in the Canucks win in San Jose last Saturday. With Jacob Markstrom going last night, Demko will make his sixth appearance of the season in Winnipeg. He has gone 2-1-0 with a 1.97 GAA and .931 SV% on the road this year and is a decent option against a Jets offence that is still searching for answers.

Green has missed the last three games with an illness but will be back in the lineup when the Red Wings host the Bruins on Friday night. Green, who has had a slow start to the year, posting one goal and one assist in 14 games, will play on the third pair with Madison Bowey and on the second power-play unit.

Zadorov is believed to have suffered a broken jaw after being hit by a puck in Thursday's win. Mark Barberio is expected to draw in for him on Saturday and a seventh defenseman will likely be recalled from the AHL at some point.

MacKinnon was forced to leave Thursday's game with an upper-body injury but it was deemed "precautionary" so it's not a big surprise that he is expected to play Monday. MacKinnon was tremendous on Thursday night, picking up four points (1G / 3A) and 10 shots in just 14:28 TOI. He is tied for sixth in the NHL in points with 22 (9G / 13A) in 16 games.

Foligno was forced to leave Thursday's game in San Jose with a lower-body injury and missed Friday's practice. Head coach Bruce Boudreau listed Foligno as questionable for Saturday's game in Arizona, so look for Victor Rask to replace him in Minnesota's bottom-6.

Dubnyk allowed two goals on 19 after replacing Alex Stalock in the Wild's loss in San Jose on Thursday. Dubnyk has lost each of his last two starts and is 0-6-0 with a 3.42 GAA and .890 SV% on the road this year. Despite the rough numbers, he has a chance to post strong splits against his former team, who rank 20th in the NHL in goal-scoring (2.81 GF/gm) this year.

Trocheck has missed the last seven games with a lower-body issue but the plan is for him to play on Saturday. Head coach Joel Quenneville told reporters that Trocheck "looked good" following Friday's practice, so expect an update a few hours prior to tomorrow's afternoon tilt. Trocheck has one goal and five assists (six points) in eight games this season.

Archibald has missed the last six games with a fractured foot but will play Friday vs. the Devils. Archibald has missed nine games this season with illness and fractured foot and has not registered a point in his eight games. He'll skate on a line with Riley Sheahan and Jujhar Khaira on Thursday.

Sheahan has missed the last three games with an undisclosed injury but will play Friday vs. the Devils. Sheahan, who has no points and a minus-8 rating in 12 games this season, will centre their third line with Jujhar Khaira and Josh Archibald on his wings.

Hellebuyck stopped 31 of 32 shots in the Jets loss to the Devils on Tuesday. Hellebuyck has been one of the best goalies in the NHL so far this season and the reason that the Jets are hovering above the .500 mark (8-7-1). Tonight he faces a Canucks team that is on the second half of a back-to-back and comes in at 5-4-1 with 2.70 goals per game on the road.