NHL Hockey Player News

Calvin de Haan(D)|FA
Injury
Injury
The Islanders placed Calvin de Haan (upper-body) on IR.

de Haan was set to miss tonight’s game vs. the Red Wings and it sounds like he will be sidelined for an extended period of time. There are reports that de Haan could miss the rest of the regular season, but the Islanders have yet to put an official timetable on de Haan’s return.

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Arthur Staple 2017-12-19T09:57:15.000Z
Calvin de Haan
Thomas Hickey(LD)|FA
Injury
Injury
The Islanders activated Thomas Hickey (upper-body) from IR.

Hickey has missed the last four games with an upper-body injury but it looks like he’ll be ready to return tonight vs. the Red Wings. To activate Hickey, Calvin de Haan (upper-body) was moved to IR. Hickey has just one goal and four assists in 21 games this season.

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Arthur Staple 2017-12-19T09:55:36.000Z
Thomas Hickey
Jonathan Quick(G)|NYR
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Quick leads the Kings onto the ice for warmups.

Quick gave up three goals on 27 shots in the Kings loss in New York last Friday. Darcy Kuemper gave him the day off on Saturday so the Kings will look to end a three-game losing skid with Quick between the pipes tonight. In his first start against the Flyers, the 31-year-old stopped all 35 shots that he faced in a 2-0 shutout win.

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Mike Cranston 2017-12-18T18:31:53.000Z
Jonathan Quick
Ryan Miller(G)|
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Miller leads the Ducks onto the ice for warmups.

Miller stopped all 29 shots that he faced in the Ducks shutout win over the Senators on December 6th. John Gibson has started the last four games but it looks like Miller will start the front-end of the Monday/Tuesday back-to-back. The 37-year-old has gone 1-0-3 with a 2.04 GAA and .939 SV% on the road this season.

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Eric Stephens 2017-12-18T18:32:03.000Z
Ryan Miller
Sergei Bobrovsky(G)|FLA
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Bobrovsky will start Monday in Boston.

Bobrovsky allowed two goals on 24 shots in the Blue Jackets loss in Carolina on Saturday. Bobrovsky has lost four of his last seven starts while posting a 3.33 GAA and .886 SV%. In his first start of the season against the Bruins, Goalie Bob allowed three goals on 30 shots in a 4-3 shootout win.

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Brian Hedger 2017-12-18T18:16:50.000Z
Sergei Bobrovsky
Cam Talbot(G)|DET
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Talbot will start Monday vs. the Sharks.

Talbot allowed two goals on 31 shots in the Oilers win in Minnesota on Saturday. It was an excellent return to the crease for the Oilers’ workhorse, who will be leaned on heavily as they try to battle back into the playoff picture. Dating back to before he was hurt, Talbot has won four straight while allowing two goals in every game and posting a .927 SV%.

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Jason Gregor 2017-12-18T16:08:14.000Z
Cam Talbot
Cam Talbot(G)|DET
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Talbot is expected to start Monday vs. the Sharks.

Talbot allowed two goals on 31 shots in the Oilers win in Minnesota on Saturday. It was an excellent return to the crease for the Oilers’ workhorse, who will be leaned on heavily as they try to battle back into the playoff picture. Dating back to before he was hurt, Talbot has won four straight while allowing two goals in every game and posting a .927 SV%.

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Robin Brownlee 2017-12-18T15:40:36.000Z
Cam Talbot

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