NHL Hockey Player News

Nieto is day-to-day with a lower-body injury, so Sven Andrighetto (lower-body) will re-enter the lineup and replace him on the Colorado fourth line on Friday.

Andrighetto has missed the last six games with a lower-body injury, but will replace Matt Nieto on the Colorado fourth line. Andrighetto has moved up and down the lineup this season so don’t be surprised if he sees some middle-6 ice-time during the game. He has just one goal on 12 shots in six games this season.

To make things even worse for Boston, Moore will come out of the Bruins lineup, making him one of six defensemen that will not play on Friday. Moore is unlikely to play Saturday in Arizona.

Rask allowed three goals on 14 shots after replacing Jaroslav Halak in the Bruins 8-5 loss to the Canucks on November 8th. After his personal leave, Rask is ready to start tonight in Dallas. Rask has had some struggles this season and will be in tough vs. a good offence with an extremely banged up blueline in front of him.

Hutton made 29 saves on 30 shots in the Sabres win over the Lightning on Tuesday. Hutton has impressed in recent games, winning three in a row while turning aside 70 of 74 shots (.950 SV%). However, he draws a brutal road matchup tonight in Winnipeg—the 32-year-old is 2-4-0 with a 2.69 GAA and .907 SV% on the road this year.

Dubnyk allowed two goals on 27 shots in the Wild’ win over the Canucks on Thursday. Dubnyk has won three of his last four (3-1-0) while posting a 2.50 GAA and .916 SV%. Dubnyk has been impressive over 15 starts this season, including 5-1-2 with a 2.45 GAA and .928 SV% on home-ice this season.

Bishop allowed five goals on 34 shots in the Stars loss to the Predators last Saturday. Bishop and Anton Khudobin have been splitting time and tonight is Bishop’s turn between the pipes. The 31-year-old is 4-2-1 with a 2.57 GAA, .918 SV% and one shutout on home-ice this season.

Crawford stopped all 28 shots that he faced in the Blackhawks shutout win over the Blues on Wednesday. It was a much needed performance from Crawford, who snapped a five-game losing streak in the process. The 33-year-old returns home, where he is 3-2-0 with a 1.83 GAA, .934 SV% and one shutout in five starts this season.

Russo, 25, has registered eight assists in 13 games with Tucson this season. The former fourth-round pick has been called up because the Coyotes blueline is without Jakob Chychrun, Alex Goligoski and Jason Demers, who was injured last night. Russo has no points in 19 career NHL games (all with the Red Wings).

Demers was forced to leave Thursday’s game late in the third period after suffering an apparent right leg injury. Demers was unable to put weight on his leg as he was being helped off of the ice, suggesting that he could miss an extended period of time.

Parise was scratched on Thursday after being listed as a healthy scratch, but will play Saturday vs. the Sabres. Parise, who has 16 points (7G / 9A) in 18 games this season, was back on a line with Mikko Koivu and Nino Niederreiter this morning.

Elliott was forced to leave Thursday’s game vs. the Devils and will miss at least two weeks with a lower-body injury. With Michal Neuvirth already on IR, the Flyers will roll with Calvin Pickard and Alex Lyon as their goaltending duo for the time being.

Klingberg underwent surgery on his hand last Friday and will miss at least five weeks. Klingberg’s original timetable was “one month,” but head coach Jim Montgomery said he would “take that deal” if Klingberg was out for six weeks. This puts Klingberg on-pace to return in late-December/early-January which will give Miro Heiskanen an extended run on the Stars top-pairing and top power-play unit.

Budaj will miss the Kings morning skate on Friday morning because of an illness. As a result, Budaj is listed as questionable for tonight’s game in Chicago, which would leave Cal Petersen to make his first career NHL start.

Petersen stopped 15 of 16 shots after replacing Peter Budaj in the Kings 5-1 loss to the Maple Leafs on Tuesday. With Budaj sick, Petersen will likely make his first career start tonight in Chicago. The 24-year-old has a career .903 SV% in 51 career games with the Ontario Reign (AHL).

Bishop allowed five goals on 34 shots in the Stars loss to the Predators last Saturday. Bishop and Anton Khudobin have been splitting time and tonight is Bishop’s turn between the pipes. The 31-year-old is 4-2-1 with a 2.57 GAA, .918 SV% and one shutout on home-ice this season.

Davidson missed Wednesday’s game and will miss at least two more games after being placed on IR. Gustav Forsling will remain in the Blackhawks lineup on Frida with Davidson sidelined.

Kruger missed the last three games with a leg injury, but is expected to return to the lineup on Friday. Kruger, who will genre the fourth line with Chris Kunitz and Andreas Martinsen, has just two goals in 16 games this season.

Dalpe had one assist in 9:01 TOI while filling in for Riley Nash in Thursday’s win over the Panthers. His return to the AHL suggests that one of or both of Nash and Artemi Panarin will be back on Saturday.