Vlasic suffered an injury after being hit by Predators forward Ryan Johansen during Wednesday’s win. The early prognosis is positive as it looks like Vlasic won’t be out long-term. Monitor his status during Saturday’s morning skate.
Hjalmarsson missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury that he suffered Monday in Philadelphia. Missing Hjalmarsson is a huge hit to the Coyotes blueline and allowed Dakota Mermis to make his NHL debut yesterday.
Quick allowed three goals on 29 shots in the Kings loss in St. Louis on Monday. The loss had Quick finish the month of October with a 7-2-1 record, 1.89 GAA, .942 SV% and one shutout—firmly placing him among fantasy hockey’s top-3 netminders so far. The Maple Leafs score a ton, but they come in on the tail-end of a back-to-back with Curtis McElhinney between the pipes.
Lundqvist allowed four goals on 34 shots in the Rangers win over Vegas on Tuesday. The final stat line might not look great, but King Henrik was the only reason the Rangers weren’t blown out in the first two periods. Lundqvist finished October with just three wins in 10 tries while posting a 3.21 GAA and .898 SV%. It wasn’t pretty, but there should be better days ahead.
Reimer was pulled after allowing five goals on 19 shots in the Panthers 8-5 loss to the Lightning on Monday. Reimer is not the first goalie to be victimized by the Lightning this season, but he has now lost three of his last four starts while allowing a combined 15 goals on 128 shots (.883 SV%). Things do not get any easier for him tonight with the Blue Jackets in town.
Bobrovsky allowed three goals on 30 shots in the Blue Jackets’ win over the Bruins on Monday. Bobrovsky has now won three straight while allowing just five goals on 95 shots (.947 SV%). Goalie Bob has won seven of his nine starts while posting a 1.97 GAA, .934 SV% and one shutout through the first month of the season.
Rask allowed three goals on 31 shots in the Bruins shootout loss in Columbus on Monday. Rask has won just one of his first six games while posting a 2.93 GAA and .896 SV%, but he has a good chance to make it two tonight against Maxime Lagace and the expansion Golden Knights.
Gudas exited Wednesday’s game after being hit by Brandon Saad and will not be in the lineup tonight in St. Louis. With Gudas out, the Flyers will dig deeper into the D-man pool, bringing Will O’Neill in to make his NHL debut. Consider Gudas as questionable for Saturday’s game.
Rask allowed three goals on 31 shots in the Bruins shootout loss in Columbus on Monday. Rask has won just one of his first six games while posting a 2.93 GAA and .896 SV%, but he has a good chance to make it two tonight against Maxime Lagace and the expansion Golden Knights.
Quick allowed three goals on 29 shots in the Kings loss in St. Louis on Monday. The loss had Quick finish the month of October with a 7-2-1 record, 1.89 GAA, .942 SV% and one shutout—firmly placing him among fantasy hockey’s top-3 netminders so far. The Maple Leafs score a ton, but they come in on the tail-end of a back-to-back with Curtis McElhinney between the pipes.
Hjalmarsson will miss his second straight game with an upper-body injury and his absence will allow Dakota Mermis to make his NHL debut.
With Niklas Hjalmarsson hurt and Adam Clendening on waivers, Mermis comes up to make his NHL debut tonight vs. the Sabres. Mermis has registered one goal and two assists in seven games with Tucson (AHL) so far this season.
Duclair has been a healthy scratch for the last two games, but will get back into the lineup tonight vs. the Sabres. Duclair has had a tough start to the season, recording just five points (3G / 2A) in 11 games this season.
Polak had one assist in four games since signing with the Maple Leafs, but was a healthy scratch on Wednesday. He will draw back into the lineup tonight, replacing Connor Carrick.
Kapanen played just 7:31 TOI in his season debut with the Maple Leafs and will replace Josh Leivo in the lineup tonight and play with Nazem Kadri and Leo Komarov.
Carrick drew into the lineup on Wednesday after being a healthy scratch for the four previous games. Carrick will come out again tonight with Roman Polak drawing into the lineup.
Leivo has been a healthy scratch for the majority of the season, but has appeared in two of the last three games, recording one assist. Leivo will be scratched in favour of Kasper Kapanen.
Raanta was brought over this summer via trade and his Coyotes career has gotten off to a rocky start. He has allowed five goals on 56 shots (.911 SV%) with one great outing, one terrible start and then got injured in his third. Tonight he makes his first start since October 12th and it will be his first of many if he can stay healthy.
