NHL Hockey Player News

Hutchinson will start Monday afternoon in San Jose.

Hutchinson allowed three goals on 38 shots in the Jets’ loss in Los Angeles on Saturday. Hutchinson has not recorded a win since December 22nd and is 4-9-3 with a 3.18 GAA and .896 SV% in 14 starts and five relief appearances this season. This afternoon he faces a Sharks team that has lost five of their last seven.

Michael Hutchinson
Zibanejad (fibula) will return to the Rangers lineup on Tuesday.

Zibanejad missed the last 26 games with a broken fibula, but will be back in the lineup on Tuesday. Zibanejad centred the second line with Pavel Buchnevich and Rick Nash on his wings and enters Tuesday with five goals and 10 assists (15 points) in 19 games.

Mika Zibanejad
Talbot will start Monday vs. the Coyotes.

Talbot allowed one goal on 25 shots in the Oilers’ win over the Flames on Saturday. Talbot has won four of his last five starts while allowing a combined 12 goals on 128 shots (.906 SV%). Tonight he will make his fourth start vs. the Coyotes—he is 1-1-1 with a 1.96 GAA and .940 SV% in the first three meetings.

Cam Talbot
Rask leads the Bruins onto the ice for warmups.

Rask allowed three goals on 24 shots in the Bruins’ win over the Flyers on Saturday. Rask has won three of his last four starts while posting a 1.87 GAA, .913 SV% and one shutout. Rask was pulled after allowing three goals on 13 shots in his first start vs. the Islanders. He is 9-5-0 with a 2.24 GAA and .909 SV% on home ice.

Tuukka Rask
Lehtonen leads the Stars onto the ice for warmups.

Lehtonen allowed two goals on 28 shots in the Stars loss to the Wild on Saturday. The 33-year-old has allowed 13 goals on 114 shots (.886 SV%) in his last five outings and this afternoon he’ll face a Sabres team that is under .500. Lehtonen is 5-7-2 with a 3.09 GAA and .886 SV% on the road this season.

Kari Lehtonen
Condon will start Tuesday in St. Louis.

Condon allowed four goals on 27 shots in the Senators loss to the Maple Leafs on Saturday. Condon has gone 2-3-0 with a 2.24 GAA and .923 SV% in January and tonight he will make his 19th straight start in St. Louis. Condon has yet to face the Blues this season, but has gone 4-4-0 with a 2.79 GAA and .901 SV% on the road.

Mike Condon
The Penguins recalled Chad Ruhwedel from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).

Ruhwedel, 26, has registered one goal and one assist in five games with the Penguins this season. With Kris Letang out for weeks, Ruhwedel will draw into the lineup on Monday. He has 16 points (4G / 12A) in 28 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

Chad Ruhwedel
The Penguins recalled Jake Guentzel from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).

Guentzel, 22, has three goals with one assist in five games with the Penguins earlier this season. The American-born winger leads the AHL with 21 goals and his 42 points (21G / 21A) is good for second. Guentzel has been great with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and will skate with Evgeni Malkin in Monday’s game.

Jake Guentzel
Letang is week-to-week with a lower-body injury.

Letang was hurt Saturday vs. the Red Wings and will miss at least a few weeks with a lower-body injury. The Penguins moved him to IR this morning, so he has to miss at least four games, but it sounds like he will miss more time. Justin Schultz’s stock rises again with his movement to the top power play.

Kris Letang
Gionta will make his Islanders debut on Monday.

Gionta has been with the Islanders since late-December, but will finally make his Islanders debut this afternoon. The 33-year-old had one goal and two assists in seven AHL games before being recalled. Gionta has 50 career points (15G / 35A) in 270 career NHL games. He will replace Cal Clutterbuck in the lineup.

Stephen Gionta
Prince will be back in the Islanders lineup on Monday.

Prince was a healthy scratch for the last two games, but will replace Andrew Ladd, who is out with a minor injury. Prince has five goals and eight assists (13 points) in 32 games this season.

Shane Prince
Boychuk (undisclosed) will be back in the lineup on Monday.

Boychuk was a late scratch on Saturday with an undisclosed injury, but will be back the lineup this afternoon. Boychuk will replace Scott Mayfield in the lineup and comes in with five goals and nine assists (14 points in 39 games this season.

Johnny Boychuk
Murray was the first goalie off of the ice.

Murray allowed four goals on 33 shots in the Penguins’ loss in Ottawa on Thursday. Marc-Andre Fleury started on Saturday, but Murray will get back between the pipes tonight vs. the Capitals. Murray sits at 13-4-1 with a 2.28 GAA and .925 SV% on the season. One of those losses came against the Capitals, who come into tonight on a nine-game winning streak.

Matt Murray

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Already this season we’ve seen the hammer brought down by the NHL Department of Player Safety. Notable suspensions and fines include Ryan Reaves of the Toronto Maple Leafs who was given a five-game suspension for an illegal check to the head against the Edmonton Oilers, and Los Angeles Kings forward Tanner Jeannot who was dealt a three-game suspension, also for an illegal hit to the head.

In the 2023-24 season, there were a total of 14 suspensions and 17 fines issued throughout the NHL. The longest suspension served was dealt to former-Detroit Red Wing David Perron at six-games after a cross-checking penalty dealt ironically against his current team in the 2024-25 season, the Ottawa Senators. Additionally, Perron was fined $148,437.48 for his actions.

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