NHL Hockey Player News

Buchnevich sustained a concussion when he took an elbow to the jaw in the second period of the Rangers loss to the Maple Leafs on Thursday. Buchnevich is in concussion protocol and is out indefinitely.

Head coach Bill Peters would not disclose his starting goalie this morning so we will have to wait until warmups at 6:30 pm ET to figure out if they will go back to Cam Ward or roll with Scott Darling. Darling was on the ice with a handful of players this morning, which suggests it will be Ward, who stopped all 27 shots that he faced in a 2-0 shutout win over Montreal last night.

Rowney has been out since January 2nd but could be back in tonight vs. the Capitals. Rowney has been an effective piece in the Penguins bottom-6 but doesn’t have any fantasy relevance having picked up just four points (2G / 2A) in 27 games this season.

Niederreiter has missed the last eight games but will draw back in tonight vs.the Golden Knights. Injuries have limited Niederreiter to just 31 of a possible 50 games this season, but he has played well when healthy, scoring at a 34-goal, 16-assist (50 points) per 82-game pace. Niederreiter will start on the second line with Eric Staal and Tyler Ennis.

Jones allowed one goal on 44 shots in the Sharks’ shootout loss to the Red Wings on Wednesday. Jones was excellent in Detroit but got beat up on pretty back in the shootout to give him three straight losses. Tonight he makes his third start in four nights and will be facing a Blue Jackets team that has lost four of six.

Jones allowed one goal on 44 shots in the Sharks’ shootout loss to the Red Wings on Wednesday. Jones was excellent in Detroit but got beat up on pretty back in the shootout to give him three straight losses. Tonight he makes his third start in four nights and will be facing a Blue Jackets team that has lost four of six.

Dubnyk allowed two goals on 30 shots in Minnesota’s win in Columbus on Tuesday. Dubnyk has won four of his last six starts (4-1-1) while posting a 2.31 GAA and .922 SV%. He catches a break with the Golden Knights in town on the tail-end of a back-to-back but it still won’t be an easy test.

Hannikainen has spent the majority of the year with the Blue Jackets, where he has two goals and two assists in 27 games. During his time Cleveland, the 24-year-old winger registered three assists in seven games. He is not expected to draw into the lineup on Friday.

Bobrovsky allowed two goals on 43 shots in the Blue Jackets shootout loss to Minnesota on Tuesday. Bobrovsky bounced back from a difficult December to finish 4-4-1 with a 2.30 GAA and .932 SV% in nine January starts. He will look to keep things rolling into February, starting tonight with the Sharks, who are in town as losers of four in a row.

Hayes was a healthy scratch for the last two games as the Devils went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen. Hayes has just nine points (3G / 6A) in 26 games this season and will play in the AHL for the first time since 2013-14.

Quenneville, 21, has recorded 10 goals and 11 assists (21 points) in 31 AHL games this season. Quenneville has four points (1G / 3A) in 12 career NHL games (all in 2016-17) and could make his season debut vs. the Penguins on Saturday.

Santini has not played in the last nine games and with the return of Mirco Mueller, Santini became their eighth defenseman. Santini has 10 points (2G / 8A) in 36 games with the Devils this season and will likely make his AHL season debut this weekend.

Raanta was scheduled to start vs. the Stars but turned the duties over to Scott Wedgewood after getting involved in an auto incident prior to puck-drop. This was a tough break for Raanta owners because the netminder came in playing extremely well. Raanta was held out for precautionary reasons and should be fine for Saturday’s game in Los Angeles.

Quick was pulled after giving up five goals on 19 shots in the Kings loss in Vancouver last Tuesday. Quick is hoping for a better month in February after going 2-6-0 with a 3.15 GAA and .894 SV% in January—by far his worst month of the season so far. Quick allowed four goals on 20 shots in a 4-3 loss to the Predators on January 6th.

Rinne stopped all 27 shots that he faced in the Predators shutout win in New Jersey last Thursday. Rinne is riding a five-game winning streak while posting a 1.78 GAA, .940 SV% and one shutout. One of those wins came against the Kings, who he’ll face again tonight—he stopped 26 of 29 shots in a 4-3 win in Los Angeles.