NHL Hockey Player News

Andrey Pedan(D)|
Line Change
Line Change
Pedan will be a healthy scratch on Sunday.

Pedan played 15:49 TOI in the Canucks loss in St. Louis on Friday, but will be healthy scratch for the second time in three games tonight vs. the Blackhawks. He will be replaced by Alex Biega.

Source:
@VanCanucks 2016-03-27T15:05:05.000Z
Andrey Pedan
Scott Wedgewood(G)|COL
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Wedgewood will start Sunday in Carolina.

Wedgewood stopped the first 25 shots he faced before giving up a goal in overtime in Friday’s 1-0 loss to the Capitals. He has been sensational since being recalled from Albany, going 2-0-1 with a 0.66 GAA, .978 SV% and one shutout. He will look to keep things rolling against a Hurricanes team on a back-to-back, that has gone 1-2-4 while averaging 2.14 goals per game in their last seven.

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Tom Gulitti 2016-03-27T15:17:22.000Z
Scott Wedgewood
Derek Dorsett(RW)|
Injury
Injury
Dorsett (undisclosed) will not be in the lineup on Sunday.

Dorsett recently missed five games with an undisclosed injury, but returned for Friday’s game and will come back out of the lineup tonight. With Dorsett out, Jared McCann will be re-inserted into the lineup after serving as a healthy scratch.

Source:
@VanCanucks 2016-03-27T14:55:37.000Z
Derek Dorsett
Cam Ward(G)|FA
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Ward will start Sunday vs. the Devils.

Ward allowed three goals on 25 shots in the Hurricanes loss to the Sabres on Tuesday. Eddie Lack started the last two games, including last night, so Ward will make his 47th start of the season tonight. He has lost his last three starts while posting a 2.56 GAA and .901 SV% and is 1-1-0 with a 2.03 GAA and .909 SV% vs. the Devils this season.

Source:
@NHLCanes 2016-03-27T15:14:19.000Z
Cam Ward
Ryan Miller(G)|
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Miller starts Sunday vs. the Blackhawks.

Miller allowed two goals on 32 shots in the Canucks loss in Nashville on Thursday. The Canucks goalie rotation will continue tonight with Miller starting vs. the Blackhawks. The 35-year-old netminder is 1-4-1 with a 2.69 GAA and .924 SV% this month and is 1-1-0 with a 3.07 GAA and .897 SV% in two starts vs. Chicago this season.

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Dan Murphy 2016-03-27T15:20:34.000Z
Ryan Miller
Jonathan Quick(G)|NYR
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Quick leads the Kings onto the ice for warmups.

Quick allowed three goals on 23 shots in the Kings loss to the Jets on Thursday. He has lost his last three starts while posting an ugly 3.01 GAA and .882 SV%. Despite a few rough starts in a row, he draws his fifth start vs. the Oilers of the season—he has gone 4-0-0 with a 2.00 GAA and .935 SV% in the first four meetings.

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Dennis Bernstein 2016-03-26T21:40:09.000Z
Jonathan Quick
Joonas Korpisalo(G)|BOS
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Korpisalo leads the Blue Jackets onto the ice for warmups.

Korpisalo allowed two goals on 22 shots in the Blue Jackets 2-1 loss to New Jersey last Sunday. Korpisalo has gone 14-9-4 with a 2.61 GAA and .918 SV% in 26 starts this season and tonight he will make his first career start vs. Nashville. The 21-year-old has gone 5-6-1 with a 2.80 GAA and .912 SV% on the road.

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Brooks Bratten 2016-03-26T19:30:03.000Z
Joonas Korpisalo
Pekka Rinne(G)|FA
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Rinne leads the Predators onto the ice for warmups.

Rinne stopped 23 of 25 shots in the Predators win over the Canucks on Thursday. Rinne has won four straight games while posting a 1.97 GAA and .925 SV%. Rinne’s first half was average, but he has been great recently—Rinne comes into tonight’s start with a 19-9-5 record, 2.24 GAA and .915 SV% on home ice this season.

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Brooks Bratten 2016-03-26T19:29:58.000Z
Pekka Rinne
Henrik Lundqvist(G)|FA
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Lundqvist will start Sunday vs. the Penguins.

Lundqvist allowed two goals on 41 shots in the Rangers win over the Bruins on Wednesday. Antti Raanta started last night in Montreal so that Lundqvist could face the Penguins tonight. He has won his last two after starting March 0-3-2 and now boasts a 3.36 GAA and .912 SV% this month. The 34-year-old has gone 1-2-0 with a 2.65 GAA and .920 SV% against Pittsburgh this season.

Source:
Andrew Gross 2016-03-27T15:19:06.000Z
Henrik Lundqvist
Brian Elliott(G)|FA
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Elliott will start next Tuesday vs. the Avalanche.

Elliott stopped all 15 shots that he faced in the Blues shutout win over the Canucks last Friday. Since returning to the Blues crease on March 19th, Elliott has stopped all 71 shots that he has faced, posting three consecutive shutouts. In the middle of the Fantasy Hockey playoffs, he has been absolutely gold. Tonight he will look to extend his shutout streak to four games against an Avalanche team that has won four of their last six.

Source:
Tom Timmermann 2016-03-29T09:56:12.000Z
Brian Elliott
Philipp Grubauer(G)|SEA
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Grubauer will start Saturday vs. the Blues.

Grubauer allowed one goal on five shots after replacing Braden Holtby in the Capitals loss to the Penguins last Sunday. Grubauer has gone 4-3-1 with a 2.00 GAA and .930 SV% in six starts and three relief appearances on home ice this season—he will be in tough against a Blues team that has won nine of their last 11 games.

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Isabelle Khurshudyan 2016-03-26T17:21:06.000Z
Philipp Grubauer
Jean-Francois Berube(G)|FA
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Berube will start Saturday in Carolina.

Berube allowed one goal on 23 shots in the Islanders win over the Senators on Wednesday. Since Jaroslav Halak was hurt, Berube has gone 1-0-1 while turning aside 55 of 57 shots (.965 SV%). He has played very, very well and tonight he draws a strong matchup vs. a Hurricanes team that has lost five of their last six games.

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@NYIslanders 2016-03-26T17:17:52.000Z
Jean-Francois Berube

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