NHL Hockey Player News

Lehtera suffered an upper-body injury in Thursday’s game and will not play on Saturday and will likely miss Sunday’s contest as well. With Lehtera out, look for Patrik Berglund to skate on the Blues’ top line.

Weber remains day-to-day and the Predators have not provided a clear update on his status, but he will miss his third straight game tonight vs. the Blues. The Predators have a back-to-back coming up on Monday and Tuesday, so monitor his status during Monday’s morning skate.

Allen allowed two goals on 23 shots in the Blues loss to the Rangers on Thursday. He has allowed four goals on 40 shots (.900 SV%) in two appearances since returning from a knee injury. With Brian Elliott out, Allen will start again tonight in Nashville. He is 3-0-0 with a 1.31 GAA and .962 SV% in three starts vs. the Predators this season.

Rinne allowed one goal on 39 shots in the Predators win in Chicago on Thursday. Rinne has won three of his last four games while stopping 123 of 127 shots (.969 SV%) with one shutout. He’ll look to get his first win vs. the Blues this season—he has gone 0-3-0 with a 2.37 GAA and .917 SV% in his first three starts vs. St. Louis.

Smith was acquired from the Blackhawks last season, but only appeared in 19 games with the Sharks last season and six this season. He has picked up 10 points (8G / 2A) in 14 games with the Barracuda (AHL) and was likely only a part of the trade for salary purposes.

Stalock, 28, has gone 3-5-0 with a 2.94 GAA and .884 SV% with the Sharks this season and 2-0-0 with a 1.96 GAA and .930 SV% with the Barracuda (AHL). With the Sharks looking to make a playoff run, they needed a more reliable backup netminder, so they moved Stalock in order to acquire Reimer.

Morin, 24th, is a pending restricted free agent at the end of the season, who has not appeared in an NHL games this season. He has split his season between Rockford and Toronto (AHL), collecting 11 goals and 17 assists (28 points) in 41 games.

With Alex Stalock struggling as Martin Jones’ backup, the Sharks were in search of goaltending help, so they acquired pending free agent Reimer. The 27-year-old has posted an 11-12-3 record with a 2.49 GAA and .918 SV% with Toronto this season, which is incredibly impressive when you consider the quality of team he played behind. He will undoubtably push Jones for more starts than Stalock did and becomes a stronger option now that he’s out of Toronto.

Fleury allowed five goals on 29 shots in the Penguins loss in Boston on Wednesday. Fleury has gone 5-3-1 with a 3.01 GAA and .895 SV% in February. Today Fleury gets the nod vs. the Jets on home ice—he is 15-6-2 with a 2.47 GAA and .918 SV% at CONSOL Energy Center this season.

Carlson has had a great season, but will miss an extended period of time for the second time this season. Carlson underwent a procedure on his unspecified lower-body injury and will keep him out for 3-4 weeks. He is expected to be moved to long-term IR but should be back before the playoffs.

Luongo allowed two goals on 24 shots in the Panthers win over the Coyotes on Thursday. Luongo has won two in a row with a 1.50 GAA and .944 SV% and is 4-1-1 with a 3.30 GAA and .897 SV% in February. He allowed two goals on 17 shots in a 3-2 win in his first start vs. the Blue Jackets.

Korpisalo stopped 25 of 26 shots in the Blue Jackets win over the Devils on Thursday. Korpisalo has won four of his last six (4-1-1) while posting a 2.69 GAA and .911 SV%. He draws a rough matchup in Florida, the Panther shave won three of their last four.

Neuvirth allowed two goals on 26 shots in the Flyers win over the Wild on Thursday. Neuvirth has gone 3-1-2 with a 2.42 GAA and .902 SV% in February. He draws a strong matchup this afternoon with the Coyotes in town—Arizona enters play having lost four in a row while being outscored 14-9.