NHL Hockey Player News

Garrison was injured when he was hit from behind by the Red Wings’ Justin Abdelkader on Saturday night. Garrison will miss the rest of the regular season and at least the start of round 1.

Price gave up two goals on 23 shots in the Canadiens win over the Panthers on Saturday. Price has won three of his last four while posting a 1.23 GAA, .956 SV% and two shutouts. Tonight will be his fifth start against the Lightning this season—he is 0-3-1 with a 3.29 GAA and .906 SV% in the first four meetings.

Bishop allowed three goals on 22 shots in the Lightning’s 4-0 loss to the Red Wings on Saturday. He has struggled, allowing six goals on 33 shots (.818 SV%) in his last two outings. Tonight will be his fifth start against the Canadiens this season—he has gone 4-0-0 with a 1.24 GAA and .946 SV% in the first four meetings.

Karlsson had one goal and one assist in three games with the Blue Jackets during his call-up.

Beleskey was scheduled to be in the lineup on Sunday, but was a late scratch after suffering a lower-body injury in warmups. He is listed as day-to-day.

Price gave up two goals on 23 shots in the Canadiens win over the Panthers on Saturday. Price has won three of his last four while posting a 1.23 GAA, .956 SV% and two shutouts. Tonight would be his fifth start against the Lightning this season—he is 0-3-1 with a 3.29 GAA and .906 SV% in the first four meetings.

It looked as if Paquette may have broken his leg in very similar fashion as Steven Stamkos, but it turns out that there is no break and Paquette is just day-to-day. There is no word whether he will play on Monday.

Steen is battling an illness and could be held out of Monday’s game. Monitor his status during the Blues morning skate.

Oshie missed Saturday’s game vs. the Blue Jackets and he could be in danger of missing Monday’s game vs. the Canucks. Chris Porter is expected to skate on the top-line if Oshie can’t play.

Brennan, who was reassigned on Sunday has already been recalled and should play on Tuesday vs. the Lightning. Brennan has no points and a minus-6 rating in four games with the Maple Leafs.

Hunwick missed Sunday’s game, but he is expected to play on Tuesday in Winnipeg. Hunwick has 11 points (2G / 9A) in 48 games this season.

Summers played 15:00 in his Rangers debut on Sunday. With Matt Hunwick expected to be back on Tuesday, Summers has been returned to the AHL.

Marchessault, 24, has registered 21 goals and 36 assists (57 points) in 60 games with Syracuse this season. He has been recalled because Cedric Paquette is out with a leg injury.

Witkowski, 24 has been recalled because Jason Garrison was injured on Saturday and is unlikely to be available on Monday. Witkowski had no points, but 14 hits and 12 blocked shots in 10 games with the Lightning earlier in the season. In Syracuse he has just eight points (2G / 6A) and 91 PIMS in 47 games.

Elliott allowed three goals on just 16 shots in the Blues loss to the Blue Jackets on Saturday. He has allowed seven goals on the last 32 shots that he has faced (.781 SV%). Despite the recent struggles, Ken Hitchcock has committed to Elliott as his number-1 guy, so he will stick with him tonight vs. Vancouver. Elliott has gone 12-7-1 with a 2.28 GAA and .912 SV% in 22 starts at home.

Varlamov allowed three goals on 38 shots in the Avs win over the Sabres on Saturday. The win snapped a three-game losing skid for Varlamov and pushed him to 7-1-1 with a 2.08 GAA and .936 SV% in March. Tonight he will look for revenge against the Oilers, who chased him from a game last Wednesday.

Luongo was scheduled to start on back-to-back nights, but he ended up getting held out because his previously injured shoulder was still bothering him, so the Panthers elected to give him the night off.

Gibson allowed four goals on 26 shots in the Ducks loss to the Blue Jackets on Tuesday. Frederik Andersen started the last two games, including last night, but Gibson will be back in goal tonight vs. the Devils. Gibson has gone 5-2-0 with a 2.69 GAA and .913 SV% in seven starts in March.