NHL Hockey Player News

Emelin sat out of Saturday's game and will miss tonight's as well. Expect Andrei Markov to skate with P.K Subban again. Consider Emelin day-to-day.

Price allowed three goals on 32 shots for his second straight win on Saturday. He is sitting at 2-0 despite a pedestrian 2.91 GAA and .898 SV% through two starts. He will look to stay undefeated tonight when he takes on the Lightning. Price was 1-1-2 with a sensational 1.42 GAA and .956 SV% vs. Tampa Bay last year.

Krejci missed the first three games of the regular season but has been medically cleared and will be in the lineup today vs. the Avalanche. Krejci will make his season debut on a line with Milan Lucic and rookie Seth Griffith. Get the Bruins playmaking centre in your lineup.

Berra stopped all 10 shots that he faced in the third period of opening night after replacing Semyon Varlamov. The Avalanche have yet to score a goal through two games and things will not get any easier this afternoon in Boston.

Anderson allowed three goals on 37 shots in Ottawa's 3-2 loss to the Predators on opening night. He sat against the Lightning, but gets back in goal with a nice matchup today vs. Florida. The Panthers have struggled to keep the puck out of the net in the early part of the season, so Anderson has a good chance to chalk up his first W of the year.

According to the Lightning coach, Drouin has one last check-up before he is cleared to make his NHL debut. The Lightning play tomorrow as well, so it sounds like he could be cleared to play on Tuesday. There is still no word on who Drouin will play with when he gets into the lineup.

Reimer was removed from Sunday's game as a precaution following a collision with Dominic Moore and his presence at practice this morning proves it was simply a protocol and that he is fine.

Staal left Saturday's game following a hard collision. The Hurricanes are already without his brother Jordan and Jeff Skinner, so if Eric is to miss anytime, Carolina will be in much bigger trouble than they already are. The Hurricanes practiced with Victor Rask and Riley Nash as their top-2 centres today. Expect an update on Staal following the morning skate.

Despite Luongo getting pulled after allowing five goals on 14 shots on Saturday vs. New Jersey. Bobby Lu dropped to 0-1-1 with a 5.73 GAA and .826 SV% in the early part of the season. Tonight it looks like he will face a 1-1-0 Senators team who have scored just four goals through the first two contests.

Ward's season started on a sour note as he allowed five goals on 26 shots in a 5-3 loss to the Islanders. Anton Khudobin did not do much better the following night, so it looks like the Hurricanes will give Ward another shot on Tuesday. He draws a great matchup vs. the Sabres, so expect a bounce-back performance.

Drouin was on the ice for the morning skate once again, but did not take part in line rushes, so it does not look like he will be making hi NHL debut tonight. The Lightning play tomorrow as well, so consider him questionable for Tuesday's matchup with the Devils.

Murray has yet to play this season, but he has practiced everyday for the last week, which is a great sign that he is nearing his season debut. Murray is a tremendous offensive talent and will help bolster a Blue Jackets power-play that is working at 12.5% through two games.

Bishop allowed two goals on 34 shots in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Senators on Saturday. The loss moved Bishop to 1-0-1 with a 1.91 GAA and .927 SV% through two starts. It is a good start to the season for the 27-year-old. Tonight he gets the call against the Canadiens, who he was 3-0-1 with a 0.94 GAA and .962 SV% against last season.

With Vincent Lecavalier out with a lower-body injury, Jones will slide into the lineup for his first game as a Flyer. He is expected to play on the fourth line with Jason Akeson and Zac Rinaldo.

Lecavalier was off to a nice start to the season, with one goal and two assists in the first three games, but will miss two weeks with the lower-body injury. He will likely land on IR for a brief period of time. Expect the Flyers to recall a forward from Lehigh Valley (AHL).

Reimer's first start of the season ended early after suffering a head/neck injury in an incidental collision with Rangers' forward Dominic Moore. Reimer had a nice evening going, having stopped 24 of 26 shots, but given his history of neck injuries, the Maple Leafs elected to pull him from the game as a precaution. He left with a 6-2 lead intact.

Nash was a gametime decision for tonight's game, but ended up playing in the first two periods and scored one goal on one shot with a plus-1 rating in 11:40. Nash is off to a great start to the season, scoring at least one goal in all three games (4 total) while adding one assist. Expect Nash to be back in the lineup on Tuesday vs. the Islanders.

Jonathan Quick had a busy night on Saturday, stopped 37 of 40 shots in a 3-2 OT loss to the Coyotes, so the Kings will turn to Jones today vs. Winnipeg. Jones had a great rookie season and stopped the only three shots he has faced in relief of Quick on opening night.

Hutchinson, 24, started last season in the ECHL but worked his way up to the AHL and eventually the NHL. He was 17-5-1 with a 2.30 GAA and .923 SV% with St. John's (AHL) and 2-1-0 with a 1.64 GAA and .943 SV% in his brief stint with the Jets last season. He draws a very difficult matchup tonight vs. Los Angeles, but could serve as a desperation last minute spot-start.

Gardiner led the Maple Leafs in ice-time on Saturday (23:04) but will not play on Sunday with Cody Franson returning from a knee injury. There is no word on whether Gardiner is dealing with an injury, but you have to think they would not make him a healthy scratch.