NHL Hockey Player News

Bishop surrendered two goals on 25 shots in the Lightning’s win over the Senators on Sunday. The win pushed him to 5-2-0 with a 1.89 GAA and .930 SV% in December. Tonight he will see a Canucks team that has lost four of their last five, so make sure Bishop is active in all formats.

Howard allowed three goals on 40 shots in the Red Wings’ shootout loss to the Canucks on Friday. Howard has lost three in a row, two in a shootout, one in overtime, while posting a 2.49 GAA and .932 SV%. One of the overtime losses came against the Devils, who he will again tonight in Detroit—Howard is 5-4-1 with a 2.16 GAA and .922 SV% at home.

Luongo gave up four goals on 34 shots, but walked away with the shootout win over his former team on Sunday. He has now won three in a row while posting a 1.63 GAA and .946 SV%. Luongo has been extremely streaky this season and tonight he will face a banged up Senators team for the second time—he gave up three goals on 22 shots in a 4-2 loss in their first meeting.

Howard allowed three goals on 40 shots in the Red Wings’ shootout loss to the Canucks on Friday. Howard has lost three in a row, two in a shootout, one in overtime, while posting a 2.49 GAA and .932 SV%. One of the overtime losses came against the Devils, who he will again tonight in Detroit—Howard is 5-4-1 with a 2.16 GAA and .922 SV% at home.

Rask allowed two goals on 32 shots in the Bruins win in Pittsburgh on Friday. Rask has won five straight starts while posting a 0.80 GAA and .972 SV%. He is red hot right now and with Jonas Gustavsson starting on Sunday and Rask skipping today’s optional morning skate, look for Rask to get back into the net vs. the Blues. St. Louis comes in as winners of three of their last four.

Haula has served as a healthy scratch for the last three games, but he will get back into the lineup, likely for Jarret Stoll on Tuesday. Haula has just two goals and two assists (four points) in 28 games this season.

Kuemper allowed two goals on 31 shots in the Wild’s win over the Canucks last Tuesday. When Devan Dubnyk got hurt, Kuemper impressed, going 2-0-2 with a 1.48 GAA and .938 SV% in four starts. Dubnyk started last night, so it will be Kuemper to wrap up the Wild’s pre-Christmas schedule tonight against the sliding Canadiens.

Elias was a healthy scratch on Sunday, but the Devils were on the tail-end of a back-to-back and head coach John Hynes said it was more of a maintenance day for Elias than a healthy scratch. There is no word on who will come out of the lineup for Elias, but we will find out during the Devils’ morning skate in Detroit.

Gibson allowed one goal on 19 shots after replacing Frederik Andersen in Monday’s loss in Brooklyn. The Ducks will wrap up their pre-Christmas schedule with a back-to-back tonight in New York. Gibson is 4-4-1 on the year but 0-2-0 with a 2.68 GAA and .905 SV% on the road this season. He is a great young goalie, but the lack of Ducks’ scoring will limit the amount of wins he collects.

Hutchinson stopped all seven shots that he faced after replacing Connor Hellebuyck in last night’s loss in Edmonton. Hutchinson will make his first start since December 6th tonight in Calgary. Tonight will be Hutchinson’s 10th road start—he has gone 2-6-1 with a 3.05 GAA and .896 SV% on the road this season.

Rinne allowed two goals on 22 shots in the Predators win over the Wild on Saturday. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for Rinne, who is now 3-4-2 with a 2.46 GAA and .903 SV% in December. Despite his recent struggles, Rinne makes for an excellent start tonight. He will face a Canadiens team that has lost seven of their last eight games.

Andersen stopped 21 of 22 shots that he faced in the Ducks win in New Jersey on Saturday. It was a nice return to the crease for Andersen, who will get a second straight start tonight, in the first game of the back-to-back. Andersen is 5-7-4 with a 2.46 GAA and .915 SV% on the year.

Grubauer was rewarded with the win after coming in and stopping all seven shots in Thursday’s victory over the Lightning. Grubauer has gone 3-2-1 with a 2.53 GAA and .901 SV% this season, but could make for a strong start behind the powerful Capitals offence. The Hurricanes come in having won three of five.

Hellebuyck surrendered two goals on 28 shots in the Jets win over the Rangers on Friday. Hellebuyck has been impressive since being recalled from the AHL, going 5-2-0 with a 2.14 GAA and .925 SV% in seven starts. Tonight he will make his fifth consecutive start. He’ll face an Oilers team that has lost three straight while being outscored 13-3.