NHL Hockey Player News

Mitchell has only appeared in five games since being acquired from Minnesota as Cody McCormick's replacement. He could be done for the rest of the season.

Myers, who just returned from an elbow injury, is now sidelined with a different upper-body ailment now. Rasmus Ristolainen is up from Rochester and will play tonight, but it does not sound like Myers will be out long-term.

Bogosian, who was injured on Saturday, missed Monday's game and it looks like he will not be available again tonight in San Jose. Not taking part in the game-day skate is usually a pretty good indicator that he won't be in the lineup.

Crawford stopped 25 of 27 shots in a win over the Stars on Tuesday. He has won six of his last eight starts while only giving up 12 goals on 188 shots (.936 SV%). Tonight, he faces the beast of the East in Boston. Crawford turned aside 34 in their first meeting en route to a 3-2 shootout win.

Pavelec was back on the practice ice Wednesday for the first time since suffering a lower-body injury on March 14, but head coach Paul Maurice said he’s not going to rush him back into action on Thursday against the Sharks. Pavelec felt good after the hour-long workout, during which he seemed to show no ill effects of whatever was affecting him. Monitor his status during Saturday's morning skate.

Montoya allowed two goals on 27 shots in a loss to the Stars on Monday. Tonight, will mark his sixth straight start since Ondrej Pavelec went down with a lower-body injury. He has won two of the previous five starts with a 2.69 GAA and .902 SV%. He should be avoided tonight with the Jets in San Jose.

Los Angeles excused King from tonight's game vs. Pittsurgh to attend a personal matter. Expect Jordan Nolan to re-enter the lineup.

Mitchell skated this morning and reportedly looked "healthy" according to Patrick Roy, but he will not suit up tonight vs. the Canucks.

Johnson missed the game-day skate this morning and will be a game-time decision for the Avalanche tonight. Johnson has really picked up his play as of late, so his absence would be greatly felt on the Avs' blueline. Nate Guenin would slide into the lineup if Johnson is unable to go.

Couture missed two periods on Monday and Tuesday's game after taking a blast off the foot in the first period in Calgary on Monday. He did skate this afternoon, which is a good sign that he will be in the lineup, but the 10:30 pm ET start puts a strain on your lineup.

Niemi allowed two goals on 30 shots in Tuesday's 5-2 victory over the Oilers. Niemi leads the NHL in wins with 36 and has been the hottest goalie in March going 7-1-1 with a 1.88 GAA and .931 SV%. Tonight, he faces a struggling Jets team. Get him in your lineup.

Kuemper was yanked after allowed three goals on 12 shots in a loss to the Canucks last night. Ilya Bryzgalov did not do any better, so the Wild will go back to Kuemper tonight. They likely want to see how he will face the adversity of losing four in a row and being pulled last night. It won't be easy in St. Louis and you should look at the other available goalie options.

“I was pretty young,” said Nyquist, who was 14 at the time. “I’m not surprised, he was a great player.” Nyquist is on quite a roll. He has nine goals in his past six games and 20 goals in his past 24 games. He will continue skating on a line with Riley Sheahan and Tomas Tatar.

Roy missed the last two games with a lower-body injury but will be back tonight vs. the Wild. Roy has nine goals and 28 assists (37 points) in 67 games this season. Chris Porter will come out of the lineup with Roy returning.

Phillips missed Tuesday's game after suffering an upper-body injury in Dallas on Monday.

Zibanejad missed Tuesday's game in Florida but will return vs. the Hawks tomorrow. He has 27 points (13G / 14A) in 61 games this season.

Ribeiro was scratched on Tuesday and it looks like he will be scratched once again tonight in Jersey. This speaks volumes as to what the Coyotes think of Ribeiro's recent play. They are clinging to the final playoff spot in the West, yet are benching the veteran play-maker.

Anderson said he is ready to go if he is called upon, but with Robin Lehner leaving pracitce early with an apparent injury, one would think that Anderson will make his return to the crease after backing up the last two games. He has not played since getting hurt on March 10th, and would draw an awful matchup with the Blackhawks in town.

Bickell will miss his fourth straight game with an upper-body injury. The Blackhawks did not rule him out for Friday's meeting with the Senators.

Price stopped all 24 shots that he faced in a 2-0 win over the Sabres on Tuesday. Price has won four of five starts with a 2.62 GAA and .920 SV% since returning from a lower-body injury. Tonight, he faces a desperate Red Wings team and probably the NHL's hottest player, Gustav Nyquist.