NHL Hockey Player News

Visnovsky missed Saturday’s game with an upper-body injury and his absence at practice this morning makes him questionable for Tuesday’s clash with the Senators.

Komarov suffered a head/neck injury following an inadvertent elbow from Alex Ovechkin on Saturday. Komarov underwent concussion protocol on Sunday so his absence this morning likely is not good news on the concussion front. He is questionable for Tuesday’s game vs. Dallas.

Green has missed the last three games with an upper-body injury and his absence from today’s practice suggests that he won’t be in the lineup on Tuesday vs. the Canucks.

Boyle, who missed Saturday’s game with flu-like symptoms, is not on the ice for the Rangers morning skate, which suggests that he won’t be in the lineup tonight vs. Tampa bay. The Rangers don’t believe he is dealing with mumps, which seems to be sweeping the NHL.

Kreider missed Saturday’s game due to the death of his grandfather but will play tonight vs. the Lightning. Kreider will skate with Derek Stepan and Martin St. Louis on the Rangers’ second line. He has 13 points (4G / 9A) in 22 games this season. Anthony Duclair will likely take a seat with Kreider back in.

Bobrovsky gave up four goals on 29 shots in a loss to the Canucks on Friday. He was given Saturday night off, but will be back in the cage tonight vs. Florida. Since returning from a finger injury, he has gone 1-4-1 with a 3.30 GAA and .907 SV%. He will look to get back on track tonight vs. the Panthers.

Anisimov suffered the injury in Saturday’s loss to the Predators. Anisimov, who missed seven games earlier this season due to an upper body injury, has recorded two goals and four assists for six points with four penalty minutes in 16 games this season. He will be back in the lineup in late-January/early-February at the earliest.

McGinn has been out with a back injury since November 15th. He is going to be evaluated this week and the Avalanche will make a decision on whether or not McGinn needs back surgery or if he can recover without going under the knife.

The Avs lost John Mitchell and Marc-Andre Cliche over the weekend so they have recalled the 21-year-old centre and he is expected to make his NHL debut tonight vs. Montreal. He has recorded 12 points (4G / 8A) in 18 games with Lake Erie this season. He was the Avs’ 7th round pick (192nd overall) in 2012.

In the wake of more injuries to Avalanche forwards, the 22-year-old centre has been recalled and is expected to be in the lineup tonight vs. Montreal. Sgarbossa has three goals and nine assists (12 points) in 18 games with Lake Erie this season. He has no points in six career NHL games.

Scandella, 24, stands 6-foot-2 and weighs 217 pounds. Last year, he developed into a horse of a defensive defenseman, one GM Chuck Fletcher called maybe the team’s best Saturday. This year, he has matured into an offensive threat. He is tied for sixth among NHL defensemen with five goals, all of which are go-ahead goals.

Gallagher has recorded 12 points (5G / 7A), 67 shots on goal and 33 penalty minutes in 24 games this season. Gallagher, 22, has tallied 81 points (39 goals, 42 helpers) in 149 career regular-season games since his NHL debut in 2012-13. His new contract now carries an annual cap-hit of $3.75 million.

Gibson has been out with a groin injury since November 3rd and his recovery is on schedule with his original diagnosis of about six weeks. The six week mark is actually December 16th so he should be back between the middle of December to Christmas.

Lovejoy has been sidelined with a broken finger since October 26th. He has started skating on his own and can stick handle a little bit, but still is not expected to return until mid-to-late December.

Stoner has missed the last four games with a case of the mumps. He is reportedly improving, but has yet to be medically cleared to play. He shoulder be considered questionable for Monday’s game, but should return later in the week.

LaBarbera must have suffered the injury in Saturday’s game against the Sharks. He had stopped all 15 shots that he faced after replacing Frederik Andersen. The Ducks are taking on the Bruins tomorrow, so expected Andersen to get the nod and for Igor Bobkov to be recalled to back him up.

Krejci continues to battle a nagging lower-body injury that has cost him eight of the last games. His IR move is retroactive to November 18th which means he can return whenever he is healthy. He has been moved to IR to make room for the Bruins to recall Craig Cunningham.

Abdelkader left Sunday’s game early and did not return. He will be evaluated on Monday and more information on the winger’s injury should be made available. He is day-to-day for now, the Wings don’t play until Tuesday.

Pitlick, 23, has registered three goals and six assists in 14 games with OKC this season. In 10 games with the Oilers last season, he had one goal and a minus-2 rating.

The Panthers returned Dan Ellis to the the AHL on Sunday which means that Luongo should be ready to go tomorrow in Columbus. It was already confirmed that he would travel on the road trip, but returning Ellis to the minors suggests Lu is good to go.