NHL Hockey Player News

Komarov is banged up and will sit out of the season finale. He will be replaced by Colton Orr, who was recalled from Toronto (AHL) a few days ago.

Ward allowed one goal on 28 shots in the Hurricanes 3-1 win over the Flyers on Thursday. He has won four of his last six starts while posting a 2.32 GAA and .905 SV%. Tonight he is expected to face a Red Wings team who should be resting a few players before the playoffs.

Gudbranson was injured in the Panthers win over the Bruins on Thursday. He will be held out of the season finale and is expected to be replaced by Steven Kampfer. Gudbranson finishes the season with 13 points (4G / 9A), a minus-4 rating and 58 PIMS in 76 games.

Morrow did not get into a game during his call-up.

Hamonic left yesterday’s game with an undisclosed injury and will be re-evaluated today before a decision on his status for tonight is made. With the Islanders already in the playoffs, don’t be surprised if Hamonic sits tonight.

Bishop allowed four goals on 24 shots in the Lightning’s win over the Devils on Thursday. Bishop comes in as a winner of three of his last four while positing a 1.95 GAA and .933 SV%. Tonight he will look to knock the Bruins out of the playoffs—he is 1-1-1 with a 2.94 GAA and .902 SV% against Boston this season.

Ward allowed one goal on 28 shots in the Hurricanes 3-1 win over the Flyers on Thursday. He has won four of his last six starts while posting a 2.32 GAA and .905 SV%. Tonight he is expected to face a Red Wings team who should be resting a few players before the playoffs.

Holtby stopped all 27 shots that he faced in the Capitals shutout win over the Bruins on Wednesday. He has won his last two starts and five of his last six while posting a 2.12 GAA and .923 SV%. Coach Trotz said that Justin Peters may come in in relief of Holtby at some point during Saturday’s tilt. Today’s start will tie Olaf Kolzig’s (Capitals) single season games played record.

Alt, 23, made his NHL debut with the Flyers on March 28th, he was a minus-1 in just 9:25 TOI. His recall suggests that one of the Flyers blue liners is banged up and won’t play this afternoon.

Akeson, 24, has no points in 12 games with the Flyers this season, but will get into the lineup for the season finale with Vincent Lecavalier out of the lineup with a head injury. Akeson has collected 51 points (22G / 29A) in 53 games at Lehigh Valley.

Lecavalier suffered a head injury in the Flyers loss to Carolina on Thursday. He will be held out of the season finale, so Jason Akeson has been recalled and will replace Vinny in the lineup today.

Zuccarello has missed the last two games, but will take part in pre-game warmups before they decide whether he will be in the lineup this afternoon in Washington. With the playoffs looming, you have to think he will not play unless he is 100%.

Nash will miss his second straight game with an undisclosed injury. The injury is not believed to be overly serious, so he should be ready to go for game 1 of the playoffs.

Pacioretty will miss his second straight game with an upper-body injury, but did return to the ice for nearly 30 minutes on Saturday. He did not skate with any pucks and only did cardio, but it is good news that Pacioretty was able to skate.

Mason allowed four goals on 40 shots in the Flyers 5-4 win over the Islanders on Tuesday. Mason is finishing a great season on a high. He has won three in a row and four of his last five while posting a 1.78 GAA and .953 SV%. Despite the Flyers missing the playoffs, Mason can not be blamed. He comes into this afternoon at 18-17-11 with a 2.23 GAA and .928 SV%.

Montoya has been sidelined by a groin injury since March 3rd, but he will make one last start this season when he gets the nod tonight vs. the Devils. Montoya has had an OK season as the Panthers back-up, going 5-7-2 with a 3.08 GAA and .888 SV% in 12 starts. He has one more year on his contract and is expected to be back behind Roberto Luongo in 2015-16.

Lundqvist stopped 24 of 26 shots in the Rangers loss to the Senators on Thursday. It was a meaningless game and it appeared as if Lundqvist was injured at one point, but with just six games under his belt since the injury, coach Vigneault will go with him again in the season finale. Since coming back he is 4-2-0 with a 2.32 GAA and .925 SV%.

Byfuglien has finished serving his four-game suspension and is expected to be in the lineup on Saturday vs. the Flames. While a lot of players will be getting the night off across the league, the Jets will want to get Byfuglien back into the lineup to get him back up to speed before the playoffs.

Bortuzzo missed the last two games, but will be available for Saturday’s season finale. There is no word on who would come out of the lineup, but Bortuzzo could be in there to give someone a night off heading into the playoffs.

Fasth has been sidelined by a knee injury since February 16th, but is healthy enough to potentially start the season finale on Saturday. If he does start, he would be the fourth goalie to start a game in the Oilers last four contests.