NHL Hockey Player News

Green suffered a upper-body injury in Columbus on Thursday and sounds doubtful to play tonight in Detroit.

Weber participated in the Predators morning skate which is a good sign that he will be in the lineup tonight. Monitor his status around 7:30 p.m. EST when warmups is scheduled to start.

Neuvirth stopped 28 of 30 shots in a loss to the Devils last Friday. Neuvirth is 3-5-1 with a 2.79 GAA and .915 SV% heading into Friday's contest. The Red WIngs get Henrik Zetterberg back tonight, but they still remain a beatable opponent having lost five of eight while being outscored 23-14.

Nabokov allowed two goals on 34 shots in a 2-1 loss to the Rangers at Yankee Stadium. It was a strong outing for his first start in nearly one-month. He will get another crack at the Rangers tonight, he is 1-2-0 with a 2.70 GAA and .902 SV% in his first three starts vs. their New York rivals.

Pavelec allowed four goals on 25 shots in Tuesday's loss to Nashville. It was the second straight game he has allowed four goals as he moved to 5-5-0 with a 2.89 GAA and .895 SV% in January (5-2 under head coach Paul Maurice). Tonight he faces a Canucks team who has lost six of their last nine.

Khudobin allowed three goals on 30 shots in a 3-0 loss to the Canadiens on Tuesday. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak and moved him to 9-4-0 with a 2.28 GAA and .924 SV% in January. He will look to finish out the month on a high-note, but it won't be easy with the Blues in town.

Kindl has been a healthy scratch for the last four games, but he will return tonight with Washington in town. He has one goal and 10 assists in 47 games this year.

Weber was injured on Tuesday, but his presence on ice this morning suggests that he will be in the lineup tonight vs. New Jersey. Expect an update after the skate.

Zetterberg will enter the lineup while Dan Cleary will be a healthy scratch. Zetterberg has been out for the last two games but will return tonight on the top-line with Gustav Nyquist and Justin Abdelkader. He has 16 goals and 28 assists (44 points) with a plus-19 rating in 40 games this season.

Fraser has been a healthy scratch in Toronto for the last 12 games. After the Maple Leafs traded for Tim Gleason, Fraser became expendable. He was likely a candidate to be placed on waivers once Dave Bolland was healthy, this trade allows them to not have to make a roster move and gives them some extra cap-space. Fraser is a physical D-man who has one assist and a minus-8 rating in 19 games this season.

Khudobin allowed three goals on 30 shots in a 3-0 loss to the Canadiens on Tuesday. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak and moved him to 9-4-0 with a 2.28 GAA and .924 SV% in January. He will look to finish out the month on a high-note, but it won't be easy with the Blues in town.

Filppula was injured on a hit in the early stages of the second period. He said he was feeling better after the game, but will be reevaluated on Friday. If he misses an extended period of time, the Lightning will likely have to recall a centre.

In the first two minutes of the first period, Bishop came out of his net with a diving poke check at Mika Zibanejad, which forced teammate Nikita Kucherov to try to jump over him. But Kucherov appeared to make contact with his left skate boot to the back of Bishop’s head, leaving Bishop down on the ice for several minutes before getting up and skating to the locker room under his own power. Bishop said he was feeling better after the game, but will be reevaluated Friday.

Early reports are that the ankle injury could be serious, but he is expected to be reevaluated on Friday - at which time we will pass on the update.

Quick started both games of the Kings' Monday-Tuesday back-to-back. He stopped 49 of 52 shots (.942 SV%) resulting in a 1-1 record with one shutout. Tonight he will make a rare home start against Sidney Crosby and the Penguins, on a busy Thursday night, take a look at your other matchups before deploying Quick.

Robert Bortuzzo will slide into the lineup with Letang scratched. The Penguins say they will provide an update following tonight's game.

Lehtonen gave up four goals on 21 shots in a 4-3 loss to the Avalanche on Monday. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak, but that won't deter the Stars from turning to him tonight vs. the Devils. Lehtonen stop 33 of 34 shots in a 1-0 loss the first time he faced New Jersey.

Kennedy is listed as day-to-day, but when coach Todd McLellan was asked if he was going to out bit, he said he "didn't know". Expect Kennedy to be reevaluated tomorrow.

Stalock allowed one goal on 21 shots and was handed the 1-0 loss against the Kings on Monday. Stalock has stopped 64 of 65 shots (.985 SV%) in his last three starts. With Niemi starting last night, Stalock gets the call tonight in Calgary. He should make for another great start vs. the Flames.

Varlamov has posted a 26-9-5 record with a 2.43 GAA, .925 SV% and one shutout in 42 games (39 starts) this season. Varlamov has already tied his career high with 26 wins, equaling his total from his first season with Colorado (2011-12). Varly is tied for third among NHL goaltenders in wins, ranks second in saves (1,199), third in shots faced (1,296), sixth in games (42-tied) and eighth in SV% (.925).