NHL Hockey Player News

Nichushkin, who hasn’t played since November 6th, will be traveling with the team, and is expected to return to the Stars lineup next week. He had no points in four games before getting injured.

Klingberg left Saturday’s game with a lower-body injury, but the Stars are hopeful that he will be available for Tuesday’s game against the Flyers. Klingberg has an assist in four straight games and seven helpers in his last 10 games—however he is a minus-7 over that span as well.

Michalek returned to the ice over the weekend and skated again on Monday. He will need to return to practice before his Blues debut is imminent, but he is progressing well.

Bouwmeester missed Saturday’s game against the Maple Leafs with an illness, but he is expected to play on Tuesday. With Bouwmeester back in, Chris Butler is expected to take a seat.

Elliott gave up one goal on 24 shots in the Blues 6-1 win over the Maple Leafs on Saturday. It was a beat-down for Elliott’s 21st win of the season. Tonight he takes on a banged up Jets team at home—Elliott has gone 10-5-1 with a 2.23 GAA and .919 SV% at Scottrade Center this season.

Domingue will make his second start and fourth appearance of the season. In his last appearance he stopped all 14 shots that he faced in relief of Mike Smith. Overall he is 1-0-0 with a 2.27 GAA and .911 SV% this year. Tonight he will take on a slumping Predators team, who have lost six in a row while being outscored 22-11.

In Monday’s practice King was skating on the first line with Anze Kopitar and Marian Gaborik. King has 21 points (10G / 11A) in 64 games this season and has not registered a point in his last eight games.

Bogosian suffered a lower-body injury against the Capitals on Saturday and missed Monday’s practice. The Sabres are hopeful that he will be able to play on Wednesday.

One of the Coyotes forwards must be questionable for Monday’s game, which prompted the Coyotes to recall Shinnimin, 24, from the AHL. Shinnimin has registered one assist in 11 games with Arizona this season—while in Portland he has collected 14 goals and 19 assists (33 points) in 48 games.

Anderson allowed four goals on 46 shots in the Senators shootout win over the Flames on Sunday. It was an excellent return for Anderson, who will start his second straight game tonight vs. Boston. Anderson has gone 9-3-3 with a 2.36 GAA and .926 SV% at the Canadian Tire Centre this season.

Helm has missed the last three games and he will miss a fourth straight tonight when the Red Wings take on the Oilers. Helm has been skating, but not with the team. He is expected to miss the Wings’ two games during the week, but could be back for their back-to-back on the weekend.

Connauton has missed the last six games with a lower-body injury, but has been cleared to play on Tuesday. Just because he has been cleared to play, doesn’t mean that he will, but he is available for coach Todd Richards.

Wennberg played 14:27 on Saturday, which was his lowest on-ice total since February 19th, which suggests he may have suffered an injury vs. Colorado. There is no word when he suffered it or what the nature of the injury is, but he is questionable for Tuesday’s game. Wennberg has registered two assists in his last three games.

Bobrvosky stopped 20 of 21 shots after replacing Curtis McElhinney in Saturday’s loss to the Avalanche. Since returning he is 1-1-0 with a 2.66 GAA and .908 SV%. Tonight he will get the nod in Carolina—Goalie Bob has gone 9-7-0 with a 2.82 GAA and .913 SV% on the road this season.

Murray has been out since February 6th, so he is just over four weeks into his 4-6 week timetable. He is listed as day-to-day and likely won’t return on Tuesday, but Thursday in Detroit seems more likely.

Hillen missed Sunday’s game against the Oilers because of an upper-body injury that coach Bill Peters revealed was a concussion this morning. Hillen will go through all the proper concussion protocol—he has no timetable for a return.

Halak allowed three goals on 31 shots in the Islanders win in Nashville last Thursday. Michal Neuvirth has started the last two games, but it should be Halak tonight vs. the Rangers. Halak has gone 3-1-0 with a 2.51 GAA and .935 SV% in four starts against their New York rivals this season.

Pouliot missed Sunday’s game against the Hurricanes with an illness and will be a game-time decision tonight vs. the Red Wings. At least tonight the Oilers will get Anton Lander back, so they will not have to go with seven defenseman.

Scrivens stopped 38 of 39 shots in the Oilers 2-1 shootout loss to the Blackhawks on Friday. It was a great outing for Scrivens, but he still couldn’t walk away with the W. He was given last night off, so he will start tonight in Detroit. Scrivens has gone 2-7-6 with a 2.93 GAA and .899 SV% on the road this season.

Jenner has been sidelined since December 18th. He resumed skating in late-February, but had not made any significant progress. Skating today is a good sign that he may return to practice soon—but until then, his return is not imminent.