NHL Hockey Player News

Lehtonen start for the Stars.

Lehtonen was spectacular once again stopping 37 of 38 shots in Saturday's shootout loss to the Jets. Although he missed five games with a lower-body injury, his numbers currently sits among fantasy's elite. He is 3-1-1 with a 1.29 GAA and .961 SV% - with a great chance to improve on those numbers tonight vs. a bad Sabres team.

Kari Lehtonen
Peter Budaj starts for the Habs.

Budaj has only made one start this season, it was on October 10th against the Oilers. He stopped 27 of 28 shots in a win that day. He will face the Rangers tonight, who are playing in their home opener. He could make for a solid spot start tonight, New York is still battling serious injuries.

Peter Budaj
Peters in net tonight.

Peters gave up four goals on 34 shots in a 4-2 loss to the Avalanche on Friday. Since taking over the Hurricanes starting job due to injuries to Cam Ward and Anton Khudobin, he is 0-2-0 with a 3.16 GAA and .891 SV%. Peters will have a tough matchup tonight with the Pittsburgh Penguins in town.

Justin Peters
Fasth (lower-body) is not on the ice with the Ducks this morning.

Fasth was only expected to miss a short period of time, but this injury continues to linger and force him to miss practice time. Frederik Andersen has won all three of the starts he has made while Fasth recovers. He will continue to backup Jonas Hiller until Fasth is healthy.

Viktor Fasth
Mathieu Perreault (sprained wrist) is on the ice with the Ducks in Philadelphia.

Perreault missed Sunday's contest with the wrist injury but could be back in the lineup tomorrow vs. the Flyers. He has enjoyed success in the early part of his Anaheim Ducks career, scoring four goals and adding five assists in 11 games.

Mathieu Perreault
The Toronto Maple Leafs have recalled John-Michael Liles from Toronto (AHL).

The Maple Leafs are getting set for a three-game western Canadian road trip, so Liles has been recalled to be the Maple Leafs seventh defenseman on the trip. Liles has one goal and four assists in eight games with the Marlies.

John-Michael Liles
Miller starts for the Sabres.

Miller stopped 36 of 39 shots in a 3-2 loss to the Lightning on Saturday. It was Miller's fourth consecutive loss and it brought his record to 1-8-0 with a 3.02 GAA and .918 SV%. He is doing all he can, but with the Sabres trading Vanek last night, Miller could be the next one on his way out.

Ryan Miller
Brodin (cheek) could play tonight.

Brodin, who has a broken cheekbone, skated on his own Sunday and is close to trying to play through the injury inside a college-style facial cage. “I don’t think he’s been off long enough here where we have to worry about conditioning,” Wild head coach Mike Yeo said. Monitor Brodin's status throughout the day.

Jonas Brodin
Call up / Send down
Call up / Send down
The Canadiens have recalled defenseman Greg Pateryn from Hamilton (AHL).

Pateryn has three goals and three assists in six games with Hamilton. He was recalled earlier but never made an appearance with the Canadiens. The 23-year-old defenseman has skated in three NHL games, recording no points.

Greg Pateryn
Peters is expected to get the nod for the Hurricanes.

Peters gave up four goals on 34 shots in a 4-2 loss to the Avalanche on Friday. Since taking over the Hurricanes starting job due to injuries to Cam Ward and Anton Khudobin, he is 0-2-0 with a 3.16 GAA and .891 SV%. Peters would have a tough matchup tonight with the Pittsburgh Penguins in town.

Justin Peters
The Islanders have traded Matt Moulson, their 2014 1st-round pick and a 2015 2nd-round pick to Buffalo for Thomas Vanek.

Moulson had six goals and three assists in 11 games. He is a three time 30-goal scorer alongside John Tavares, but he now moves to a rebuilding Buffalo team and will likely find himself on a line with Cody Hodgson.

Matt Moulson
The Islanders have traded Matt Moulson, their 2014 1st-round pick and a 2015 2nd-round pick to Buffalo for Thomas Vanek.

Vanek has four goals and five assists in 13 games with Buffalo. He was tied for 13th in the NHL in goals (20) and led the Sabres with 41 points in 2012-13. The 29-year-old will likely skate with John Tavares on the Isles first line, something that should definitely boost his fantasy stock.

Thomas Vanek
Montoya will start for the Jets.

Montoya posted a 24-save shutout vs. the Devils on October 13th. He will likely see his second start of the year tonight vs. a good Avalanche team. On a day with a lot of backups starting, there are better spot start options than Montoya.

Al Montoya
Al Montoya is the expected Jets starter.

Montoya posted a 24-save shutout vs. the Devils on October 13th. He will likely see his second start of the year tonight vs. a good Avalanche team. On a day with a lot of backups starting, there are better spot start options than Montoya.

Al Montoya
Bachman starts tonite for Edmonton.

Bachman who was signed by the Oilers in the offseason is 3-4-1 with a 2.37 GAA and .925 SV% with Edmonton's AHL affiliate Oklahoma City. He started 13 games with the Dallas Stars last season (6-5-0 / 3.25 GAA / .885 SV%). He has a tough matchup vs. the Kings tonight.

Richard Bachman

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