NHL Hockey Player News

Backes took the morning off but he should be in the lineup tonight.

Pominville recorded three shots in 12:12 last night.

The 25-year-old right winger confirmed Tuesday he signed a two-year contract with Amur Khabarovsk, a team in the KHL. The deal, announced in Russia, is for one season with player option for the second season.

Clowe missed the last game of the regular season and the first three games of this series with an undisclosed injury. He has been a good playoff performer in the past, posting 45 points in 68 career playoff games.

Rask played fantastic stopping 45 of 47 shots in a 5-2 win in Game 3. The Bruins have a chance to take a firm grip on this series in Toronto tonight. Rask has posted a 2.36 GAA and a .929 SV% in the first three games of the playoffs.

Reimer allowed four goals on 37 shots in the 5-2 loss in Game 3. He currently ranks 16th out of 20 in GAA (3.33) and 11th in SV% (.915). Tonight is a huge game for the Maple Leafs, they will need Reimer to be at his best so they don't go down 3-1.

Jonathan Toews landed on Harding during a deke where he lost the puck. Harding stayed down for a bit, slowly got up and at the next stoppage was flexing his left leg. He gutted it out but Darcy Kuemper started the second.

Schneider allowed five goals on 28 shots in his first game back. The Canucks will stick with him in net in a win or go home Game 4.

Crawford was busy in Game 3. He faced 37 shots and turned aside 34 of them in the 3-2 OT loss. Minnesota was throwing everything at him and will likely do the same tonight. The Hawks are still the favorites to win the series but the Wild have made it tough on Chicago.

The upper-body injury that kept Gionta out of games 2 and 3 will also keep him out of Game 4 as well.

Upper-body injury for White, who went to the room after he and Moen went to hit the same Sens player Sunday; he then fought in the 3rd period

It sounds like Pominville (who practiced this morning) will be a game-time decision for the Wild tonight.

Harding's good goaltending was finally rewarded in Game 3 when the Wild fought back into the series with a 3-2 OT win. He continues to be a great story in ths year's playoffs posting a 2.41 GAA and .928 SV% against the NHL best team while battling MS.

Price struggled allowing six goals on 30 shots in a 6-1 blowout loss in Game 3. He was not playing well towards the end of the season and unfortunately for the Habs hit has carried over into the early part of the playoffs. He has a 3.69 GAA and .879 SV% so far, that is not going to get it done for Montreal.

It looks like Neal will be back in tonight after missing Games 2 and 3 with an ankle injury.

Anderson played very well in a penalty filled Game 3. He stopped 33 of 34 shots in a 6-1 win to take a 2-1 series lead. Anderson ranks seventh in GAA (2.01) and first in SV% (.949) so far in the playoffs.

Gryba will return to the Sens blueline after serving his two game suspension for his hit on Lars Eller.

Nabokov allowed five goals on 25 shots in a 5-4 overtime loss in Game 3. Nabby has struggled posting a 4.77 GAA and .836 SV% through the first three games of the playoffs. The Isles have given the Penguins all they can handle thus far so some improved play from Nabokov could translate into some wins.

Staal logged 17 minutes, 17 seconds of ice time in 21 shifts of the Rangers’ 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals in Game 3. Rangers coach John Tortorella certainly wasn’t going to wait any longer to get Staal right back into the heart of the action. Once Staal was given the go-ahead to play, Tortorella took advantage of the much-needed lineup addition.

Holtby stopped all 24 shots in a Game 2 shutout win over the Rangers. He has been great through the first two games of the series. His 0.47 GAA and .983 SV% both rank first amongst goalies in the playoffs. A win tonight will give the Caps a 3-0 lead and a stranglehold on the series.