Trade
Boston trades Maxime Sauve to Chicago for Rob Flick. First trade!!!! #tradecentre
Flick has three goals and two assists in 51 games in the AHL this season.
NHL Hockey Player News
Brunner not skating. Holland said he's day to day with undisclosed injury but expected to play this weekend.
It sounds like Brunner will not be available to the Red Wings tomorrow but monitor his status again tomorrow just to be sure.
#NHLJets Nik Antropov out 2 weeks with lower boy injury.
Antropov was hurt yesterday and did not return. He has five goals and 11 assists in 38 games this season.
Waiver Move
Mike Santorelli picked up on waivers by Winnipeg Jets.
Santorelli is a pending UFA at the end of the season and a good shootout guy, but not fantasy relevant.
Waiver Move
Flyers claim Adam Hall on waivers from Tampa.
Hall was waived by the Lightning earlier in the year and claimed by the Hurricanes. Yesterday he was traded back to the Lightning and waived again. He is now on his way to Philadelphia. Hall is not fantasy relevant.
Goalie Start
Budaj will start tomorrow.
Budaj has played very well as Carey Price's backup this season. He is 5-1-1 with a 2.47 GAA and .906 SV%. He has a good matchup vs. a slumping Jets team.
Goalie Start
Price will start vs. the Flyers.
Price has won two games in a row while allowing just one goal on 53 shots (.981 SV%) in those two contests. He will face the Flyers in Philadelphia tonight. Price is 9-2-1 with a 2.03 GAA and .926 SV% on the road this season.
Goalie Start
Officially Joe MacDonald starts for #Flames tonight vs #Oilers.
MacDonald allowed one goal on 14 shots in a relief effort of Miikka Kiprusoff on Monday. He will start tonight against an Oilers team who have won four straight.
MacArthur is basically ready to play tomorrow. He is hopeful he'll be able to re-sign with Leafs at some point.
MacArthur missed the Maple Leafs last three games with an upper-body injury. He should be back in the lineup tomorrow vs. Philadelphia.
Call up / Send down
Per AHL website Rangers assign Jesper Fast to #CTWhale
Fast posted 18 goals and 17 assists in 47 games as a member of HV71 Jonkoping of the SEL this season.
Goalie Start
Bryz will make 20th straight start tonight.
Bryzgalov has won two straight will look to make it three when he takes on the Canadiens tonight. He has been great in Philadelphia this season posting a 11-4-2 record with a 2.54 GAA and .910 SV%. The matchup is tough but the home numbers give you some hope.
Call up / Send down
#Preds have reassigned Chris Mueller to Milwaukee.
Mueller recorded no points in nine minutes last night. He has two goals and one assist in seven games with the Predators this season.
Call up / Send down
Bollig has been recalled.
Bollig has no points but is averaging 2.76 PIM's/per game in 17 games with the Blackhawks.
Grossmann in a normal (not no-contact) jersey today. I bet he plays.
Grossman missed the Flyers last five game with an upper-body injury. Consider him probable for tonight's game, but his one goal and three assists in 30 games are not promising fantasy numbers.
Goalie Start
Lundqvist starting tonight.
Lundqvist allowed two goals on 28 shots in Monday's 4-2 win over the Jets. If the Rangers start scoring, Lundqvist will become the elite fantasy goalie you thought he was going to be when you drafted him. He has a tough matchup today vs. the Penguins.
The Bruins lost Patrice Bergeron during the second period of the B’s 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday. The forward appeared to get hit in the head by Colin Greening as the two players went for a puck in the Boston end. Bergeron looked dazed initially before skating to the bench and heading down the tunnel.
The first reaction, naturally, is to recall the two-way forward’s concussion history, which is well-documented. However, the Bruins were tight-lipped about Bergeron’s status following the game. He his having a great season posting 10 goals, 21 assists and a plus-23 in 35 games this season. Monitor his status prior to the Bruins game tomorrow.
Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Joni Pitkanen suffered a season-ending broken heel bone when he crashed into the boards on an icing touch-up. He was taken off the ice on a stretcher after crashing leg-first into the boards while racing the Washington Capitals' Troy Brouwer for the puck. He was not taken to the hospital, but the team said Wednesday that he will be out 10 to 12 weeks.
Drop Pitkanen with him being out for the year. Newcomer Marc-Andre Bergeron and Joe Corvo will likely be leaned on more heavily for production from the blueline in the absence of Pitkanen.
Jaro Halak should be out around 3 weeks or so... same injury as earlier this season.
Jake Allen and Brian Elliott will see the starts going forward. If Elliott struggles again, Allen could become the unquestioned #1 in St. Louis.
Goalie Start
Fleury will get the start — his first in four games — and his relief of Tomas Vokoun against Buffalo was “solid,” coach Dan Bylsma said.
Fleury stopped all 16 shots that he faced in relief of Vokoun last night. He was as good as you can be in March going 8-0-0 with a 1.97 GAA, .928 SV% and one shutout. He will look to pick up in April where he left off in March and it starts tonight vs. the Rangers. He is 1-0-0 vs. New York this season.
The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired left wing Philippe Paradis (pair-ah-DEE) from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for defenseman Kirill Gotovet.
This deal is not fantasy relevant.
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